[V8] Seattle 1993 V8 For Sale

Tim Hollister grey_wolf_x at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 13 22:44:44 EST 2007 

Agreed!

Tim mit 2 v8's and a urS4


--- Ingo Rautenberg <ingo.rautenberg at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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