On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 22:18:13 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com> wrote:

>
>Who is the ****ing idiot who decided to put the battery inside its own
>compartment, and then make an access hatch NOT BIG ENOUGH TO ALLOW ME TO
>REACH THE CELL CAPS????? (2000 / a4 / 1.8T)
>
>So in order to even LOOK to see if there is enough water I have to open the
>whole plenum.
>
>And THEN they:
>
>1. hide the instructions in the audi service manual so that I cannot find
>out how to open it up.
>2. make it so interlocked together that in order to see if parts unclip by
>simply pulling, YOU HAVE TO PULL ON IT. Which means, of course, I shattered
>part of it (it was below zero out, which doesn't help plastic any).
>3. And THEN it did disengage, but only after breaking.
>4. And this plenum cover doesn't come undone without first unhooking that
>plastic "flashing" (or whatever) that runs right along the bottom edge of
>the windshield. But of course, only the left part of it, because the right
>part would require me to remove the windshield wipers from their posts.
>Another ****ing STUPID DESIGN.
>5. And THEN the left part above what looks like an air intake of some kind
>has a screw that must feed into a receptical that it cannot possibly find,
>unless the thing is aligned perfectly. I had to put a scratch-awl into the
>hole so that with a flashlight at the wrong angle TRY to guide this plastic
>hole over the receptical so that the screw will teeth into something.
>
>I've repaired cars before, replaced a million battaries, changed a valve
>cover gasket, plugs, oil changes, etc., etc., etc., and have never seen
>anything so dumbass designed as the engine cavity of an audi A4.
>
>It seriously crossed my mind to grab my sledgehammer and teach this
>rediculous inanimate object a ****ing lesson. Came "this" close to it.
>
>I am so foaming at the mouth angry at this (mis)design that I'm ready to
>punch a hole in my monitor.
>
>I am NEVER buying a ****ING AUDI AGAIN.

Ah, excellent. Today's public display of raging stupidity is a good one.

Do you really think you've made an argument against the A4?
Seems to me you just made a convincing argument that you are a
foaming-at-the-mouth dumbass. Nice.

It took me less than 5 minutes to get the battery out of my S4 when I had to
make a change. Nothing broken, no problem putting that one screw back or
putting the rubbers back.

Of course, I *had* a clue...

/daytripper
'00 s4 6spd