[V8] FW: FW: 20Valve Avant update: Drei: finis

[Roger Woodbury]

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Woodbury [mailto:rmwoodbury at roadrunner.com] 
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:41 PM
To: 'Dave Saad'
Subject: RE: [V8] FW: 20Valve Avant update: Drei: finis

Well, according to the owner's husband the car is running, and running well.
I just didn't want to connect the battery and turn the key.  I am very, very
easy for running Audi five cylinder engines, and since I am not a serious
buyer at this point, and for this car in particular, I didn't want to test
the theory, or tempt fate, and put the battery in line. The rear seat
cushion was up, and the battery exposed, so it wasn't as though there was a
lot to do to hear it run.

My late, departed and severely missed Black Mariah was a car that simply had
had too many Maine winters with indifferent maintenance.  The car that is
the subject of this current thread had none of the apparent issues that the
Black Mariah had when I bought her.  It does have OTHER potential issues,
though, and I reiterate:  it might be an excellent donor or parts car.

Roger

Oh, and remind me not to let you take me to dinner...I cost more than $50
bucks in wine alone....(lol)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Saad [mailto:dsaad at icehouse.net] 
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 1:52 PM
To: Roger Woodbury
Subject: Re: [V8] FW: 20Valve Avant update: Drei: finis

I would offer to haul it away.
Nobody in their right mind is going to buy a non-running high mileage  
used car with a rodent infestation and a repair bill higher than the  
cost of a running hyondasan.
They will come to this realization sooner or later and will need to  
dispose of it.
For free, it would be a fun project car.

For $50 bucks, I would have to think hard about it. That would be a  
nice dinner out.

just my 02

Dave


On Nov 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Roger Woodbury wrote:

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> getting it here is very, very low.
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> 2.    There is a certain known history to the car.  The people who  
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> have owned it for a while.  The bad part of that is that the husband  
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> Bentley books and has done a lot of work himself.  If he kept notes  
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> records then that would help:  I doubt that he has more than his  
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> 3.    The car might be really, really cheap.  So for little front  
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> most that I have seen anyone even THINK of asking for one of these  
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> around $7500.  That would be for a car with less than 170,000 miles  
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> service records intact, although the car would have half a continent  
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> distant.   There is one in Colorado right now like this.
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> 2.        For fifteen grand you can buy a very nice A6 Avant with  
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> miles or less.  As much as I really like the Type 44 cars, it makes  
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> sense to buy something like this and pour a lot of money into it.  The
> savings on excise tax are simply not enough to justify it.  Not even  
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> Twenty Valve.
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> donor car for a V8 five speed conversion, or a general parts car.    
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> restoration candidate, I am afraid for me its time has passed.
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