[s-cars] Three-spoke sport wheel questions...

[Eric Phillips]

Mr. Young,

Thanks to you and the other folks that replied, both here and
privately.  Wow, now I "get it".  So, I was idly thinking about the
conversion of my B3 from a four-spoke to a three-spoke-sport, while
retaining airbag and all other functionality.  I understand it's not a
simple p-n-p job, but not bad on the order of a TDS-X install.

I hadn't really researched pricing, so I didn't really get what price
= "fair", and so I had illusions of picking up some spare parts and
someday doing this conversion, while helping some guys clear out
Rosattobins.

A lurker-lister offered a sport wheel up for sale on this List some
time back, and I e-mailed him asking what he wanted for it.  He
suggested that if I sent him a single Benjamin, that would cover it.
"OK", sez I, "how you want to get paid?"

Crickets.

A week later, I ask again how he wants his dough, and he e-mails me
back "The wheel has been sold, sorry for the confusion."  Err, what
confusion?  You offer something at a price, and a guy says "sure",
isn't that a deal?

Well, *now* I understand completely why that "hey, how about $100?"
wasn't really a deal. Ten sawbucks don't even come close to the going
price for these things, so I guess it's a deal until it isn't any
more.

I very much appreciate the info, guys, and will think carefully about
the privately-emailed offers to sell.  I guess it depends on if I can
get the sitchgear, column covers and adapter for my 90q20V for some
sort of reasonable price.  I actually have no idea what part numbers
I'm looking for on that - I'm right at the beginning of this journey.

Thanks to the List (again),

Eric

> Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:08:43 -0600
> From: "Young, Steve" <sryoung at trane.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Three-spoke sport wheel questions...
>
> You should be able to find a good one without an airbag for $125-$150.
> Add $75-$100 for an airbag.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven Young
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Eric Phillips
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:05 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] Three-spoke sport wheel questions...
>
> Gentz,
>
> Anyone here purchase a sport steering wheel recently?  I'm looking for
> pricing info.
>
> I have a project in mind....