[s-cars] What to look for on a 84 urQ

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/16/2007 8:32:06 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,   
s.sikss at gmail.com writes:

What  should I look for on a ?84 urQ,  113Kmiles, 225hp 10VT rebuilt  at
90Kmiles?


Let me take the  other side.  Over the last 25 years I have had 6 Audis, one 
of which was an  early '83 UrQ.  I had great hopes for the one I bought - had 
always wanted  one.  Mine was a nightmare.  I do not know if they got the 
electronics  sorted out by the time yours was built but with mine you could feel 
the heat  radiating out of the fuse box and other various locations on the  
dash.   Other than the electronics and the no-longer-available parts I  remember 
the OEM exhaust system was hard to source and fit in. I do not believe  it was 
stainless.  
 
Good luck with the one you are going to look at - I'd recommend that you  
keep a hunk of cash in reserve for the repairs.  One other thing you may  want to 
check is the ride quality.  My '83 felt like driving a truck.   Nowhere near 
as controlled as my 95.5 with Bilsteins and euro  springs.  The '83 suspension 
was stock springs with Koni shocks.
 
Best of luck,
 
Mark near Chicago
 
BTW, I understand my '83 eventually found its way to Anderson and must have  
been cured.  Several years ago I had an unlimited carfax account  and ran its 
vin.  It had gone to Utah and Alaska and was around 150K  miles.  



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