Advice on selling an "older" A4Q

[Andrew Duane]

Thanks for the advice, that's pretty much what I figured. It's nice to be right :-)

Full repairs are well over $1000, to fix basically a couple of scratches, etc. There's no payback in that. A good wash/wax/vacuum is $99 at a detail shop. I appreciate the tips on where to list. Free is good, but I'm willing to spend a few dollars to put ads in places that are worth it. I can't see spending like $100 or more for newspapers though.

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From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Duane
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 7:36 AM
To: Quattro (quattro at audifans.com)
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 to sell, but she does want it gone.

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Andrew Duane              Juniper Networks
978-589-0551               10 Technology Park Dr
aduane at juniper.net       Westford, MA  01886-3418
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