[Biturbos4] A milestone

[Richard van der Hoff]

:) thanks for the suggestions, guys. Afraid I've never seen those shows!

Anyway, an update on the situation: I've decided to buy the salvage off 
the insurance company and get it repaired. Using some parts from 
breakers etc, the cost isn't too horrendous, and the body shop are happy 
to help source parts.

So at the moment I'm trawling ebay and breakers networks for parts. 
Meanwhile I'm still arguing with the insurance over what is a sensible 
value for the car.

On the subject of parts, you guys might be able to help me out. I need a 
new lock carrier. ETKA lists 8D0 805 594 AJ for this, but also says you 
also need a new radiator - 8D0 121 251 BB. The body shop has spoken to 
his supplier who said that the design of the lock carrier changed, so 
that the original rad won't fit. Obviously this hikes the cost quite a lot!

Can anyone confirm that? Any idea what the part number for the original 
lock carrier was?

Cheers

Richard


On 21/02/2012 20:40, Brandon Rogers wrote:
> Ed's The Man.  The have done an Audi - best Audi ever - an ur Quattro - a
> couple years ago
>
> :-)
>
> Brandon
> '84 urQuattro 20Vt (FOR SALE)
> '01.5 S4
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com
> [mailto:biturbos4-bounces at www.audifans.com] On Behalf Of mike mcclurg
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 1:29 PM
> To: Richard van der Hoff; biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] A milestone
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> Richard,
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Sounds like you are in the right part of the world for this idea.  Have you
> thought about trying to interest the "Wheeler Dealers" into taking it as a
> project to turn around on their show?  We get their show on cable here in
> the colonies and I always thought they should do an Audi.
>
> An S4 would be a good fit for them.  Maybe you could sell it to them and
> then buy it back!  The more I think about it, the more it sounds like a
> great show idea.
>
> Good luck,
> Mike (I have 210,000 miles on mine)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard van der Hoff<richard at sw1v.org>
> To: biturbos4 at www.audifans.com
> Cc:
> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Biturbos4] A milestone
>
> The insurers are currently claiming it's worth GBP 2000. :(
>
> They are going for about GBP 4000 on Autotrader, so I'm in the process
> of trying to negotiate the insurers up to that sort of region. Certainly
> nothing approaching $10000, even for a low milage example (which, as
> previously noted, this certainly isn't).
>
> I still haven't decided whether to keep the car and get it straightened
> out - the body shop it's ended up at are keen to help, with parts from
> breakers where necessary - or take the cash and get something else. Part
> of me wants to keep the car - I know it well, it's well maintained, and
> I don't want the hassle of having to find something new - and part of me
> suspects that the turbos are on borrowed time anyway and I'll still be
> driving something which, sadly, isn't worth much.
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