[V8] Need some audi expertise

[Greg Furstenwerth]

North Bend WA here :) I am not too far off.

John Bysinger wrote:

>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.
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>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.
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>-John
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>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
>Cc: V8 List
>Subject: Re: [V8] Need some audi expertise
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>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.
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>Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
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>>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.
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>>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..
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>>But thats just my experience :) let others give feedback too I am sure
>>many here have owned a 4000.
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>>Greg
>>93 V8Q
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>>PS. I still miss my 4000 at times cause of what I could do with it.
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>>John Bysinger wrote:
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>>>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
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>>>buy an audi from a friend of his boss.
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>>>It's an 87.5 Audi 4000 quattro, has the 2.3l and is black on black
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>leather,
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>>>and only 80k miles.  It's a one owner car with all records as well.
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>>>He's being told that this car in black/black with the 2.3l is quite rare
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>>>guess a 2.2l was standard?), but the guy is only asking $1200 for the
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>car...
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>>>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
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>pit
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>>>for him?
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>>>-John
>>>'90 V8Q
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