1989 200TQ in Colorado....28K miles

[Andrew Duane USG]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Brad Wilson say:

> Doesn't it seem a bit suspicious that this car only has 28k miles, but it
> has rust on it? The 1988 I bought spent its entire life in Michigan before I
> brought it to Colorado. In Michigan spreading salt is a regional pass-time,
> and every car is rusty, but not usually the ultra-protected Audis.
>
> So I'm thinking... what happened to a car w/ 28k miles that it's now rusty?
> The seller says: "The car at some time was on the coast as there is the
> typical rust on the bottom of the car." Why doesn't that pass the sniff test
> for me?

I'm thinking 28K on a 12-13 year old car is suspicious. That's barely
2K miles per year. Can't keep a car running with that. Or maybe it was
left somewhere for 10 of those years.

Anyway, the 1989's were completely galvanized (my '89 100Q, which has
*considerably* more than 28K on it!) is rust free, and it spent it's
entire life in the rust belt of NH.

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