RE: Advice on buying a Coupe Q

["Duff, Ian" <IDuff@charter.com>]

My guess is that you could get a mint higher mileage CQ for quite a bit
less. Saam Gabbay sold his better than mint pearl CQ about a year ago
for $13K, with 62K miles, and tons of aftermarket stuff, like springs,
shocks, filter, stereo, and fully documented. That is a more reasonable
price. I bought my CQ 2 years ago from a <grimace> dealer, for $11K,
with 63K miles, and it was in very good shape, with brand new tires, 60K
service done, spiff stereo, etc. I think $16K is on the high side,
$13-14K is more reasonable. Factors to consider: great shape holds price
up, lack of aftermarket goodies brings it back down. I would recommend
getting the timing belt done, even though its only got 45K miles. Age is
as bad as miles, and 7 years is kind of old. HTH.
-Ian Duff.
	-----Original Message-----
	From:	A. Lim [SMTP:narklim@u.washington.edu]
	Sent:	Monday, 28 July 1997 2:23 AM
	To:	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
	Cc:	quattro-digest@coimbra.ans.net
	Subject:	Re: Advice on buying a Coupe Q


		Hi Listers,


		This is the first time I'm posting so please bear with
me if I
	seem like a newbie. I am very seriously seeking a '90 Coupe Q
and today
	test drove a beautiful example of one at University Audi. It is
gorgeous
	and very mint, dealer serviced for 7 years and only 45k! It is
in the
	signature Audi color of pearl. The problem is that because the
miles are
	so low the price is really high. It is listed at 17.9k and the
dealer said
	that I could possibly get it at 16k which is a good price for
that low of
	miles, but i had an average mile car with a price that is closer
to the
	national selling price of 11-12.5k. Do you guys think that 16
thousand is
	a good price for such a car? Anybody living in Seattle, I would
love to
	hear what you think since sometimes our market seems to be a bit
higher
	than nationally. Also should I trade in or try and sell my
existing 88 90q
	myself. It has 99k miles. 

	TIA,
	Nartano Lim
	88 90q
	QC Member# 000003402