More 1990 200Q Questions

[Sandy Duffy <sandyduffy@home.com>]

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>Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 05:01:37 -0800 (PST)
>From: Michael Callaghan <mikecallaghan@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: MikeCallaghan@pobox.com
>Subject: More 1990 200Q Questions
>To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
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>
>I'm currently borrowing a 1990 200Q from a local (non-Audi Authorized)
>dealer. I have it today and possibly tomorrow. Here are some of the
>things I've noticed, and I'd like some comments from anyone who has
>them, please.
>
>Car is physically beautiful; Pearl with gray leather. No blemishes
>that I can find.
>It's got 103k miles on it. 

Reasonable

>One owner. Serviced at the same place since day one.

Good sign

>Timing belt was last changed at 75k. All records will be available for my
study.

Proper no problem

>Sunroof is very sluggish.

Can be lubed...see archives

>Rear/Passenger window doesn't work.

Most likely a bad switch.

>Rear/Driver window gets stuck easilly.

Needs cleaning and lube PITA but no high powered math involved

>Power mirrors non-functional.

Wires in the door need repair PITA  but again straightforward

>Driver seat heater non-functional.

Painful I gave up on mine

>All gauges and lights appear to work.

Great!

>Climate controls seems to work, although it was 22 degrees F last
>night, so AC is hard to test.

If dealer has a garage, have it checked for operation that's an expensive
fix if broken.

>How much turbo boost should I be seeing? I don't think it ever got
>above 1.3 o 1.4.

That's normal no problem there.

>The dealer has agreed to order chip and air filter from TAP, and add
>them to the price of the car ($7000, BTW).

Great! Most dealers won't do that.

>Stereo is incredible. It actually seems to have too much bass.

Clearly aftermarket..no problem

>Breaking hard from 60mph on dry road caused ABS to kick in, and break
>like to come on. It went off after I stopped breaking.

Normal..still all OK

>Diff Lock did not cause ABS-Off light to come on. Hitting the ABS
>button did.

Did the diff actually engage?  Diff must engage for the light to go on.

>I didn't hear the little beep when I locked the door. It has an alarm,
>right?

Yep.

>That's about it. They just took the car in trade yesterday (towards a
>'93 S4), and let me take it home before they even had it in their
>shop. So I expect many of the above items to be addressed. But from
>list above, is this car a keeper?
>
Yep.  Just from what you say of it, I'm sorry I didn't hear of it first.

HTH

Sandy