Re: 91 200q FS questions...long

["Paul C. Waterloo" <74543.407@compuserve.com>]

>The Audi gods are being cruel in plopping a pearl 91 200q in my
>back yard for sale! 

That's so cruel.....I had the same thing happen to me, the car was pearl, but
across the country.

Too bad the interior isn't in nice shape, mine is just about perfect. 

>Driving impression: First off...in a word WOW! I forgot what a
>big body tq drives like since it has now been 3 1/2 years since
>I lost the '87 5ktqwagon to the ex. This car is very tight and
>right...no strange noises, excellent handling in spite of dough
>boy MXV4 all season tahrs. Brakes worked excellently...no
>vibrations from warped rotors, excellent pedal feel. The
>motor...ahhh, that 20 valve turbo sang a tune that said "buy me"
>over and over again. Started from cold perfectly, ran perfectly.
>Boost (2'nd and 3'rd gears, full throttle) was 1.8 bar on the
>dash gauge.

That's great, I only get 1.7 in 4th and 5th, on ocassion in 3rd....

> Not having owned a 20V turbo I don't know if this is
>stock or not...seemed high to me and the power is intoxicating.

It sure is, unless it has been chipped in the past. With one person in my car
and less than a quarter tank of gas, the thing really flies off the line.

>Any of our resident experts know if this sounds "modded" or not?
>I know 1.3 is about it for the 10v un-modded but I don't know
>this motor well enough to say myself. Since I was time limited,
>I didn't test every single switch (I intend to before making an
>offer though) but every one I did test worked fine. There was a
>comment from the mechanic's inpestion of a turbo boost warning
>light...I could not get this to come on though. I did notice

Never heard of a turbo boost warning light. Don't think he knows what he is
talking about.

>that the water temp gauge never came off of cold...this will
>need attention.

I know that engine wasn't cold, those engines get hot and stay hot for a long
time after shut down.

>Overall impression and price: The "car lot" which has this car
>clearly doesn't really know what they have. They think it is
>just another 91 Audi...at least at the sales level. KBB.com says
>this car should be ~14k retail, and ~8500.00 trade-in for my
>area with the miles it has. The asking price is 10.9k. I think
>this car should sell for 9-10k at the most because of the
>cosmetic issues listed above which will cost a fortune to make
>right. Since I am looking at this car because my family of 5 is

I was going to say don't buy it because of the cosmetic issues, there are plenty
out there that are in really nice shape. However, for 7-10K, you really can't go
wrong. Think about it, it's hard to find a 89 or 90 200 q for that price, a lot
of people price the straight 200's at that. If you can live with the interior,
(you have kids, you must be able to), I say offer 7K. They probably bought it at
an auction for 4-6K. Why wouldn't they want to turn it around quick for 3K?

>What should the
>boost be?

Stock 1.8 bar max

Good luck, I think you also asked about the turbo having a fitting that doesn't
have a hose going to it? That's the way it's suppose to be.

Paul

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Paul Waterloo
Riverside, IL

91 200q

EMAIL: 74543.407@compuserve.com
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