Re: Why I love my car...

[JordanVw@aol.com]

I couldnt agree with you more.  i have never paid more than $5500 for a car 
in my life. After bumming around in 2 rusty '68 and '71 VW Beetles (my first 
car), and a '81 rabbit diesel,  in '88, as a HS graduation present to myself 
(with alittle help from the parental units - they wanted me to have something 
with floors and heat ;<) i bought my '84 5kTurbo.  It had about 50k mi on it, 
and had always been dealer maintained by the PO.  I paid $5200 for it. quite 
amazing that 4 years earlier it sold for $22, 000 new (i still have the orig. 
window sticker).  I can thank CBS's "60 Minutes" for making the car 
affordable.. :<)  I drove that car daily for 11 years until this past april 
when some moron totalled it for me.  it has 160k on it now, and its been 
generously donating it's parts to keep other type 44's alive. :<)  I can 
honestly say it was very reliable. Never failed to start/run in the 11 years 
that i owned it.   it only left me stranded once, when the turbo went.  over 
the years, i leaned to start fixing things myself as more of the cars were 
turning up in junkyards, and used parts were more available. 
funny thing, when i told people (non audi buffs) that it was a '84 model, 
most of them were surprised, as the aero style body looks very modern, 
disguising it's age. 
since then, i've bought a '86 5kT, and TQ.  

chris

In a message dated 10/24/99 3:03:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Cynic5KS@aol.com writes:

<< Going on 7 years with owning this car...  I hear all the time that "I 
should 
 get a new car"...  and quite sick of hearing it.  I like my car, it still 
 looks decent (few dings, minor rust over rear bumper), I enjoy driving it, I 
 even enjoy fixing it...  As far as I am concerned, the car paid for itself 
 within the first 2 years... 
 I never drop more than 1500$ a year into my car (with the exception of this 
 year... but I figured I at least owed the car that)...  compared to the 
 4-500$ payments all my friends are making for their new cars, who are in the 
 same situation I am in... a year or 2 or 3 fresh out of college, paying out 
 the gluteus maximus in student loan payments...
 However, I have found that doing my own work on the car is very rewarding... 
 it is a welcome diversion from the type of problem solving I have to deal 
 with on a daily basis at work (sitting in front of a computer mostly)... 
With 
 my car, I get to use my hands,  work outside, listen to the radio, drinking 
a 
 few brews... Why would I want to give that up? >>