Re: '89 90 quattro for $3500 good price?

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made Todd Candey say:

> John Karasaki wrote:
> > 
> > A local wrecking yard here in Portland has a '89 90 quattro, black with 125k
> > miles.  It needs a new grill and bumper and one headlight.  Looks like a
> > very easy fix, even you one such as me with zero autobody experience.  They
> > want $3500 or offer for it.  Does this seem high?

> John, compared to what I've seen here, almost sounds too good to be true...
> The only thing that I would be concerned with is the miles.

That is a good price. I wouldn't be too concerned with the miles.
My '89 100Q has 136K and is chugging along strong.

It will likely need some maintenance-type repairs at that age,
but nothing to outrageous.

What I would look for is frame damage due to whatever accident
pranged the grill/bumper. Make sure it drives straight as an arrow,
and get a *good* alignment shop to check all the numbers and look
underneath for any weird shims that might be used to fudge the numbers.

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