RE: accident

[Dave Lawson <dlawson@ball.com>]

Ken,

Glad to hear everyone will recover.

>1) What should I accept as fair market value for the car?

>From the latest Rocky Mt. News classifieds:
87 4000 quattro, excel cond, 80k miles, $6000
86 4000 quattro, excel cond, silver/grey, 94k miles, $5500
85 4000 quattro, gold/grey cloth, CD, $4900

and from a recent Denver Post
87 4000 quattro, red, very clean, $4500
85 4000 quattro excel cond, 103k miles, $3200
85 4000 quattro, graphite, 136k miles, $3600

>2) After that experience, I am only looking for an Audi as a replacement
>   vehicle.  After scanning some of the archives, I didn't find much
>   information about purchasing used 100-class cars ('89-'92).  I'm
>   looking for a 100 body style, priced in the $15K-$25K range, Quattro,
>   less than 60K miles, excellent condition, 5 speed (if only I could find
>   one of the rare 5-speed V8's).  Any suggestions or advice on what to
>   look for or expect would be appreciated.

A few quattro netters have TQ wagons, so they can better describe their 
merits. As for whats available around Denver which matches your description, 
here is a sampling...

93 100CS quattro wagon, 9k miles, $30995, 303.795.1100, dealer
92 100CS quattro, 28k miles, $23995, 303.795.1100, dealer
91 200TQ wagon, 20V turbo, dark grey, grey, 43k? miles, $24995, 
303.671.6000, dealer
89 200TQ wagon, light grey, grey lthr, excel cond, 70k miles, $14500/bo, 
303.476.3711
89 200TQ wagon, blue, black lthr, excel cond, 43k miles, $18900, 
303.238.8101, dealer
89 200TQ wagon, red, black lthr, excel cond, 109k miles, $11900/bo, 
303.442.5652
87 5000TQ wagon, pearl white, black lthr, perfect, 29k miles, $16900, 
303.238.8101, dealer

90/91 V8s are gonig for around $17k-$18k, haven't seen a 5-speed advertised 
recently.

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Dave Lawson  dlawson@ball.com