A4 Sport code

[Beatty, Robert]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tom Nas [SMTP:tnas at euronet.nl]
> Sent:	Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:45 AM
> To:	quattro at audifans.com
> Cc:	Stuart Friedman
> Subject:	Re: A4 Sport code
> 
> "Stuart Friedman" <stuartf at bypass.com> wrote:
> 
Depends on the type of damage that totals the car.  My dad has rebuilt
nearly every Audi he has owned, most of the time from engine fires.  A few
belts and ducts and new wiring harnesses and paint is usually all thats
needed in a fire damaged car.

Rob

> YMMV, but I'd be wary of this car. It takes a LOT of structural damage to 
> total a practically new car. This car may never drive like a new one 
> again... and it surely won't have the structural integrity of an undamaged
> 
> example, nor the panel fit.
> 
> Does the car have a salvage title? Unless you want to keep it until it 
> disintegrates, you'll always have that to lower your car's resale value.
> Considering all these things, $20k might not be that much of a bargain.
> 
> BTDT, drove a few resurrected-totalled cars. Many were superficially 
> perfect but far from it underneath.  I'd prefer an older but undamaged
> car.
> 
> But then again, as I wrote: YMMV.
> 
> My $0.02, etc.
> 
> Tom