Re: A6-V8 here

[ccohen5@compuserve.com]

You are right about the ingenuity of the listers, it continues to
amaze me how successful they are. I think the fix that prescribes
the repair of seat heater indicator lights is quite the most
ingenious order of capability that I have heard. But those special
tools are expensive for a single fix, and it is quite insulting or
amusing to be told in the manual that no owner should contemplate
fixing light bulbs.
     I just installed a K40 radar detector and the audi dealers
told the installer that the radio cannot be removed by non dealers
and that the special tools are not for sale.
     I still have a sense of regret that it will some years before
there is enough out there for me to start my own mod program.
First will be to get the power up to the A8 Sport both with
respect to hp and torque. Of course the 2.7T owners will get to
rechip and mod their waste gates just as fast as Ned and others
can get development mules. Should be interesting.

> > Oh, you underestimate the capabilities and knowledge of the
Qlisters. > The V8Q and other models didn't even come with a
dipstick for the tranny,
> after all, WHY would a V8Q owner ever need to have this checked anywhere
> but at the dealer?  The V8Q doesn't even have a Benley....but I have
> heard rumors that a printed factory manual was circulated for the car.  
> The specialty tools are available for purchase or rental.  The "non user
> serviceable" car argument has been heard since the early days of fuelish
> injection but we, the unwashed masses always seem to find a way.
>
> >that it has the appropriate status, looks cool (hmmm) and is in
> >your face. I hate to classify myself with this desription cos I
> >dont see myself this way, but I am sure that the car will end up
> >in the hands of most who look and smell like that. What I wonder
>
> God bless em, the MD's, Stock Brokers, TFBG (Trust Fund Baby Girls), and
> all the others who can shell out the $50,$60,$70 and up grand to buy
> these cars new, after which some examples inevitably work their way down
> to the enthusiast for less money in some cases than the sales tax when it
> was new.   Brings to mind the scene from "Money Pit" where the guy sits
> in the new Mercyless Benz SEL at a Manhattan dealer and asks his
> girlfriend if he "looks good in this car."
>
> BCNU,
>
> Cobram@Juno.Com
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