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Old 10-10-2000, 07:41 PM
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Default New Topic...ever wonder if your car was damaged transit and repaired?

I have heard of or seen several of these...anybody else?
Old 10-10-2000, 07:54 PM
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I've always wondered if my car was built on a friday by a bunch of smashed germans...
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Default It doesn't have to be Friday. They have beer vending machines in their break area...

I've seen them personally drinking beer and having a smoke on their breaks (which they are allowed to take any time).

So, if you have little quirks, you may want to chalk it up to that.

IMHO, a happy work force = a better put manufactured product.
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Default It happens to a lot of them and you don't even know about it. Have heard this

from any number of people in the business.
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I used to work for a Vauxhaul (GM) dealer and 1 in 4 new cars was damaged
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That's why Mr. Burns cuts Homer so much slack..... :-)
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what about the ones built during Oktober(fest!)
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Default The port facilities have a full-blown body shop to repair vehicles.....check out this link....

http://www.autoportinc.com/services/index.html
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mmmmmm.... donuts. Is there anything they can't do?
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Default My first A4 was...

The '96 I bought in the fall of '95 had the front shocks replaced before I even got the car off the lot. I found out about it when the front control arm bushings failed halfway across the country and had to be replaced at 7000 miles. I know this because the service manager at Schaumberg Audi asked me why the shocks had dealer part ID stickers on them when they tried to fix the car.

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