[urq] To 3b or not to 3b?

David Glubrecht daveglu at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 8 22:34:21 PDT 2013


Unfortunately it takes a very well cared for car to have a value in the $15,000+ range so this only applies to very nice original cars.
I would not do a swap to a very nice original car, but absolutely would to most others.  In fact I will be starting doing a 3B swap to mine soon.  Having a 200q20v daily and a UrQ I can't wait to get a 3B in mine.


  David Glubrecht
  

> From: s.b.mills at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 00:15:07 -0500
> To: c.corbishley at comcast.net
> CC: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [urq] To 3b or not to 3b?
> 
> I went through the same thing with my 85 recently.y original plan was to get the car sorted (it had been sitting for a while also) and then do an ABY swap. 
> 
> However, once I got the WX sorted, it was hard to justify the expense and effort of a swap- from what I've seen in terms of sales, a 3b or AAN swap doesn't add much if anything to the value of the car, and may limit your market because many buyers are looking for original cars. 
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> Case in point- I've seen several well done 3b swaps priced at ~$15k sit on the market forever, but a stock 100k mile 85 sold for $21,500 the first week it was up on Bring A Trailer. 
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> So, if you are planning to keep it forever, swap away. If you want to optimize your return, don't mess with it now that it's finally running. 
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