'93 90q

[Archibald, Jon]

Heh...35 y.o. woman- guilty as charged. Todd, I'm not saying the early
ones -can't- be good cars, I just think a later car will give you a
better fighting chance against unknown evils. Javad is right, the v6
definitely doesn't cause any adrenaline spikes. However, I love the look
of the B4, and I find the car to be exceptionally smooth, quiet, and
comfortable. Plus, wrecked 2.7t's are becoming more and more plentiful
;-)

Jon Archibald, P.E.
W&H Pacific
503.372.3616
Jarchibald at whpacific.com


-----Original Message-----
From: JShadzi at aol.com [mailto:JShadzi at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:28 AM
To: Todd Young; Archibald, Jon
Cc: chrisdyer at hotmail.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: '93 90q


I think Jon is right though, the 93/94 models have some well documented
issues, its good to be aware of them, its fortunate that your 93 has
been problem free, but there is a good chance for any buyer that their
experience wouldn't be as good.

I had a 94 "sport" for a while that I sold recently, it was a good car
for the 7mo that I had it, had a bad leak from the rear seal, I did the
timing belt job on it, and it needed a new AC Evaporator which required
pulling the whole dash, etc, but "other than those things"...

My main beef was the general driving experience, the motor is a dog
(granted, I'm spoiled, but it was really bad), the car drove like it was
built for the demographic 35yr old woman, IMHO (generally speaking).

The other problem is that we also have a 95 325i, basically the same car
but a BMW, mid size, 4 door, 6 cylinder, etc, which PUT IT TO SHAME.  I
finally sold the car, if not just for the moral pretense, that BMW had
built such a superior driving car in almost every way to the 90Q.  

Honestly, if you're considering a V6 90, go drive a 325i of the same
year, they have come down in price a lot, and the bimmers are very
reliable, we've had no major repair on our in over 4 years, just a
little maintenence, and that motor, is sooo sweet, puts the 12v to
shame.

So I ended up selling it and bought a 90 coupe quattro for a fraction of
the price, much better handling and driving car, the 20v motor is much
more sporting than the 12v.

Javad