90 v CoupeGT Arrgh

["Jon" <jwilliam@ns1.water.net>]

> From:          randrews@post.smu.edu (Robert Paul Andrews)
> Subject:       Re: Wow! Audi picked up the tab
> To:            jwilliam@water.net
> Date:          Fri, 7 Mar 1997 11:40:48 -0600 (CST)

> 
> I payed 13,600 for mine.  It came really nice though with 55K, tinted windows,
> CD, cell phone leather and a 5 speed.  It was right a book price and
> a fair price IMHO.  It is a FUN car.  Only thing is I wish I had the CS
> model as it would have the trip computer and seat heaters and power seats.
> OH well.  I guess it'll do :)
> Later!
> Rob
> 
> 11K eh? Well, if you figure you's have to sink 2K into for repairs, then
> it would up to about 13K.  I'd ask em to go lower, act like you really care
> about the "high" miles.
> Later!
> 


Actually, the mileage didn't bother me.  The intermittent warm blowing 
a/c and non-functioning tach bothered me more.  When I see a high 
mileage car in good condition, I always figure that it was mostly 
highway driven, which is how all my cars wind up.  It always p*ssed 
me off when trading in a car that no matter how immaculate the paint, 
the interior or the engine, no matter how stringently the maintenance 
was adhered to, the salesman invariably checks the odometer, shakes 
his head and says, "Miles are kinda' high."   Grrrrrrrrr

I guess it is true that I would have extra to put toward repairs if 
the car was a little cheaper.  I just shudder at having to replace 
something as major as the a/c, knowing from reading the list that 
repairs on Audi's tend to be pricey to begin with.  If you just 
bought your's and you're living in an area that is cold this time of 
year, asking you about the effectiveness of the a/c is kind of 
pointless.  I am glad that it isn't the automatic climate control.  
I'd be REALLY afraid of having to get that fixed.

Oh well, there's a 87 Coupe GT that's going for about 3500 that I'll 
be looking at this weekend.  Maybe I'll end up with that, and have an 
extra $7500 left over for repairs.  If I didn't like that 90 so much 
I wouldn't care, but damn its a nice looking car and solid and quiet 
on the road.

decisions, decisions........

Jon
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