Car trashed... Options?

[Andrew Butitta]

Alrighty, in response to the questions:

Yes, lights and signals work fine. The digital dash is fine (it does need a lightbuld replaced, however, for the tach).
Car starts, and runs fine once warm. Still burns no oil.

There was coolant leaking from the original expansion tank, which I replaced. It still leaks it from somewhere, though at a much slower rate now. It may just need hoses replaced. Otherwise the cooling system works perfectly.

Rust: yes, the car has rust. I believe it may have been hit while owned by the original owner, and never repaired. There is rust perforation near the passenger-side rear wheel well. Also your standard midwest rust on the bottom of the doors, and light surface rust elsewhere. In all, after owning a 1987 Camry that no longer had wheel wells because of rust, I think it's doing pretty well.

I took lots of pictures of the car, which you can see here:
http://www.dragoth.net/~dragoth/catagories/audiblog/

The passenger-side rust spot is here:
http://www.dragoth.net/~dragoth/projects/audi/2005-10-16_pics/IMG_8005.jpg

Also, before the car was broken into, I was about to take it to a shop to get the brakes overhauled, and the clutch line bled and refilled. It will be drivable without these repairs, but the rear brakes drag and have no pads left and the front rotors need machining, at the minimum. The clutch works, but is annoying on hot days or if stuck in stop-and-go traffic. I believe there is water in the line, hence the bleed-and-refill work that I had scheduled.

Let's see... what else... The passenger-side door handle no longer opens the door from the outside. Power mirror switches need replacing, as the selector switch is stuck on the passenger side and the directional hat is dirty.

A/C is present, and non-functional.

Cruise is not present, may have been deleted by a previous owner.

Tires are nearly new Hankook W404 winter tires. Great in snow and wet, terrible on dry pavement.

I think that's it.

I'm asking $500 for it. I paid $1200 for it last year. Either drive it away or tow it, it doesn't matter to me. It's only got 1/4 of a tank of gas in it, but there's a service station down the block from me.

Cheers.
-Andrew

----- Original Message ----
From: Steve Meyer <quattroslm at yahoo.com>
To: Andrew Butitta <akbutitta at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2006 2:41:07 AM
Subject: Re: Car trashed... Options?

Hi Andrew, sorry about your luck. College towns can be
a little rough sometimes. My Audi got beat up pretty
good in a storm in Iowa City a few years back. No
garage to protect it!

A couple questions about the car:
I noticed some damage to the instrument cluster...are
the lights and siganls working?

Any other mechanical problems before the break in?

Thanks,
Steve...in Iowa!

--- Andrew Butitta <akbutitta at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hello, fellow listers. The patient in question is my
> 1987 Coupe GT with the strangely deleted A/C.
> 
> Well, the other day some petty theives decided to
> 'delete' a few things from my wonderful little Audi.
> They got the stereo, and pretty much destroyed the
> interior of the car. They left the lights on, too,
> so the battery was dead by the time I got to it.
> 
> I've got pictures of the destruction here:
>
http://www.dragoth.net/~dragoth/2006/05/31/speechless/
> 
> So, listers, what do you think? I'm not planning on
> keeping this car, so does anyone want this for
> parts, or should I take it to the local yard and off
> it there? I'm in Madison, WI, right off the highway
> and easy to get to. I got a jump from a friend and
> the car does run. I took it down to the local car
> wash and vacuumed out as much broken glass as I
> could. I'll be taking the plates off it in a few
> days and canceling the insurance on it, so if anyone
> wants this beast, please let me know.
> 
> I'll also be more than happy to answer any questions
> about the car as well as I can.
> 
> It was fun being a part of this excellent and
> supportive community, even for this brief period.
> 
> So long, and thanks for all the fish!
> -Andrew
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