Advice on selling an "older" A4Q

[Andrew Duane]

Thanks for the advice all....

The car is now officially for sale, and listed in the Marketplace.
For now, I'll do ebay and craigslist, and maybe one or two local lists.
My local shop has a teenage son making some summer $$$ by doing cleanups/detailing, so I'll let him spiff up the car a bit, but I'm not going to more than a bottle of touch-up paint for the scratches.

So if anyone's looking for a good ride for a new driver or something.....

> ________________________________
> From: Andrew Duane <aduane at juniper.net>
> To: "Quattro (quattro at audifans.com)" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:36:53 AM
> Subject: Advice on selling an "older" A4Q
> 
> OK, maybe it's not old compared to some of your trusty rides here,
> but it's a '97 A4Q1.8T that belongs to my mother.
> 
> My main questions are about condition. It's 12 years old, but with
> very low mileage. Cosmetically, its share of bumps and bruises. A
> couple of bumper scrapes, a door ding or two, and a crack in the
> interior. Given that the car is in superb mechanical condition (I saw
> to that), is it worth worrying too much about minor cosmetics? All
> the car ads I see talk about "showroom mint", but that's hardly
> feasible in a 12 year old car. I vote "no", but Mom thinks about
> spending $$$ to fix them up. Anyone have experience with such
> decisions. 
> 
> Of course, an ad will be in the Marketplace shortly; any other
> pros/cons about places to list it?  Vehix? Craiglslist? Ebay motors?
> Local papers? She's not in a huge hurry, but she does want it gone. 

/Andrew