Abandon the broken 90Q?

[R Mangas]

   dunno if you can pull it off where you live, but I donated my dead '86
4kq to charity.  They send you a reciept, then you write it off your taxes.
It's lovely- bought the car for $1000, drove it for a year (paid mebbe $150
to fix this and that), killed it, stripped off all the good parts I
wanted/could get to/could carry (good rims, 10 disc changer, roof rack,
window switches, fuel injection componentry, etc...) and am going to get a
$500 write off.  Beaters rule.

Robert



>From: "Dave K." <desmo888 at comcast.net>
>To: "Joel A. Frahm" <frahm at jilau1.Colorado.EDU>, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: Abandon the broken 90Q?
>Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:45:47 -0500
>
>Don't abandon it.  They will eventually find you and possibly sue you for a
>storage fee.  After a few months the storage fees will me quite
>substantial.
>Did you call any Euro-junkyards?  Even 100 miles away I believe they would
>be willing to pay you for it and pick it up.
>You may want to talk to Chris at www.force5auto.com
>He may be able to give you some advice.  He may even buy it if he is headed
>out that way.
>In any case, if you aren't going to pursue another means of selling it, pay
>the man and be done with it.
>
>Dave K.
>'90 CQ
>offering my 2 cents...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Joel A. Frahm" <frahm at jilau1.Colorado.EDU>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 12:01 PM
>Subject: Abandon the broken 90Q?
>
>
> > The next installment of my tiresome saga:
> > I talked to the mechanic.  What he wants me to do is this:
> >
> > Send him the title and $125, and he will dispose of the car.
> >
> > I owe him $75 for the tow.  He's not charging me for storage.  His claim
> > is that he will have to go to some effort to get rid of the car and
>won't
> > get anything for it, so $50 more for dealing with the hulk.
> >
> > I suspect the car is worth something to someone, and he stands to do OK
> > with this.  I have signed no agreement or anything, and am tempted just
>to
> > abandon the car to save the $125.  I would do this _if_ I thought he was
> > taking me to the cleaners and could sell the car as-is for decent money
>or
> > if he planned to take my money to haul the car off as junk, but then fix
> > it and sell it for a tidy profit.  I don't begrudge him a living but I
> > would take exception to getting taken for a ride.  The heated
> > leather driver's seat alone is probably worth $100.
> >
> > If I decide he's ripping me off and to abandon the car, do you think I
> > would get into more trouble and bigger bills?  We have nothing in
>writing
> > and he doesn't know my name, address or even my phone number.
> >
> > Another option:  If he is charging me to get rid of a hulk, I could
>drive
> > out there and strip the thing.  Lights, signals, seats, wheels, tires...
>I
> > could even try to take some driveline parts.  Since he has to dolly it
> > anyway and is charging me to haul off a hulk, I could leave him a hulk.
> >
> > Maybe if I call him and talk about doing this he'll tell me to just send
> > him the title and be done with it, since it would take the sweetness out
> > of his deal to have all the easy parts disappear.
> >
> > Ain't life grand?
> > -Joel.
> > --
> > Joel Frahm <frahm at jila.colorado.edu>
> > University of Colorado, JILA
> >


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