'89 80 Quattro Purchase

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <9701242133.AA05638@alsun144> gds@aluxs.micro.lucent.com (Glenn Strouse [5285]) writes:

>  Fellow VW/Audi people. I am looking for info for a purchase that I am about
>  to make. I have found a 1989 80 Quattro. It seems to be in good condition,
>  5sp, pwr everything, ABS and (gulp) 125K miles on it. Because of the miles
>  I can get it for, what I think is a very good price, $4500.00 . 

125k is _nothing_ as regards the basic health of the engine - Audis regularly 
go two or even three times as far on the original engine without a rebuild.
 
(Mine is 1988, 135k - others here have a _lot_ more.)

There _are_, however, quite a few items that start to show wear around the 100k 
mark. Proper maintenance is the key - don't be frightened by the odometer, but 
_do_ be frightened by anything and everything else.
 
Join the Quattro Club - learn all you can in the time - there's _lots_ in the 
archives here (thanks, Dan) about 4000Qs, and get a professional assessment.  
Make sure the examining engineer is _THOROUGHLY_ familiar with Audis and 
especially with quattros. 

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club