daytripper coughed up:
> 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?


Yep.

Well, I was certainly foaming at the mouth angry, as I freely admitted in my
post. I was freezing cold, and the plastic litterally shattered in my
hands. Not broke; shattered---it was /very/ brittle. There is no excuse
for putting temperature sensitive plastic like that into a car.

But in any case, I apologize for my utter lack of temperment. As such, I'll
ignore /your/ personal insults for now.


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