[V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale

[Tony and Lillie]

Yup, case in point a V8 I checked out for a lister. Looked good on the ad, 
sounded like a reasonable deal. Then I drove it. About $2000 later and a LOT 
of manhours, it would have been a nice V8.

Tony Hoffman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Audi Sport" <audisport44 at hotmail.com>
To: <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale


>I need to chime in on this one too...
>
>  Of the 17 cars I've had so far (I'm 25), mostly being Audis, I would say 
> only about 20-30% (if that) had service records. While it's nice to see 
> what parts have been replaced on a car, it doesn't mean much to me. Things 
> can break at any point, even stuff that has been replaced rather recently. 
> What does mean "everything" to me however, is thoroughly checking the car 
> out. This way you get a VERY good idea of the shape the car is in, 
> assuming you know cars, know how to work on them and know what you are 
> looking at and what to look for.
>
>  The person below mentioned: "I will not buy a used car that has no 
> service records", in my case I will not buy a car sight unseen. That is by 
> FAR the most important factor, everything else like service records is 
> just some extra icing on the cake. About 70% of the time I have gone to 
> buy a used car I found it to be in the exact opposite shape of what the 
> seller was describing it as! For instance, people that buy cars on Ebay 
> without being able to see them before payment take HUGE risks.
>
>  Bottom line is, NEVER buy a car based on the seller's description! No 
> matter how nice it sounds, how much you want it or how little they are 
> asking for it. When it sounds too good to be true, 90% of the time it is. 
> Go see it for yourself or have someone look at it for you if you can't or 
> don't know how.
>
>
> Dan
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>> From: allanvega at adelphia.net> To: dsaad at icehouse.net; v8 at audifans.com> 
>> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:04:26 -0500> Subject: Re: [V8] Seattle 1993 V8 
>> For Sale> > Same here. my 73,000 mile 4.2 ebay speacial had no paper work 
>> either. Every > time I look to do a little maitanance, I find its been 
>> done already. the > two big ones of the top of my head are th t-belt and 
>> complete tune-up > (yes...OE wires plugs cap and rotors.)> ----- Original 
>> Message ----- > From: "d saad" <dsaad at icehouse.net>> To: 
>> <v8 at audifans.com>> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:48 AM> Subject: 
>> Re: [V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale> > > >> >> > Something to think 
>> about -> >> > None of my cars has any service> > records - and yet they 
>> are all well maintained .> > I might not exactly> > be "normal" (no 
>> comment please :-), but the real test is to take> > the car yourself and 
>> give it a good inspection. You can tell pretty easy> > if the owner has 
>> been kind to it.> >> > Case in point - My Dads old> > 1975 diesel Peugeot 
>> was dealer maintained for its first 100K miles - up> > until the motor 
>> self destructed due to totally incompetent service> > work.> > For the 
>> next 400K miles (on the new motor I put in) it never> > saw a dealer or 
>> garage other than for tires and brakes. Never had a> > problem with it.> 
>>  >> > Same with my V8. It has not seen a dealer or> > garage since 1999, 
>> but I have gone far and above "regular> > maintenance" on it.> >> > So - 
>> never say never is my motto.> >> > Dave> >> >> William,> >>> >> I> > 
>> "checked" it to the extent that I learned it has no service> > records 
>> and> >> the seller thinks the timing belt> >> does not> > need to be 
>> changed until 90K miles. There was some list> >>> > discussion> >> that 
>> the belt may have> >> been changed.> > Everyone comes with their own set 
>> issues -- I will not buy> >> a> >> used car that has no service> >> 
>> records.> >>> >> HTH,> >>> >> Greg J> >>> >> "Bill> > Hitzler" 
>> <bhitzler at kpbsd.k12.ak.us>> >>> >>>I'm> > curious, did anyone look at 
>> that 93 V8 that Mike Del Tergo linked us> >>> to> >> on the Seattle 
>> Craigs List?> >>>> >>>Thanks, William> >>> > 
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