Cheap tq motoring, was Sorry guys 20v:t (3B ja 7A)

[Graham Thackrah]

Hi Rob,

> Cruising around autotrader.co.uk today I found a 200 (turbo quattro,'87/88)
> for 795 GBP (trade sale). Its sorely tempting to snap them up when you see
> them going that cheap, if my garage wasn't already full i'd be on the phone
> now, ho hum, perhaps I should extend the garage

The black one? there's an avant there for not much money too, it was there
last week at any rate.

I was tempted too, in a few months I get my shaking hands on about 2k and am
wondering about upgrading my 90q... I reckon I may be better off with an early
ur-q though. At least there'll be more elements similar to my current car (ok,
so still not that many!) and I'd bet the running costs are comparable to the
type 44 tq? My only difficulty is finding a reasonable one for the 1.5-3k that
a 100/200 tq with history costs... there was an ur-q on autotrader for 2999
last week at least (red and pictured in a showroom with a 3 or 4999 sticker on
the screen!). At least the longer I wait the more I'll save up:) I don't expect
it to run great but as I'm moving to London soon I won't _need_ it for
transport as I'll be on my trusty 0.2 bhp bike.

I reckon you can run one for not too much more than I have been paying for my
last car, (UK 84 80q, 2-3k GBP year in repairs) and the current one (UK 85 90q,
1k GBP and counting) _if_ I can get a very early slightly tatty one with mostly
cosmetic faults... hey Jim, how about the one in your garden, no, not the red
one;)

...then again I was also looking at the new Campagnolo Mirage and Veloce group
sets yesterday, not only do they look nice but they cost **** loads less
than 2k too:)

...and there's always a turbo conversion for my 90...

or a mortgage:(

toodle doo

Graham.

1985 90q.