Thinking of selling my A4
#11
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
#12
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
#13
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
Thanks,
Bill
KLS wrote:
> On 7 Aug 2006 10:37:47 -0700, ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >So I'm thinking of selling the ol' A4- it's a 2000 A4 1.8T Quattro with
> >105k miles. I love the car but maintenance is becoming a major drain on
> >my bank account.
>
> What is your definition of "a major drain on my bank account" in
> actual dollars on an annual basis? I ask because I have decided to
> keep my 98.5 A4 2.8Q because it so far has cost me less than $2,000 a
> year to keep running (the car has been paid off since I bought it at
> 31,700 miles in May 2001), and it just rolled over 100,000 miles last
> week. There is no way in hell I could ever have such a nice car for
> less than $167 a month (excluding gas, of course), and the car has
> never stranded me.
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
> I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
> the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
> rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
> done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
> right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
> any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
> my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
> at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
> car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
> afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
> sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
it could be the MAF. How do you know?
So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
(Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
is another $400.
The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
guarantee.
E.P.
500k miles of Audis.
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
> I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
> the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
> rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
> done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
> right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
> any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
> my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
> at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
> car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
> afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
> sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
it could be the MAF. How do you know?
So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
(Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
is another $400.
The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
guarantee.
E.P.
500k miles of Audis.
#16
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
> I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
> the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
> rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
> done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
> right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
> any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
> my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
> at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
> car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
> afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
> sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
it could be the MAF. How do you know?
So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
(Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
is another $400.
The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
guarantee.
E.P.
500k miles of Audis.
#17
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
ueberbill@gmail.com wrote:
> I just replaced the timing system, water pump, both front cv joints,
> the rear brake pads and rotors and including the rental car I had to
> rent for the three weeks it took the local german car mechanic to get
> done with all of this (New Orleans is not a good place for mechanics
> right now) it cost me just shy of 4000 dollars. I'm not going to do
> any more such repairs (I'm thinking here of the weird sound coming from
> my front end and the check engine light it will take me at least a week
> at the mechanic to get diagnosed) on my nice car (and it is a very nice
> car, I'm not arguing that) but I don't need such a nice car. I can't
> afford to fix such a nice car. So all I'm askin' is how much I can
> sell my nice car for to recoup some of what I spent.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
it could be the MAF. How do you know?
So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
(Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
is another $400.
The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
guarantee.
E.P.
500k miles of Audis.
#18
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
What a delightful posting style you have- I imagine not a lot of those
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.
#19
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
What a delightful posting style you have- I imagine not a lot of those
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.
#20
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Re: Thinking of selling my A4
What a delightful posting style you have- I imagine not a lot of those
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.
500K audi miles were spent visiting friends (Audi owner club meetings
don't count)
If I kept the drinks in my HANDS I wouldn't have the climate control
problem I have. I guess I'm the kind of " 'tard " that puts a cup in a
cupholder. Your need to not have a drink for 350 straight miles is
laudable, but kind of beside the point.
And if I drove by feel I'd probably stop when the WHEELS hit the curb
as the bumper glides quite smoothly over the concrete only to dig in
when trying to reverse. I certainly feel stupid every time it happens,
but thanks for the anonymous internet dig.
While the quality of the ownership of my car is certainly debatable,
that's not really the issue. The issue is that in order to fix anything
on my nice car (nowhere did I state that it's a crappy car) is that I
have to travel a long way to a mechanic who is so understaffed that he
keeps it for an inordinately long time whereas if I pick up a cheap
used import I can drop it off at anyone from a friend with a car lift
to a certified mechanic who will work on it for probably half of the
labor rate of the german mechanic. I realize that it's not quite the
quality and style of car that I was accustomed to but that bitch
Katrina left me on much shiftier financial footing than I was on before
so adjustments must be made.
But thanks for your kind consideration.
Bill
> >From what I see, you just did a bunch of NECESSARY maintenance. Stuff
> you'd have to do on any car. The bumper thing is a crack-up - how
> about not "parking by feel"? The CEL could be a very simple fix. Or
> it could be the MAF. How do you know?
>
> So, let's think a little - you spent 4k. You might get back 6k.
> (Nobody in their right mind is going to spend even low blue book on a
> car with a CEL going.) That's 2k you've got left.
>
> That's going to buy you what kind of non-maintenance-requiring car?
>
> The CV joint is another $400 (just a rough guess) and the MAF (maybe)
> is another $400.
>
> The climate control - wooo-eee! Why in hell do you 'tards need a drink
> in your hands at all times? Why is it that I can spend 350 miles on
> the road straight with the need for a SuperTanker Slurpee?
>
> I'm beginning to get the picture. It's not a bad car, you're just a
> crappy owner. *No* car is going to act nicely for you - that's a
> guarantee.
>
> E.P.
>
> 500k miles of Audis.