'93 90q

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Agreed, in the smooth, quiet, comfortable department, the Audi does excel, I didnt' mention too many positives about the car, but that is its strength.  And yes, the cars do look really nice.

Javad

>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
>