Re: Please advise on V8 purchase

["Rick H. Louie" <rlouie@usa.net>]

Ed Walsh wrote:
> 
> I am looking at a 1990 V8 Quattro
> 
> The car has 77,xxx miles and It would be my first Audi V8
> 
> Does anyone have any experiences with this model ?  Specifically, it's
> pitfalls (besides depreciation) it's reliability and the cost of repair
> ?
> 
> Is there any common maladies that this car suffers ? Anything I should
> be looking out for ?
> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated
> 
> Thank you,  Ed Walsh
> 
> BTW: the owner is asking $11500
My $.02 worth.

When I asked my mechanic recently about the V8 model, he said stay away.
When the V8 first came out, mechanics needed to buy $8k worth of special
tools to work on the cars.  Most mechanics could not afford them or want
to buy them.  So, you will find that most franchise type places and even
private mechanics will steer away from working on the infamous auto
transmission on the V8.

According to my mechanic, the auto transmission will most likely go out
and have to be rebuilt, around 100K, and the dealer cost on that is
$10-12K. You can probably find a private shop to do it for around $3K. 
The other thing is that the car is slow off the line.

This may not be the case in all the V8's and some listers can probably
say otherwise.  It is just one of the cars I will stay away from.

My $.02.
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** God Bless! **
Rick H. Louie
rlouie@usa.net
1984 Coupe GT - Zermatt Silver, 129K, New clutch!, New Custom FF Exhaust