[V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Ha!  Lol.  Of course, I'm still jealous.. though my insurance here in  
Michigan with those seven cars would be such that I might as well own  
a Ferarri, but what good would THAT do my in this weather....

Ingo mit only 3 V8's and an Urq


On Feb 13, 2007, at 6:41 PM, bblake1055 at aol.com wrote:

> I'm not sure if you're asking me a question or just a comment, but  
> a post was placed on this list with the details of the cars and I  
> called the sellers and worked out the deal.  All 4 cars were from  
> the Delaware/PA area.  The 5 speed conversion was done by Keith and  
> all the cars were exceptionally clean.
>
> Why 5 V8's?
>
> Monday
> Tuesday
> Wednesday
> Thursday
> Friday
>
> Saturday I drive the 84 targa 911 (61,000 miles)
> Sunday I drive the 89 Vette (40,000 miles)
>
> My wife thinks I have a bad habit but it's still cheaper than 5 women.
>
> Bob
> 90 V8
> 91 V8
> 92 V8
> 93 V8
> 93 V8 5 spd
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audisport44 at hotmail.com
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Sent: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 6:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale
>
>
> You've been taking chances and getting lucky. I won't do that.  
> Don't be
> surprised if one day you have a heap of junk delivered to your  
> house :p
>
> You began with: "All 5 of my V8's were bought off this list" but  
> then you ended
> with "All the sellers were great people to deal with also and I  
> believe were
> regulars of this list"
>
> What do you do with 5 V8's anyways :)
>
> Dan
>
>
> To: audisport44 at hotmail.com; v8 at audifans.comSubject: Re: [V8]  
> Seattle 1993 V8
> For SaleDate: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:17:08 -0500From: bblake1055 at aol.com
> All 5 of my V8's were bought off this list.  4 out of 5 were bought  
> sight unseen
> and the 5th one came from AudiConnection.
>
> All of them were GREAT cars and the 4 unseen were all low mileage.  
> (under 85,000
> miles).  All the sellers were great people to deal with also and I  
> believe were
> regulars of this list.
>
> Bob Blake
>
> 90 V8
> 91 V8
> 92 V8
> 93 V8
> 93 V8 5 spd
>
>   -----Original Message-----From: audisport44 at hotmail.comTo:
> v8 at audifans.comSent: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 1:35 PMSubject: 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>> 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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