quattro Digest, Vol 53, Issue 24

[thejimrose]

Great points. Although if getting the ac to work is as simple as it sounds,
that would be a hell of a driver. and with minor work a fine track car.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.... =) anyone wanna buy a b5a4 ?

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:

> The single factor that knocks it out of consideration for me is the
> lack of A/C.  It doesn't seem to be a dedicated track car in any other
> way so to spend 9 grand and still have to "finish" the conversion to
> get the a/c running is just too much to ask, IMO.
>
> A lot of work was done to get it where it is currently.  It's just not
> finished, not when asking top dollar for it.  Now that's a really
> subjective term here because it's not a Kelley Blue Book car so it's a
> bit of an unknown commodity.
>
> From his perspective it may make perfect sense...  he may merely be
> looking to get out what he put into it or some relevant fraction
> thereof.  But to the buyer, a very specialized buyer in this case, it
> may very well seem unfinished, as it does to me.  To me it looks like
> a sweet daily driver, one that would have to have a/c.  To someone who
> might see it as a track car, it lacks a serious suspension & brakes...
> factory sport springs from a 90q20v (I assume), Bilstien HD's and
> G60's are hardly a track setup.  Right on the money in my book though
> for a seemingly well-upgraded sweet daily driver.  It only needs to be
> complete with working A/C, not to mention the cruise control.
>
> Ed
>
> On 3/21/08, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> > good point Kent, i'm just surprised noone's scooped it yet since the wow
> > factor of that motor in that car would be "WOW!!!!" vs "wow!" in the
> urs4,
> > given the ~1000lb weight difference.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > thejimrose wrote:
> > > > anyone know anything about it? it's been fs forever..
> > > > http://www.geocities.com/samsims_7/80tq_fs/80tq_fs.htm
> > >
> > > I dunno, but at that asking price, and given today's market, you
> > > can buy a gen-u-ine urS4 and have a few $thousand left over. My
> > > guess is most buyers would prefer the factory ride over a modded
> > > "lesser" car.
> > >
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