[s-cars] Advice needed

[Hayes Myers]

Lee,

One way you can sometimes save is to give your shop the option to take
their time. ie: Hey, would you do this for cash and you can have the car
for two weeks etc etc... They can then fit into their schedule and often
will go out of their way for a cash. (in my experience...it's good to have
a retired german body shop owner helping you out).

That way they can do their insurance jobs etc and fit your car inbetween
the chaos.

Jealous of your ride..i looked high and low for decent example of a
2.8litre A6 avant to no avail. Still lurking for one!

cheers,
hayes

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:36 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have a couple of options here. I don't see any reason whatsoever why
> you wouldn't have the repairs done, if you like the car.
>
> First, you can have it repaired as mentioned, and a good body shop should
> be able to make it look like new when finished.
>
> Second, you can check with car-part.com and find some matching used parts
> (done this for several customers in teh past). If it's a similar year car,
> and the paint code is teh same, the color will match. With this option, you
> could buy the parts from, say AZ, and know you are getting clean stuff
> (unless the car came form up north, of course). I'm in TX, so I've always
> got nice parts.
>
> Know this, though, you will need to have the parts crated and shipped if
> you don't want them damaged.
>
> BTW, sounds like a nice car.
>
> HTH,
> Tony
>
> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote:
>
> > I have owned a '99 A6 quattro avant for the past five years. I bought it
> > with 135K from Chris Semple; it now as 192K.
> >
> > The car is black with black leather, with most options. I have done some
> > upgrades to the car, including suspension (Hotchkis bars, Bilsteins),
> > brakes ( Bira S3 front, B5 S4 rear), sport leather interior from a C5
> 2.7t,
> > etc.
> >
> > It's a nice car...drives like it's 2 or 3 years old. And it's set up the
> > way I like it.
> >
> > It needs some minor work...three of the lower door panels are showing
> some
> > rust at their bottom edges, and the left front fender is showing some
> rust
> > on the bottom rear (near the door). For now, it's surface bubbling, no
> > perforation.
> >
> > Is there any reason I should not have this rust repaired? Does anybody
> > have an educated guess on repair cost for the three doors and the fender?
> >
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