88 5kq hit by kid backing out of driveway]

[Max Hoepli]

It'll be worth it to restore the car. I had a new headliner installed, ~ ~
C$650.00.


Max


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <george.butler2 at verizon.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: 22, August 2007 15:59
Subject: [Fwd: RE: 88 5kq hit by kid backing out of driveway]


> Hello all,
>
> I've been watching this thread from a distance...and it offers an ideal
segue for me.  I happen to have an 88 5KSQ sitting in my driveway. It needs
a fuel pressure accumulator,exhaust/
> cat...tires...and...as of two  weeks ago, work done to the sagging rear of
the headliner...the list goes on.  I haven't got the time to put it back on
the road (I have my 84 4KSQ to repaint...and have run out of summer.)
>
> My son owned it for a couple of years and I "inherited" it when he bought
another vehicle. Although it's an inanimate object...I don't have the heart
to have a Quattro hauled to a bone yard...and..given the current price of
iron...realize the fate that awaits it.
>
> Not to belabor the point (too late now...), but any lister who wants to
come and pick it up is welcomed to it...for FREE(even though it's old ;-)
>
> I'm situated in north-central MA and can be reached off-list.
>
> Regards,
>
> George B.
> 84 4KSQ
> 88 5KSQ
>
>
> >From: Chris Semple <chris at force5auto.com>
> >Date: 2007/08/22 Wed AM 08:34:44 CDT
> >To: unlisted-recipients:;
> >Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: RE: 88 5kq hit by kid backing out of driveway
>
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com
> >[mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of cobram at juno.com
> >
> >
> >It's evident you've never done this.  I have, not for myself, but a
> >stubborn meathead relative.  Took 4 years and a lot of patience
> >(courthouse is 2 blocks from my house.)  It's a fools errand, you won't
> >even see a judge most of the time, the magistrate or an arbitrator will
> >review it first, other party doesn't show, YOU have to hire a constable
> >to serve them, and it goes on, and on, and on.  I emailed a few of the
> >details to the original poster.  And even IF you get a judgement,
> >collecting starts a whole new process.  It's a lot of BS for what amounts
> >to chump change considering what you have to go through.
> >
> >> Now lets think about my '88 5000CS TQ I still have
> >> Next year its considered a classic.
> >> In 6 years its considered a antique car.
> >> What does that do to the value?
> >> 2K 4K 6K
> >
> >HEY, Chris Semple, I want my 1984 5KS you hauled away for free back!!
> >Evidently it was worth a whole lotta money because it's OLD.  Anything is
> >only worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it, the only reason
> >most of us are on this list is because Audi resale is abysmal, especially
> >so for the type 44's with the plethora of "quirks" they have.  Having a
> >type 44 totalled by the insurance company is the closest we'll ever get
> >to actually receiving book value for the car.
> >
> >--Hah, check your fridge, it's doing double duty as the lid on the mayo
and
> >the sixpack of your choice!
> >
> >-Cheers
> >-Chris Semple
> >Concord NH
> >'93 E350 Club, 322k, worth 200$ in steel
> >   '84 4000q, 150k, worth what someone wants to give for it
> >      '04 F350 DRW, 60k, book value still has meaning
> >
> >
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