RE: 1991 200 QW

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

Message-ID: red-46-msg960102191647MTP[01.51.00]000000a4-1198

Hi Mike,

watch out for those 2 cars. I talked to Ned at Intended Acceleration in 
the beginning of December and he said he'd heard of a couple of 91 
200tqw's kicking around the northeast which where auction cars, i.e., 
bought at salvage prices at a dealer auction and then fixed up.

Just a heads up. Be real careful with those cars. The price would seem 
to corroborate Ned's suspicion.
- peter, peterhe@microsoft.com

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| From: Michael Stricker  <stricker@ll.mit.edu>
|
| Hi,
|
| I saw your posting and had a couple of questions regarding your search
| for your car.  I saw and drove a 1991 200 Quattro Wagon with 84K miles on
| it.  It was silver and looked new.  It didn't drive like new, though, and
| before I negotiate on it, I was wondering what you found out regarding
| the internal / external front disks.  This car, apparently, has internal
| disks because the front rotors are obstructed with a BLACK plate.  I can
| see part of the rotor but not as clearly as on most cars with front disk
| brakes.  Am I correct in my assumption?  The only other cars I've seen
| with internal calipers are the Alfa Romeo's and from what I can remember,
| their rotors can not be seen from the cut outs in the wheel.
|
| This car has a dead ECU as the car doesn't make a lot of boost (the gauge
| doesn't move above 0.2).  I think the car may have bad synchros in 1st
| and 2nd because there is a metal to metal noise eminating from the engine
| compartment when shifting.  I don't know what else it could be because it
| only does it in first and 2nd.
|
| The dealer is asking $15,500 and acknowledged he would take less to make
| the car correct.  This dealer is in Framingham Mass and has another gold
| 1991 TQW and miscellaneous other Audis and Quattros.
|
| If anyone has any response, I'd surely appreciate their input.
|
| Thanks.
|
| Mike Stricker
| 1990 Quattro Coupe