Old Audi's worth keeping ? was:Dead Puppy

[Brett Dikeman]

At 11:52 AM -0600 2/13/02, Livolsi, Stephane wrote:
>Kent, you pose a very good question

A question which comes up very often.


>While currently inconvenienced as my 5KTQ sits waiting a new fuel pump,
>I have had the opportunity to drive newer vehicles generously lent to me by
>friends.  Among them is a 2001 Ford Taurus and 99 or 00 Mazda 626 and 88
>Audi 90Q.  I can't wait to get back behind the wheel of my Audi.  Yes the
>new cars are nice, but they don't have the same comfortable 'feel' as my
>older Audi.  I feel that my 86 Audi is much better engineered and built than
>all these other cars (except the 88 90Q) and that may be the key.

No, the key is that one was a luxury sedan that cost $40,000 in 1987,
versus the others which are neither luxury nor top of the line.

Drive a Acura, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes, etc and you'll be impressed, and
the 5000 will seem like a dinosaur in comparison(although a much
lighter dinosaur :-)

>My opinion is that a new car would cost more than the cost of
>maintaining my Audi, because for the most part I budget for it.

Precisely, and I would add that very frequently, the maintenance
costs come to far less than the cost of loan payments etc on even a
new car.

   For about what it costs to maintain my 200q20v, I could get some
itty bitty ford lunchbox with wheels.  Yeah, there's a contest.

Brett
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