What would you rather have?

[Grant]

Well....

Newer is nice.  Adn $800 for brakes, fronts at that, seems excessive. 
What needs to be done? Pads should be about $75/set, and rotors maybe 
$75/ea.  Figure 1.5 hours plus an alignment, and voila, new front 
brakes. Unless the calipers are baked, which is unusual.

I owned a 1991 90q20v, which is almost identical to the coupe quattro, 
except is a 4-door.  Warning, the trunk is small. My Boxster has about 
the same room in practicality!  But it was fun, and very durable. A 
more direct feel than the 93-4 90s, whcih were very nice Buicks, to a 
degree.

The 93 will have more torque, and probably a better interior.

The I5 is pretty bulletproof, as is the clutch. Which makes me wonder 
what happened to the clutch?  Mine went 165k miles, then I sold it to a 
friend who has driven it the last 5 years. Same clutch (about a billion 
strut tower bushings though).

Grant
On Oct 28, 2005, at 10:55 AM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

> I hope I don't start a religious war here, but I'm torn right now;
> there's a 1993 Audi 90 CS Quattro with 128K KM on it for sale for
> about 5000 as is.  To safety, it needs the front brakes done and the
> handbrake replaced -- say $800 (the brake parts were around $500, I'm
> thinking 300 for labour at 55/hr -- could be way off here.  Feel free
> to jump in.).  The exhaust is going to be an issue in the next year or
> two as well.
>
> There's a 1990 Audi Quattro Coupe for sale at a dealership for $5400
> e-cert. and safetied, with work done on just about everything I could
> think of: brakes, rotors, timing belt, distributor, clutch, etc. with
> 210K KM on it.
>
> Spec/review wise, I've heard really good things about the 90 and so-so
> things about the CQ: anyone care to jump in?
>
> I'm new to the Audi game but I'm in love... and confused.
>
> For all the Audi vets out there, what would you take?   To qualify, my
> tastes are definitely not refined; I've been driving pickup trucks and
> a Taurus for the last 10 years, so its more of a matter of reliability
> and investment here (I plan on babying either car).  As for my
> intentions, I'm not autocrossing or anything, just looking for a
> comfortable daily driver.
>
> Thanks