what is a salvage title coupe quattro worth?

[Kent McLean]

Rebecca Ruston wrote:
> I'm in Oregon, looking at a '90 coupe quattro with about 250K and its been 
> wrecked, so it has a salvaged title, 

Offer as little as possible. with that mileage, KBB says:

	trade-in 	value:
	--------	------
	Excellent 	$3,200
	Good 	  	$2,775
	Fair	  	$2,045

The salvage title may be due to *just* the door being bashed in and it would
cost more than 1/2 the value of the car to fix it, or it may be that the bashed
in door also twisted the chassis, and it would take big bucks to make straight.

If the rest of the car is pristine clean, I might offer $1000. But I'd low ball
them and offer $500. If he/she takes it, you'll think you got a bargain.  If the
car turns out to be a dog, you'll be glad it didn't cost you too much.

Remember, with 250K miles on it, there's not a lot of life left to it. It gets
expensive putting old things right. But if that's your passion, go for it.

-- 
Kent McLean
'99 A4 Avant, w/ quattro, V6, Tiptronic, :)
'91 200 TQA #1, backup car
gone but not forgotten:
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody", now with new owner
'91 200 TQA #2, up in smoke 2
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy", up in smoke