[s-cars] accident: thinking of parting 93 S4

[Doug Landaeta]

Jesse,

Sorry for the untimely loss of such a fine car - glad everyone is okay,
there are more out there, when you're through grieving! I hope I can help to
ease the pain, (here come the vultures...) the entire black interior I would
be interested in - you are correct - it is in very nice condition.  There is
some history in what interiors go for, so once you digest the concept that
she's gone, let me know.

Doug L (the bicycles were on my S4) 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Bodenlos [mailto:jsb at wam.umd.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 10:40 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: [s-cars] accident: thinking of parting 93 S4


My father and I met several people from this list at S Fest last saturday. 
We came in a stock perl white 93 S4.  Unfortunately today the car slid out
on a wet road and hit almost head on into a concrete highway divider and
spun around smacking the rear as well.  Thankfully no one was hurt except
the car.  The coolant leaked out evrywhere since the rad got mushed.  front
bumper/lights/hood/grill/quarter panel/etc are all done for.  The rear
bumper is garbage and the left quarter panel is bent.  From the small time I
spent looking at the car between being expremely pissed off and trying to
get to work, it doesnt look like the front compacted enough to damage the
engine past the rad and perhaps the IC.  The front core support is obviously
bent to hell I would assume, but I didn't lift the mangled hood to check
anything out.  What leads me to believe there may be some serious mechanical
damage however:  The steering column is extremely loose. 
It still turns the wheels, but you can wiggle it all over the place. 
There was some smoke coming out of the dash, but no sign of fire.  Some grey
liquid squirted out of the dash onto my right shoulder.. don't know what it
was.

At this point I am not sure whether fixing the car will be worth the money,
and I am considering parting it out if I can recoup some of what I spent to
purchase it.  I do not know anything about the going rate for Audi parts of
the expense to fix a car with this much damage.  Please give me your input
so we can make the right decision.


The body has 119,xxx miles.  The 20v engine and turbo were replaced ~27,000
miles ago.  Rotors replaced ~25k ago.  Many other parts replaced 25-27k
ago.. I forget everything but I have all receipts at home.

rest of the car:
Stock 16" forged S4 wheels with some all season crappy in the rain tires.
Stock 93 suspension.
PRISTINE black leather interior.  Of all the cars I saw at S Fest, our car
had the nicest interior.. no wear on the seats or carpet.
The dash was also in perfect condition, but that may have changed, and the
airbags were deployed.

It saddens me that my 1st post here is detailing the death of an S4, so I
would appreciate any input you can give me.  Thanks

Jesse