1988 5ktqa Olympic Edition found!

[Livolsi, Stephane]

Chiming in, I bought my 88 commemorative edition avant (looks exactly
like the one in the ad) in August 2003 for $4800 with 250000 kms.  I
thought I paid a bit much but it is such a beautiful car and was well
maintained with a lot of work done.  If I was in Ontario, and was in the
showroom where that car is, I probably would buy it (if I didn't already
have mine)

Price is very subjective.  Some of my friends wouldn't pay $500 for a 15
year old Audi but they will pay 20 or 30 some thousand for a new Mazda
or Ford.  Go figure!

They think I'm the idiot, I think they are.

Stephane

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zsolt [mailto:zsolt1 at telusplanet.net] 
> Sent: January 8, 2004 9:35 PM
> To: Louis-Alain RICHARD
> Cc: 'Audi Quattro List'
> Subject: Re: RE : 1988 5ktqa Olympic Edition found!
> 
> 
> I guess you are making a good point. Everything is worth as much, or 
> little as they are willing to pay for it.
> 
> I bought my 88 Olympic car a couple of years ago with around 
> 140k km for 
> 6,000 CAN. I thought I paid a lot for it at the time, definitely more 
> than average, but the car was all original, very tight and well taken 
> care of. This is why the type 44 is such a great deal, and 
> luckily for 
> those of us who like them a great value.
> 
> IMO this one is still too expensive for 8G. People are willing to pay 
> more for Volvos. They never got the reputation that Audis did 
> in the 80s 
> driving through garage doors. Which we all know is complete BS...but 
> that's a different thread.
> 
> Cheers,
>   Zsolt
> PS. Check out some pix of my car at my pic poster on the 
> Audifans site. 
> (you may have to cut and paste the URL instead of just 
> clicking on the link) 
> http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/users/52114> .phtml
> 
> 
> Louis-Alain RICHARD wrote:
> 
> >While I agree that they 
> ask too much, I wouldn't mind giving them 8000$ 
> >for a nice original clean car like this one.
> >
> >Think about it: for that money, you have a unique-looking, 
> useful wagon 
> >with a real pedigree (no matter the Olympic stickers).
> >
> >Remember, 2 weeks ago I shopped a car like this one for one of my 
> >friends; he was dreaming of an Audi wagon since he was 20 
> years old. He 
> >ended buying a 1993 Ovlov 940 Turbo wagon (automatic, sad) 
> for 6000$CAN 
> >and 235 000km. So, 2000$ more and he would have owned its 
> _dream_car_! 
> >That's cheap dreamin'...
> >
> >
> >When dealing with personal tastes (or dreams), value, like 
> beauty, is 
> >in the eye of the beholder.
> >
> >  
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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