Re: Re[2]: 944 Turbo S Prices

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

That is not exactly true.  I come from a long line of Audis, though this
applies to any car really:

If you take a 200k mile car and replace every part on it with new parts you
still have a very worn car.  Why?  Because of unibody fatigue.  1000s of
cycles of vibrations weaken the chasis.  Getting back the rigidity lost
(welding) will add much weight and a ton of work.

100k-125k is the half life of Audis, Porches, and any German car out there.
 And I'd argue, if we're talking east coast cars (or any other salt bath
area), that number should be derated significantly!

That is not even considering the economics.  If you have a 200k+ mile
german car and replace everything on it, isn't it still only worth what the
Kelly Blue Book says?

Believe me, I wish it weren't so.  I have a 140k mile '82 Audi turbo
quattro coupe with receipts totaling almost $80,000 (including the $32,000
original cost of the car) that's only worth $7k according to KBB!

At 12:40 PM 7/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>First off, any 10 year old car that has 80-100k miles on it (or more) is
>>NOT perfect or excellent.  It has over half the life of the car used up...
>
>Oh PUHLEESE!  My roommate has an 88 Audi 5000, 200k miles, runs great, body
>in good shape.  My 951 has 132k miles.  If you take care of a car (less Vega
>aluminum block or 1920s steamship made with brittle steel), it should last
>pretty well forever, or at least till you can't get or make new parts or it
>gets hit by a 1982 Oldsmobile in the Bronx.
>
>People take cars from scrapyards and fix them though...
>
>Dana1
>http://www.oaktree.net/angel1
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