4kq: keep it or sell it? Help!

[R Mangas]

  Keep it.  If you can store it, reduce your insurance coverage and do so.
Once you're on a more firm financial footing you can get back to it.  That's
a great car, in one of the best colors, and at 85k it's a youngster.  I
would consider too that a $3,000 investment in it will make it into a great
and cheap daily driver.

  $0.02,
Robert




>From: "Aaron Sherrick" <aaron at eurekalubricants.com>
>To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: 4kq: keep it or sell it? Help!
>Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:01:22 -0500
>
>Q-list, I need some advice.  It's time for me to purchase a new car, and
>I'm
>trying to decide what I should do with my beloved '86 4000 CS Quattro.  I
>had planned to keep the car and eventually do a turbo conversion.  At this
>point in my life having recently graduated college and starting my own
>business, I'm not sure that I want the extra expense of two cars, let alone
>devoting the time necessary for a turbo project (especially given the low
>level of my mechanical skills).  I think if I wanted to keep it I could,
>but
>I have this fear that the car will just sit unused in a garage and
>deteriorate.  On the other hand, if I sell it, I'll probably kick myself
>for
>getting rid of one of the nicest 4000's around.
>
>So, I would love some advice, biased as it may be.  :-)  I'm also curious
>what my car is worth should I decide to sell it.  Here's what I have:
>
>'86 4000 CS Quattro
>- Zermatt Silver, Grey cloth interior
>- 85k miles
>- MC cam w/new lifters
>- Stebro exhaust
>- Blauplunkt CD player w/Infinity Kappa 6-speaker system
>
>Condition:
>- interior is flawless with the exception of a hole in the driver's seat
>side bolster
>- paint is in great condition with the following exceptions: ding on hood,
>cracked paint on bumper at one spot, clearcoating gone on spoiler, and the
>occasional minor artifacts on a 17 year old car.
>- mechanically the car is in good shape with the following exceptions:
>suspension rattles (probably control arm bushings as usual. It could use
>new
>struts, too), windshield washers don't work (it's something with the
>switch,
>and I haven't gotten around to fixing it), team door handle is acting up on
>my driver's side door, the timing belt should be replaced, and the car will
>probably need front rotors soon.
>
>Thanks in advance, everyone!
>
>Aaron
>


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