[V8] Need some audi expertise

[John Bysinger]

Thanks to all of you for your input, my friend is supposed to look at it in
person this weekend (I'll see if he'll snap some pics :)  And no, it's not
east of the mississippi, it's in the seattle area.

And he's more than familiar with doing his own work, he wants the audi so he
can have a daily while his vw is in the paint booth (older rabbit with late
model passat engine and a 900lb diet) so I think he'll be fine working on
the 4000.

-John


-----Original Message-----
From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
Of Greg Furstenwerth
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 7:04 PM
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Subject: Re: [V8] Need some audi expertise


Ok well apparently its only for the older older 4000's that are from the
mid 80s or back. KBB value is 1385 with what you said and good shape
kinda shocking! sorry for the misinfo I had to check just to make sure I
was not making a ass out of myself hehe.

Greg Furstenwerth wrote:

>well the 4000 quattro is pretty hard to kill... My parents had one when
>I was a kid with over 400,000 miles on it and mine had 210,000 when I
>got rid of it they are very reliable just they are expensive to work
>on... If he does get it I would advise going to the parts connection or
>something for parts and doing as much as you can yourself.
>
>Otherwise it should be a great car all in all. I gave mine away and the
>blue book value for most 4000's is well under 500$ if you actually look
>at that :/ They are not worth much but they are worth alot in
>reliablity. I would say if he has all the records and you test drive it
>find nothing wrong with it by all means go for it..
>
>But thats just my experience :) let others give feedback too I am sure
>many here have owned a 4000.
>
>Greg
>93 V8Q
>
>PS. I still miss my 4000 at times cause of what I could do with it.
>
>John Bysinger wrote:
>
>
>
>>So a friend of mine who's a long time VW fanatic but never owned an audi
>>(but was instrumental in convincing me to buy my V8.) has an opportunity
to
>>buy an audi from a friend of his boss.
>>
>>It's an 87.5 Audi 4000 quattro, has the 2.3l and is black on black
leather,
>>and only 80k miles.  It's a one owner car with all records as well.
>>
>>He's being told that this car in black/black with the 2.3l is quite rare
(I
>>guess a 2.2l was standard?), but the guy is only asking $1200 for the
car...
>>
>>Like the saying goes, if it's too good to be true, it usually is...  so is
>>this a good deal and he should jump on it, or is it going to be a money
pit
>>for him?
>>
>>-John
>>'90 V8Q
>>
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