[V8] to the junk yard

[Scott Justusson]

 I'll jump in as a different Scott.  Right now v8 are likely worth more as parts than whole.  Here's the math...  Take the tail lights off:  150$ to the 4kq/5kq lads.  Take the rear torsen off:  350-400 to the Scar lads.  Take the front uprights out:  $100 to the C4 chassis guys wanting to do HP2 brake upgrades:  The rest goes to the yard for another 250-300.  

There's almost a grand there that most owners can't get a call on for a *running* 3.6 car.

After owning a shop for many years, I too find v8 owners some of the most frugal (does that help) car owners on the planet...  Audi owners in general a close second.

Most v8 have fallen to the wrecking yard.  Frugality only unintentionally accelerates the path.

Find some less bitter coffee?  Your point is lost in the reality of what has happened to the v8 'market'.  There isn't one.

Scott J
91 v8 getting close to making the call
92 v8 losing flavor quickly





 

 

---- Original Message ----
From: CavalloGT <cavallogt at gmail.com>
To: scotty <scotty at advancedautomotion.com>; v8 <v8 at audifans.com>
Cc: v8 <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Wed, Sep 24, 2014 9:35 am
Subject: Re: [V8] to the junk yard


 Scott,

In response to your latest flatulence:

You mean you'd "just as soon" save them for your V8, ............ 

You can't assume you'll save them because if you haven't sold them already, by 
default you ARE saving them. LOL!

Yes, some folks are just plain cheap, but some of us V8 owners may be "cheap", 
not out of choice, but out of financial circumstance.  Either way, I don't judge 
because I've learned that you never know what motivates someone else till you 
walk a mile in his shoes.

Are some folks offensive? Sure, but that's their problem, not everyone else's, 
unless they allow themselves to be annoyed by such folks.

If you have bags of money and can spend it without being "cheap", GOD Bless you!

I've also found however that many times folks who have lots of money are the 
cheapest misers out there! They bitch about prices when they are buying, but 
when the shoe is on the other foot and they're selling, they call everyone else 
cheap when they can't get there inflated price. 

Regardless, it's all good because market demand ultimately decides what things 
are worth, or more appropriately stated, what they will sell for, regardless of 
what we may think they're worth.

Ironically, if it weren't for us "cheapskates" most of the V8s that are still on 
the road would have already fallen prey to the "wrecking yard". I know as far as 
my situation goes, I do not want to part with my 5-speed, but I cannot afford to 
keep it at this juncture in my life. 

I'm hanging on to the 92 V8 I have as one of our brethren worked some of his 
magic on the car previously, and my desire is to use it to create a 91 Avant 4.2 
Automatic. 

It's not about what anyone else may think about doing that, but it's about what 
I would like as an individual, regardless of what anyone else thinks about it. 
I've always been partial to wagons and creating that particular animal with some 
additional power from either turbos, a supercharger, or both, is a long term 
goal I have on my list of automotive creations. Unfortunately, my 5-speed must 
be sold first.

I don't presume to be some sort of Audi authority, but I do have quite an 
extensive automotive service background. In fact I have in the past, and 
continue today to serve as an expert witness in automotive litigation cases. 
Regardless, I don't try to impress folks, especially at the expense of others.

So before throwing stones, I'd just as soon, assume, or at least hope anyway, 
that you are better with a wrench than a pen. 

Had you not, a propensity to pontificate regarding your opinions of others, you 
could not fly the friendly skies. We don't need to assume anything. It's obvious 
that all that warmth you spew is self serving: it allows the lift needed for you 
to go cruising in your hot air balloon. Thankfully the cool breezes of reality 
will prevail.

;>)



> On Sep 20, 2014, at 3:10 PM, "Scott DeWitt" <scotty at advancedautomotion.com> 
wrote:
> 
> I find it humerous that people try to cheapen expensive and hard to find
> parts by adding adjective such as rusting-away and wrecking yard.
> 
> I too have a set of Euros and won't even mention the price as V8 owners
> are some of the cheapest of all Audi owners out there. I'd just assume
> save them for my V8 if I ever decide to resurrect it.
> 
> Scott
>