Re: The Ur-Q market...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <b73902c0.2518b51b@aol.com> OorQue@aol.com writes:

> Maybe there's an automotive version of Gresham's Law at work here, with good
> Ur-Qs driving out the bad ones?  It certainly seems that the only Ur-Qs
> publicly offered for sale aren't the best examples around...

I resent that.

> JG (who'd happily write a check for $16k to buy an ultra-low mileage '85 Ur-Q
> in original mint condition -- even if it means Paula won't speak to him for a
> while -- and would immediately put his medium-mileage, good clean '85 up for
> sale.)

What's 'ultra-low mileage' got to do with it?  Age is the major factor -
rubber perishes just sitting there.  A car that's been driven is much
more likely to have younger bushes and belts than one that's been sitting
in a museum.  There is a very strong correlation between patchy use (one
or two months a year) and premature engine failure in the WR engine.

For the record, the UK quattro Owners Club has a letter on file from
Glass's Guide, the UK Blue Book.  It states that Glass's cannot comment
on the value of ur-quattros because there are so few traded and the
value of future classics is rising.

--
 Phil Payne
 UK Audi quattro Owners Club
 Phone: 0385 302803   Fax: 0870 0883933