200q20v Eye & Ear Candy

Fri Oct 21 13:43:23 PDT 2011

yeah, and i knew i wasn't getting that great a deal for $2,800. but there's also the reason why many 200q20v's are so cheap - because mostly just the worn out ones are up for sale. most of the super clean examples are still providing their owners with wide grins ;-)

Matt, i think the main reason why my car was such a little b*tch is because it wasn't driven all that much. hoses and seals rot when the car just sits. especially outside (even if we are talking mild california weather).

the previous owner was definitely not out to screw me. but he only drove the car about 10,000 miles in 4 years so it still seemed pretty solid to him.

it's not necessarily the money keeping me from just painting the damn thing. it's that things of this nature are always more of a hassle than you think they'll be.

pulling all the trim, headlights, tails, grill, etc. THEN, having the body shop say shit like "oh, we found some bondo and rust... and oh, this is all fucked up, and oh wait, we found that, etc." i'm not in the mood for all that right now.

but yeah - oceanic, V8 tails, euros, turboback, tinted windows. that's a recipe for a tasty lookin' 200q20v ;-)

Robby

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From: Matt Suffern <msuffern at gmail.com>
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: 200q20v Eye & Ear Candy

Robby, your tale is a cautionary one for me not to get a cheaper
example just to get myself into one quickly.  It's good to be reminded
of that.  :)  Can't wait to see yours when you get it painted, too.

Brian, what are you driving these days?

Matt
Winston-Salem, NC
www.spannerhead.com

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Brian K. Ullrich
<bullrich at ullrichsys.com> wrote:
> Robby,
>
> You kill me. My own recent 200tq story is much the same, but I got mine for
> $400, and the body and paint were in great shape. Nothing else was, though.
> I was in for about you have in your Lago, though without the same engine
> performance.
>
> The funny thing I found in your post is that your 200 might end up being
> your casket. My father was/is a Corvair man. Swore up and down that he'd be
> buried in a 180 turbo. That car would go like hell in a straight line for
> the 4 or 6 blocks that it ran right. Why he loved them so, I'll never fully
> understand. One time I got a girl by telling her the '67 Monza I was driving
> was really an old Ferrari. The romance lasted about 45 minutes until the
> damn thing threw the belt.
>
> Then there's us...loving 20+ year-old German-made cars with dwindling
> supplies and replacements. Just goes to show, bro.  :-)  Keep that bad boy
> rolling hard.
>
> //BKU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: robert weinberg [mailto:centaurus3200 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 1:13 PM
> To: auditude at cox.net; 200q20v at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: 200q20v Eye & Ear Candy
>
> Hi Kenneth,
>
> my friend owns a body shop in oakland, ca where i live. won't be free, but
> should be a decent buddy deal. i don't think i'll have to jam it because
> lago is pretty close to oceanic, but without the green tinge. my friend has
> an oceanic 4kQ. the colors look relatively close when you park them next to
> eachother.
>
>
> my 200q20v is proof that one should never buy a car hastily because "you've
> always wanted one".
>
> i bought the car (listed on audifans in 2008) for $2,800. mainly because it
> had low miles - advertised at 110k. recent timing belt, brake bomb,
> radiators, UFOs, 17" A4 B6 rims, complete records including original window
> sticker. the guy was honest - said the shocks were shot and the bose stereo
> was a POS, a/c stopped working, needed tires and the sunroof didn't slide
> back. but it was literally in my back yard.
>
> i go to check the car out in hayward. the paint is shot. roof is faded. i
> open the door and the mileage says 114k. not a big deal, but the story
> behind it is sorta funny. the owner moved to hawaii and left it with his
> uncle to store and to drive ONCE IN A WHILE to just keep the car from
> rotting in his driveway. i guess his uncle really liked driving the car.
>
> his original plan was to buy the car and rape it for the 3B for his UR
> Quattro. but he said he just couldn't bring himself to kill the 200q20v. so
> he just ended up keeping it.
>
>
> the paint was a super bummer - but the interior was clean and the records
> dictate that the mileage was indeed authentic. so, i buy the car. passes
> smog the first time too. i thought i'd be into the car about $7,500 with
> paint and tires. BWHAHAHA!!!!!
>
> anyway, long story short - the car current state is as follows:
>
> - dyno tuned 034 chip - 233WHP/260 torque - so a good 280HP/305 torque at
> the crank. goes like stink. javad said he could push it more - but doing so
> is stupid with the stock injectors.
> - koni shocks/H&R springs (bought used from force5)
> - 034 billet bypass
> - samco hoses (bought used from a friend)
> - 034 N75H WGFV
> - 034 silicon breather hose kit
> - 034 tranny mounts
> - kuhmo ECSTA SPT tires
>
> - i gotta paint it though. still looks sorta ghetto with the worn lago.
> other than that - i plan on an 034 turboback. already have the euros and V8
> tails. also have some good sunroof rails so the thing will finally slide
> back.
>
> i'll NEVER get my money out of the car once it's done. which is fine. it
> will look killer, hang with modern sport sedans and it will probably be my
> casket when i die ;-)
>
> see ya,
> Robby
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kenneth <auditude at cox.net>
> To: "200q20v at audifans.com" <200q20v at audifans.com>
> Cc: robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>; Tony Hoffman
> <auditony at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: 200q20v Eye & Ear Candy
>
> Wow, Oceanic Blue on a 200q20v.  That would be sweet.  I haven't seen that
> combo before.  It's a great color.  Lago is nice too, but Oceanic would be
> sweet!
>
> Are you having the paint done or doing it yourself by any chance?
>
> Kenneth
>
> ---- robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> yeah, i have my V8 tails siting next to my 200. no point in putting those
> and the euros on before i respray the car Oceanic Blue (currently lago).
>
> Robby
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> To: auditude at cox.net
> Cc: 200q20v at audifans.com
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 4:57 AM
> Subject: Re: 200q20v Eye & Ear Candy
>
> Looks nice with those wheels, and love the V8 tails. Very aggressive!
> Definately need to get it on the road and enjoy it, and surprising people at
> it's speed. And, most people have no idea how old these cars are, either.
>
> Would love to see it with some good camera pics as well, you will have to
> post those once you get a chance. I love eye candy!!
>
> Tony
>
> Nice 200q20v.
>>
>> On a related note, I took some no-flash, poor quality, cell phone pics of
>> the 200q20v that I bought a few years ago that I've been sitting on.  Just
>> the other night I put a set of those same Audi OEM BBS CH on it so I could
>> move it since a couple of the tires on the stockers had gone flat.
>>
>> Now that it's not blazing hot AZ summertime, I'm telling myself that this
>> winter I'm going to get the pearl one going, along with some progress on
> the
>> other Audi projects gone dormant.  Seeing the wheels on it are almost
>> inspiration.  Then again, from that video I can tell that my stone gray
> one
>> that runs would look pretty good on those CH's so they may end up on that
> if
>> it keeps sticking around.
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