should I buy an S4?

[Peter Berrevoets]

This snippet is from a local list we run in T.O. - sent by a guy with an S-4
who just borrowed a hoppen stage II+ chipped ECU from a friend...

<<snip - insert>>
Hi, M****!

Three tanks of gas, not that many miles, two warped rotors, and one well
deserved speeding ticket later, I can say that I've thoroughly evaluated
your computer. L*** was certainly correct when he predicted that I wouldn't
want to give it back! When would be a good time for me to drop it off?
<<end - insert>>

and from a phone conversation I had with him;

"... downshift into fourth to pass?... forget it! The power comes on like a
switch all the way to 220 kph..."

I want one!

If the car is reasonably priced and you have some reasonable mechanical
aptitude, I'd go for it.

Just my $0.02

Peter Berrevoets
1990 200TQ
Toronto, Canada
http://frontpage.home.net/pjberr/


> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
> >[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> >Behalf Of Lee M. Levitt
> >Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 1:32 PM
> >To: quattro at audifans.com; audiocee at hotmail.com
> >Subject: re: should I buy an S4?
> >
> >
> >"Raj Diocee" <audiocee at hotmail.com> writes:
> >>
> >> Well, I've almost bought this car, everything is perfect, it only
> >> has 97,000 miles on it, but last year it was rear ended
> >with total damage
> >at
> >> $10,000!
> >> Thing is parts weren't repaired, they were replaced. So
> >new trunk lid,
> >> bumper, lights, 10-disc CD changer, all the little odds and ends.
> >>  I'm gonna offer $15,000 I think, they're asking $15,900.
> >>
> >> What do you guys think?
> >>
> >
> >I wouldn't buy it.
> >
> >$10K represents a pretty hard smack in the butt for this car.
> >
> >A clean lower mileage S6 just sold for $17.5K last week on
> >ebay. S6 sedan
> >prices start at around $17K and go up. S4 prices start in
> >the $12K range and
> >go to $25K. Why buy this one with a major hit in its past
> >and 100K on the
> >odometer?
> >
> >If you want a nice clean S4, there are plenty others out
> >there to consider.
> >
> >Just my .02.
> >
> >Lee
> >'95.5 S6 avant
> >'96 A6 quattro avant
> >
> >