[s-cars] To Buy or Not to Buy

[Vincent Frégeac]

What you should consider is not how much you should spend on your urS but
how much you've spend in the last 2-3 years in maintenance/repairs.
Sometime, non-urgent repairs accumulate and seem expensive but on an annual
basis are not that bad. Sometime too, the car gets too old and becomes a
lemon, like my 5K$+/year S-Bitch.

Now, if you loved this car, may be a '96 or '97 S6 in good shape could be an
option while this option still exist.



Vincent
'96 S-Bitch going soon
'81 Fiat Spider because logic is not always my strength.

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De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de
calvinlc at earthlink.net
Envoyé : 3 juin 2007 02:00
À : s-car-list at audifans.com
Objet : [s-cars] To Buy or Not to Buy

I don't know how I could be contemplating this but I am thinking about
replacing the best car I have ever owned - my '92 UrS.

The following items need work on my present car:

Clear coat is starting to suffer in two places
Front bumper cover is screwed on due to the normal plastic pieces breaking
Door trim pieces - uppers are coming off due to plastic bits
Cruise control doesn't work - I have personally spent hours on this one and
replaced all the usual culprits, had a mechanic spend hours on it and he
couldn't find anything either...
165k miles with a couple of squeeks here and there
Overboost issue that doesn't look like it is going to be simple to track
down
Memory seat settings not working correctly

Replacement possibility:
2001 S4 - Sportec stage 3 installed by Autosport Werks with the usual -
K04's, RS4 intercoolers, injectors, exhuast, downpipe, etc  H&R coilovers,
stoptech 332mm up front, two sets of wheels/tires (18s/17s), aftermrket
swaybar, Euro HIDs, RS4 bumper, RS4 clutch and t-belt service done 23k miles
ago, one owner 88k miles.  The thing drives perfect.

Rationale:
To get the UrS into tip top shape we are talking about 6k, best guess.  I
can either put this money into the UrS or buy this other car, and reset the
clock so to speak.  I just don't know if I am prepared to dump 6k into a 15
year old car, but how can I give up the best darn car I ever owned.  Any
advice?  Thanks!

--Calvin

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