Somewhat less of a quandary now...88 5ksq Thread

[Grant Lenahan]

I may have said this before (this thread has gone on a while ...).

But if you're looking for a low-maint value in a very nice larger 
sedan, look at the C4 series, the 1992-97 100S and A6 (q).
My experience, and what I've seen of others' says the C4s were fairly 
cheap to keep, and can be had for not much money today.

They are very safe (ask me know I know).  Rugged.  Relatively simple.  
For instance, a rebuilt front driveshaft, 3rd party, can be had for 
$120.  Engines rarely fail if maintained. Trannys are clunky but have 
not had many failures.  Not enough power to hurt them, from what I can 
see.

KBB says a 1995 A6q, 91,000 miles ('typical") with leather has a 
private party value of $6900, in excellent condition.  It always seems 
to be cheaper to buy excellent than to fix them up, as you are finding 
out :-)

Grant
On Aug 5, 2006, at 3:51 PM, George Butler wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> Up until the "Re: '88 5000S Auto FS; Any Buyer Beware?" thread I was 
> in the
> process of making a tough decision.  I've been driving a very reliable
> (blatant attempt to incite the Audi gods ;-) 84 4KSQ for about 10 
> years now
> and the odometer just passed 200K miles.  I've put a reasonable amount 
> of
> money, sweat, and vulgarities into it. and I love it to death.
>
>
>
> I inherited my son's 88 5KSQ when he moved on to another vehicle.  In 
> the
> few years he owned it the engine blew, and a few door handles went as 
> did a
> number of other things. I'll admit though that we got what we paid for.
> After recently deciding to make a project out of the 88 5KSQ I sat 
> down and
> totaled the cost of parts required to "do it right" and gagged when the
> parts passed the 3K$ mark.  Like a lot of other listers I started 
> thinking
> that I might address the restoration in phases, or sell the 84 4KSQ to
> finance a piece of the effort as well as entertaining a number of other
> fantasies relative to justifying the cost of the 88 5KSQ project.  I 
> then
> had to assess what I'd end-up with at the end of the journey. I'd have 
> an
> (apparently unsafe relative to crash test results) 18 year-old luxury 
> car
> that gets 24MPG.with a lot of new parts.  It's time to let go..
>
>
>
> I will concur with Huw relative to the type 44's being expensive cars 
> that
> occasionally require expensive repairs.  In this case though I think 
> I'll
> keep my focus on my 84 4KSQ. I don't have the time or the resources to 
> part
> out the' 88, so I think I'll just put it up for sale as is.  I'll be 
> sad to
> see it go,  but I think that I can get several hundred dollars for 
> it.maybe
> it's time for that rear sway bar for the '84 (unsafe or not)!
>
>
>
> Have a nice weekend.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> George B.
>
>
>
> 84 4KSQ
>
> 88 5KSQ..for a while
>
> Massachusetts
>
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