[urq] Where to sell a high-end urq?

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Robert,

I didn't attend the UrQ25, although I've been to the Beddor Nationals from time to time.  I realize that the Historics were a long time ago but those that were there might remember the car and it is in far better shape today than when Kent showed it.  The guy that did the cosmetic work on it has restored cars for the Pebble Beach Concours, so he's not your average paint and body guy.

I'm not looking for opinions on the value of the car at this time.  I haven't taken any digital pictures of the car and so that will have to wait for later.  I was simply trying to give a general idea of the car.  I am not looking for "pain and suffering money" for the mechanical upgrades; I merely listed them to illustrate that the car hasn't been modified extensively, as many quattros have.  Many people, including myself would rather have a car that is closer to stock.  I AM expecting to get more money for the car than the average quattro brings.  I've been around these cars for 25 years and have owned others.  I know what the average urq is like...  frankly it's hard to find one that runs well and looks good.  Most are pretty used up at this point.

Have any opinions on how best to sell one?

Thanks,
Jeff
-------------- Original message from Robert A Dupree <robert.a.dupree at jpmchase.com>: -------------- 

Jeff - that's a pretty big boast, was your car at UrQ25? Monteray was a 
> looooong time ago for any to use that as a relative condition indicator. 
> You also neglact to mention what sort of money, nor provide visual documentation 
> references. 
> My suggestion is hit the big audi boards in usa and europe and hope someone bites. As an interrogative; chip, K24, cam - those are basic mods and should be expected at minimum your description of those upgrades make ir sound like you 
> want pain and suffering money for them. 
> 
> Good luck. 
> 
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> Sent: Sun Aug 23 12:04:29 2009 
> Subject: [urq] Where to sell a high-end urq? 
> First off, what do I mean by a high-end Urq? Quite simply, it is the nicest ur Quattro I have ever seen, since the cars were new. Happily it is mine but I don’t drive it as much as I should and I need to sell some cars, as I simply 
> have too many. So, a little about the car…. I bought it about 10 years ago 
> from Kent Anderson, after he had taken it to the ’99 Monterey Historics. It 
> was a nice, low mileage (57K) car then but I decided that it could be better, so 
> I gave it to a friend in the restoration business and we repainted a few areas 
> that had rock chips, installed European bumpers and lights on both ends and 
> cleaned the car from one end to the other. The paint (Mars Red) now looks as it 
> did when the car was new, the interior leather is soft as butter and the only 
> real cosmetic flaw is some fading to the carpet below the rear window. 
> Mechanically, I changed the turbo to a K24 and changed the cam to a 
> “cheater” cam that Ned Ritchie supplied that dated from the showroom stock 
> racing days many years ago. Unusually for one of these cars, it starts and runs 
> like a modern car, first turn of the key. I have seen a lot of these cars, and 
> owned other, more “typical” quattros and I’ve never laid eyes on one even 
> close to this one. I’d like to get more money from selling it than what I 
> have seen other nice cars sell for in the last couple of years. Thus the 
> question… 
> I don’t particularly like eBay, as I don’t think anybody bids their top 
> dollar on a car that they usually can’t personally inspect and there often 
> isn’t enough time to get a shop to do a pre-purchase inspection. I don’t 
> mind buying parts and small things from eBay from time to time but I’d never 
> bid on a car there. Most of my friends wouldn’t, either. 
> I used to advertise in the Audi Club classified but there’s a huge lead time 
> there and almost no ads the last few years, so I doubt much would come from 
> that. There are several Audi internet boards but I’d wager most people on 
> this one already have an urq…and I’ve decided that nobody needs two of them. 
> I found that I didn’t, after a while. I emailed Kent Anderson a while back 
> and he didn’t seem interested in selling the car for me, so maybe his business 
> has changed. Hemmings is another option, although that seems to cater to a 
> different crowd and there is a fair lead time associated with those ads as well. 
> So, what do you guys think? 
> Jeff 
> PS: I also will be selling a mint (9k mile, never seen rain…) RS6, so I’d 
> like any opinions on that one as well. 
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