[V8] The perennial question returns: How much is a V8 worth?

[Coleman, David]

Roger, I have serious doubts that the car would not pass due to the
headlight wipers being omitted -- unless you felt some need to point it
out.  Plus, I think they fall under the category of an option that came
standard (if you will).  It's more of a convenience rather than a safety
measure (and although weak, a similar argument could be made for heated
seats and the Quattro system, e.g.).

That all said, if *I* had to have that car, I'd be on the phone with the
guy working out a deal for $7-8k s'long as he reinstalls the headlight
wipers... because I would want them there.  Personally, I think they
help set the car apart from the "lesser" type 44 cars that people
confuse the V8 with, and just look better.

-DaveC.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of
> Roger Woodbury
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:03 AM
> To: v8 at audifans.com
> Subject: [V8] The perennial question returns: How much is a V8 worth?
> 
> Well, by now everyone, BUT I MEAN, EVERYONE, on this list knows that
the
> 1994 57,000 mile V8 has returned to eBay for another shot at getting
sold.
> 
> I have no idea what the reserve is on this auction but it will be
> interesting to see what the car will bring over the next six and a
half
> days.  My guess is that the car will pass and that the reserve is
still
> unrealistically high.
> 
> There are a LOT of pictures of this car now though, and the car shows
pretty
> well.  I will confess:  I am interested, but my interest has some
severe
> limitations because the car has been screwed with and I am not sure
what is
> going to be necessary in order to make the car right for my purposes.
Here
> are my "issues", which are probably not important to most but are very
much
> so to me.
> 
> First of all, and most serious, is the fact that the owner of the car
has
> "proudly" announced that he removed the headlight wipers and pitched
them.
> The excuse was that he hated the way they looked.  Well, good enough
for
> him, but there are other issues.  If the wiper arms were merely
removed that
> is one thing, but if the entire system was removed, that is something
else
> because technically in my state the car will no longer pass the
mandatory
> annual safety inspection.  The reason is simply that if there was a
system
> in place when the car left the factory then it must be operational
when the
> car is inspected. That is the law here.  Now, if this car had European
> headlights, the chances are that the car would pass inspection with no
> problem because to my knowledge, no one in the state actually tests
lumen
> output of headlights.  In fact, I am not sure that even the franchised
> dealers for Audi possess the testing equipment for headlights, so if
they
> work and the aim is pretty good, then the headlights will pass.
> 
> But wipers MUST be present.
> 
> Then, I am not sure why this is, but I have seen a lot of nice cars
being
> sold recently that needed nothing, but the seller just HAD to DO
something,
> so the radio was removed and some ugly plastic purple faced gizzie was
> shoved into the slot making the entire dashboard look like the
basement
> chamber at a lower scale New Orleans whore house.  That is what was
done to
> the V8 in question, and worse still, the OEM changer was removed as
was the
> telephone sending unit (which is worthless now, anyway).
> 
> Thus the car was not preserved, and although the audio system would
likely
> need to be overhauled, it could have been done, and probably for not
as much
> money as was spent on the junk that was installed.
> 
> If this car was box stock, I think I would be pretty excited about it.
My
> sister and her family live in the Baltimore area, and my daughter
lives
> about four hours south in Virginia:  it is not hard for me to justify
a
> quick trip to Maryland to pick up the rarest of the rare, but I'll bet
that
> the expectations of the seller are simply not any more rooted in
reality
> now, than they were when this car was last on eBay and Audifans
classifieds.
> 
> My guess?  The auction will stall at around $7000 at best.  The
reserve?
> I'll bet $9999.00.
> 
> Roger
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