What do I look for on a 5000CS quattro?

[Huw Powell]

> Well actually, the 5000cstq's were in the high $20's low 30's.  To put it
> into perspective, my 89 200q was $32,500 MSRP when new.  No where close to
> $50k.  Even the Urq's were only $35k new in their day.  And many people
> started offloading their Audi's in the late 80's... shortly after the 60
> Minutes debacle.

Exactly.  The real problem with a late 80's 5k is not so much that the
cars are junky, but that the book value has been depressed for so long
that it has been "uneconomical" to repair them properly for a *long*
time.

You can inherit that lack of maintenance and repair history if you are
unlucky.

They are beautiful, moderately expensive cars that typically have been
treated as cheap cars for too many years in many instances.

travelling from owner to owner as each one discovers their "new" baby
needs $2k of hydraulic work...

-- 
Huw Powell

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