[Spridgets] [Thicko] Suburu question

[Guy R Day]

I have an Audi A4 V6 turbo 2.5 diesel auto Quattro as a daily drive.  It is 
no trouble, the only time it sees a garage is at service time, the heater 
works, the brakes work, it will cruise happily at 100mph (selected UK 
motorways) and has been up to 130 with some still left to go.  (Holiday 
drive through Germany)  The only problem has been the hood catch sticking so 
I can't open it and that is because it never gets used except for the 
screenwash!
It tows the trailer perfectly and I don't want to get rid of it despite it 
being 6 years old.  It just works.
I looked at Subaru before getting the Audi - as well as the X-type Jag  - 
and the Audi won hands down.  Not on price, but on drive and comfort (the 
Jag saleswoman was easy on the eyes but useless with information).

However - the fact is that writing this will have released the gremlins that 
cause problems in whatever has been written about so above may be different 
in the future.

Guy R Day



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz at hky.com>
To: "'Ron Soave'" <soavero at yahoo.com>; "'Spridgets'" 
<spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] [Thicko] Suburu question


> Yeah, I remember hearing about a problem with the coil packs on the
> first cars to be equipped with them.  But, VW certainly wasn't the only
> German brand that used them.  Of course, there will have been a factory
> recall on them, and Bosch will have rectified the problem, by now.
> I seriously doubt that VW is loosing money on every Passat made since
> '02.  I'm sure they've been able to recover a lot of their warranty
> expenses from Bosch.  I've heard similar horror stories about certain
> BMW and Mercedes models.
> One thing I learned, long ago, about VWs (and I've worked as a VW
> dealer salesman, a LOOOOOOONG time ago, and have friends working in VW
> agencies), is to never buy a new VW model until it's been out for at
> least a year or two.  They almost ALWAYS have a lot of problems with
> newly introduced models, dating back to the ball joint front suspension
> on the '66 beetle.
> Re: the Audi A6 being a sister car of the Passat.....It's the A4 that is
> the Passat sister car.  My father-in-law has owned several A6s, and they
> are awesome cars.  But the Audi he liked the best was an early 90s model
> 90 CS Quattro.
> Bud Osbourne