was: '88 5KCSTQ, Worth the hassle? Now sad story.
Craig Lebakken
lebakken at cdicadwa.com
Wed Jan 16 19:26:38 EST 2002
Taka,
Wanna hear a really sad story?
In about 1991, my Dad wanted to buy my mom a car, and
trusted my judgment. Fresh off of the IA scare, what was the
best buy in the world? The Audi 5000 TQ. He was also
impressed with my 4KQ, which I bought in 1990 (and still
have). So my dad tasked me with the job of finding my mom a
car. I found a really lo mi 5000TQ, 86, white/ black sport
seats. 30K mi. for $13K. I did not, however, consider my
father's penchant for forgoing maintenance until absolutely
necessary (since, I did most of this myself for him, through
high school and college).
Is that a formula for disaster for these cars or what?
After five years, my father GAVE that car to a charity. I
could not do anything about it at the time ($$$, time, $$$,
and time).
My only positive thought on this, is, that my dad bought a
1995 Subie Legacy before he gave away the Audi. My father
was/is an accountant, who can barely handle a hammer or
screwdriver, so he could not tell the difference between a
VW air cooled or H2O cooled. I drove that Subie when it had
less than 50 miles on it. With 130K mi. of my mother's
questionable driving, minimal maintenance, blinking ABS
light, and other miscellaneous foibles, that car STILL
absolutely KICKED ASS on my dad's brand new Subie. And he
paid more.
That will be my penultimate Audi/Subie comparison.
Now I just wish that the new Subie owners would turn off
their obnoxious 5" diameter fog lights when its NOT foggy.
Sh!t, if Suburu gave them fifth and sixth auxiliary lights,
they would eventually find the button and exclaim: "Ooooh, I
can see EVEN better now!". GAFC!
FWIW.
Craig Lebakken
1986 4KQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
To: "'Craig Lebakken'" <lebakken at cdicadwa.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:14 PM
Subject: RE: '88 5KCSTQ, Worth the hassle?
> Thanks- just trying to make sure that someone doesn't
> go buy a money pit and go through what I've gone through.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Lebakken [mailto:lebakken at cdicadwa.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 12:50 PM
> To: TM
> Subject: Re: '88 5KCSTQ, Worth the hassle?
>
>
> I had a more lengthy reply Taka, but Microsoft Outlook
froze
> on me and I lost it. Now I don't have much time, but I
> thought I would at least answer to say that your imput was
> dead on.
>
> Later,
>
> Craig
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TM" <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> To: "'Larry C Leung'" <l.leung at juno.com>;
<lebakken at cdicadwa.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; <SLBaker at cbre.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 4:16 PM
> Subject: RE: '88 5KCSTQ, Worth the hassle?
>
>
> > Just to add some more stuff to the discussion,
> > IMHO, one should not consider a 5ktq unless you
> > either (a) are skilled in the repair of and like
> > working on cars; (b) have lots of money and don't
> > care about the cost of repairs; or (c) just plain
crazy/stupid.
> >
> > If you're buying an older turbo quattro, make sure that
> > it is well maintained and does not need a lot of work-
> > I learned that lesson the hard way, $7500 poorer now.
> >
> > On the flip side, my '91 200q has been quite reliable,
is
> > a real joy to drive and is just a really nice car
overall.
> >
> > At this time, I really think a 80q or 90q would be a
good starting
> > point for owning a quattro, as the galvanized bodies
give them the
> > rust-resistance of the T44s, the interior is nearly as
luxurious as
> > the T44 and the
> non-turbo
> > cars are much simpler- a good way to get acquainted with
> the
> > I-5 and CIS. The 20v cars are even more refined.
> >
> > Taka
> >
>
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