Repair receipts- aka '86 5ktq for sale

[Andrew Sitzer]

Hey there.. I wish I could afford it.. but being a 5k owner myself, have
no money for another car :)  Anyways, I was just wondering, in your
calculations did you include your own time or 'real money spent at other
mechanics'.  I do mostly all my own work -- but $7000 seems very high to
me for one years worth of parts/labor..  I even had my engine done a
couple years ago and that was only $1100 <which was still higher then it
should have been..>

I'd be curious to know what work you had done!
-Andrew S.

ps. I have all my my receipts dating back from 1989 when we got the car..
I am tempted to make an excel spreadhsheet/linegraph to figure out how
much money I have spent as well as the general trend over time.  (It seems
like in the past year I put in less then $300 total repairs -- yet in
prior years I must have spent nearly $2500-$3000..)


 On Sun, 4 Mar 2001, TM wrote:

> Hi listers,
> In preparing my receipts for the sale of my 5ktq,
> I decided I'd quickly add them up, parts and labor,
> to see how much money has gone into this car.
>
> $7995!!!!!
>
> In about 13 months! Ouch. Wow. Maybe a little bit less
> than that- I may have inadvertently used Canadian
> Dollars for maybe $700 of that total, so it may be closer
> to $7600.
>
> I must be one crazy Audiphile to maintain a car to this
> expense.
>
> Well, my '86 5ktq is for sale, over $7500 in receipts,
> runs great. Zermatt silver, black sport interior, 193k
> miles, two sets of wheels- summer and winter (both sets OEM
> alloys). Bilstein sport suspension. Email me for details.
>
> $2800 or best offer, located in Philadelphia, PA.
>
> Why am I selling? Because my '91 200q is my primary car
> and I really don't need two (actually three) cars.
>
> I will (been saying that too long) have some photos up on
> the web shortly, they're sitting next to my computer, waiting
> for me to fire up the scanner.
>
> I'll put it up on the Audifans marketplace shortly.
>
> Taka
>