Re: '85 ur-q FS, $26.5k obo

[c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net>]

On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Dave Aukerman wrote:

]Talked to a guy 30minutes away that two years ago was trying to sell his 83
]for ~12k, this summer the word was that it was ~8k. A series of emails were
]exchanged with his story of how great the car was. blah, blah.  Saw it at a
]repair shop the same week, stopped,  snooped around and found the seats
]were badly torn, the dash had more cracks than the local highway, missing
]rear "wing" every knob/slider in dash was missing, wheels three shades of
]color and exhaust hanging near ground.  

	mine was listed for $8k.  i got it for six, that was my
	first offer.  the 4k cutout probably had the owner 
	terrified.  anyway, i'm into the car a total of $8500,
	but the $6k was pretty cool for a running car with 
	immaculate paint and an interior that's 99% there.

	edrick has his '83 for sale.  chipped, *super* clean
	weekend car.  beautiful black paint, smoked lenses, 
	gague pack inside an updated ('86?  it says quattro 
	on it) dashboard, good stereo.  he's never had a 
	problem with the car and has done up the suspension
	with the coilover setup, all that stuff.  i think 
	he's got a nice steering wheel too; the car really 
	hums.  at the moment he's looking for $14k.  i suppose
	it's high for a wr, though i could see myself paying 
	that much for a perfect car like that, if i had that 
	much to spend.  what i mean is that if i wanted a 
	urq, could afford that kind of money without any worry,
	then sure, i'd get it.  it sure would have been 
	convenient as he lives three blocks from me.  as it is,
	i flew to colorado to pick up a project car.

	an '85 urq for $26k?   well.  mc, chipped, killer wheels, 
	dual electric diffs, recaros, amazing audio and alarm system, 
	full suspension mods, killer tires, spare set of studded
	snow tires, yakima rack, pro rolled fenders, jet black
	paint, handsfree digital/analog cellfone, etc etc etc 
	and just maybe it could be worth it.

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