[V8] times are a changin...

[Bastian Preindl]

Hi,

prices are risin' and risin' over here in Central Europe. It's more or 
less impossible to get a V8 in good condition below USD 7.000, good ones 
sell for way more than 10.000. An A8 D2 is usually way cheaper. V8s 
having a low mileage, rare extras or being a long-wheel based don't sell 
below USD 15.000.

Just to give you an idea in which direction the value of those cars 
develops. It's even better with the Audi 200 20VTQ - nothing on the 
market below USD 15.000 for a good one.

Congrats! :-)

Bastian

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> Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2015 18:18:40 -0600
> From: Dave Saad <dsaadme at me.com>
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> To recap - my V8 was totaled out by an elderly neighbor a few weeks ago. Since then the insurance adjuster from Statefarm has been trying to come up with a value for my car. He did.
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> Are you all sitting down?
>
> $6556!
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> He listened to all the work I did on it, looked at lots of pictures, and in the end that is the number he came up with. I am quite happy with it but believe it or not, NADA book value for a prime specimen was $7900. I suppose I could have held out for that but the adjuster was a super nice guy and I didn’t feel like pushing any harder. I feel he already gave me a very fair price. He could not find any comparable sales so really all there was to go on was NADA and my history of work done.
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> So - I now have a 2002 Allroad and a brand new Scott Spark mountain bike (both of which cost $3000 oddly enough!) in exchange for my trusty old V8. Not a bad deal in my mind.
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> Dave
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> btw, the car will be at a auction site pretty soon. If anyone is interested I am sure it will go for nothing - because who in their right mind would buy a working V8 - let alone a totaled one - right?  :-)
> Shipping will be the problem. It is not drivable. The engine and transmission are still in good shape - as is most of the rest of the car. It was hit in the left rear side.