[V8] Need some audi expertise

[bblake1055@aol.com]

My first experience with Audi was a brand new 85' 4000Q.  I still have it parked the the back field after one of my employees crashed it into a telephone pole 10 years ago.
 
I had 186,000 miles on it and it ran like a champ.  The little typical things keep going wrong (power windows, door handles and little annoying stuff).
 
The crash was very major and I thought I was going to get back on the road but it's beyond repair.  
 
Been sitting in the back field over 10 years - if you need any parts let me know
 
Bob Blake
 
90 V9
91 V8
92 V8
93 V8
 
and a dead 85'4000Q
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Furstenwerth <slicerdicer at comcast.net>
To: V8 List <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:00:33 -0700
Subject: Re: [V8] Need some audi expertise


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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