If we’re doing Audi-by-anecdote, ours (A4 station wagon, 3L engine, manual) is model year 2003 and remains a treat. We have a good relationship with a non-dealer mechanic and yeah, end up writing him a noticeable check every year or two. Only problem is, it’s a gas eater. The Audi dealership service groups here in Vancouver are half bozo, half bandito, wouldn’t go near ’em.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's my own anecdotal rebuttal to the "bad Audi" suggestion. I drive > in the Greater Toronto Area where the city's answer to all winter road > issues is to liberally apply raw rock salt to everything. Cars don't > generally last very long here unless stored under a tarp in a sealed > garage. > > I just came back from a jaunt in my 16 year-old Audi A4 2.8 Quattro. > It's a 1998 (and a half), owned by me from new and serviced, at the > dealer, at quite reasonable prices. It's in excellent shape, and the > paint (original) still shines up after a wash and wax close to > like-factory-new gloss. No rust on it anywhere. > > My chief complaint is the difficulty in fitting an iPod dock to it. > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:49 AM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014, at 15:17, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> The Barnack is now an *expensive* historic novelty, Paul. ;-) >>> >>> The Audi vs Mercedes thing is interesting … Far as I've seen, ten year >>> old Audis are often too expensive to repair and keep running, seldom seen >>> on the road, while there seem to be a LOT of perfectly healthy 20+ year >>> old Mercedes on the road all the time around here. >> >> the dangers of generalizing from personal experience — here in Colorado, >> there are more than ten times as many 10-year-old Audis as Mercedes on >> the road; i was in Denmark last week and noticed a similar proportion, >> perhaps not quite as skewed; my partner is on her third Audi, having >> being forced once again by other people's recklessness to upgrade from >> an over 10-year-old A4 that was in great condition; the latest purchase >> is a 2009, and our intention is to keep it at least five years >> >>> Quality and >>> durability costs money to buy but pays you back in the long run. The fact >>> that few people keep a car long enough to obtain this kind of value is >>> their problem… >> >> … and someone else's opportunity; all this household's Audi purchase >> were used but in excellent condition; and i just bought my fourth old >> Saab, a 1995 9000 Aero; while these cars present some challenges they >> suit my needs well while costing relatively little; my approach to >> cameras is similar — a mix of old and newish, but mostly purchased used, >> has a certain practicality that makes up for never getting to experience >> that new camera smell >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > -bmw > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
