AUDI 90 QUATTRO '91

[Huw Powell]

> WHATS UP GUYS? I NEED SOME HELP HERE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
> WHETHER I'M MAKING AN INVESTMENT OR JUST BLOWING MY MONEY AWAY.
> THERE'S THIS GUY SELLING HIS 90 QUATTRO FOR $1400. IT SEEMS TO GOOD
> TO BE TRUE....THE CAR LOOKS IN GREAT CONDITION, IS THERE ANYTHING I
> SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR? IT'S A 1991 90 QUATTRO, WITH 95,546 MILES AND I
> DID A CAR FAX AND IT CAME UP CLEAN. WITH NO COLLISIONS OR ANYTHING.
> HE ACTUALLY SELLS CARS BUT HE'S SELLING THIS ONE OFF HIS LOT, HE SAID
> HE DOING HIS DAD A FAVOR. HIS DAD JUST WANTS TO GET RID OF IT.

OK, this is a car worth $5k or so - maybe more if it is a cream puff.
No one gives away $3500 to do anyone a favor.  So, that means something
is broken.  It may very well be an "accessory."  IE, it runs and drives,
but maybe the AC and ABS don't work.  And some of the dash switches (the
  push button ones - they are the only electrics that seem to fail on the
type 89).  Maybe it runs funny after it's warmed up for a while.

Whatever you do, bring it to a competent mechanic you trust and pay them
to go over it carefully, in addition to a rigorous test drive (consumers
reports used to describe a test drive regimen that was perfect...).

Add whatever is busted to the purcase price and see if it still seems
like a good deal (especially if some of it doens't matter to you).  If
it is, buy it.  They are really nice cars.

> AND DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I COULD GO TO ENHANCE THIS CAR, LIKE
> GROUND EFFECTS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

That car doesn't need them.  It already comes with a nice, teutonically
understated rear wing, rear disc brakes, and probably some wood trim on
the dash.  All you need is driving gloves, and you can get them anywhere.

--
Huw Powell

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