Steve Daniels wrote:
> On Tue, 06 May 2008 21:34:49 -0400, against all advice, something
> compelled Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, to say:
>
>> > Just got back from the fix it guys. The battery had a bad cell.
>> > They replaced it under warrantee.
>> >
>> > Life is good.
>> >
>>
>> That would do it! I had a bad cell once and most of the time
everthing
>> was fine but once in a while everything electrical would just quit
for a
>> few seconds when going around a curve... radio, lights, engine,
>> EVERYTHING, it got quite exciting!
>
>
> I was sitting at a light on my way to the service center, and I
> saw the tach drop to 0, and a few random trouble lights come on.
> Then everything came back. I was wondering if it would just drop
> dead in the middle of the road, which would have been so
> embarrassing. But then everything came back up again, and I made
> it to the Audi place.
>
> I left the car running when I went in. I told the Audi guy, "My
> car is still running, because I'm afraid that if I turn it off,
> it won't start again."
>
> He looked at me, his face expressing compassion. It was as if he
> was saying, "Don't worry, anxious Audi owner. You are now in the
> presence of Trained Audi Professionals. We know what to do. It
> will be fine. Don't worry."
>
> He drove my car into the safety of the Audi Service Center Womb,
> and placed it into the hands of a Trained Professional. The
> Trained Professional showed me how to make the seat go up and
> down (something I had not been able to figure out from the
> owner's manual), pointed out that I was missing a bracket (it's
> on order), and diagnosed the sick battery. And then he replaced
> it under warrantee.
>
> They then told me that the 35000 mile service had in fact been
> done (it's a big one involving changing the transmission fluid
> and filter), that the computer was not throwing any error codes,
> that they had reset my radio from the dead battery drama, and
> that I would not have to mess with my car for ANOTHER TEN
> THOUSAND MILES!! INCLUDING OIL CHANGES!!
>
> I did something last evening that I haven't done for years. I
> went for a joyride. Gas is four something (at 11.25:1
> compression, I need premium) and I used twelve bucks of it to
> drive around just because I love driving this car. I was nailing
> eighty on a back country road without even pu****ng it.
>
> I love my car.
>
They are cool little cars, I love that Bauhaus (sp?) styling they
have.... they LOOK like German cars.
Jeff DeWitt
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