Re: Thinking of buying a '91 200TQ

["Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@nwonline.net>]

Too much for basic email, IMO. The car is very sophisticated, and expensive
to get fixed by someone else. There are some excellent websites devoted to
your question. Real shrines, actually. If I were considering $8-10k for a
'black box' used car, I'd be interested in knowing everything about how it
has been maintained, and how much I was going to need to spend to get it
sorted out once it was in my garage. And this one can be costly. I'd try to
get it evaluated by someone very familiar with that model.

The nearest thing I know to that is to suggest that you read what several
excellent writers have said about their ownership experience.

Go to <http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/> first and spend about an hour
reading about exactly what you are asking for. And then go to
<http://www.sjmautotechnik.com> and check out some of the fine points.
<http://welcome.to/tobiasjansson> is pretty good also.

I'm sending you my general checklist by private mail, for weeding out big
problems on used Audis. But it isn't specific for the level of
sophistication in the 91 200q.


Doyt Echelberger

>.....................
>At 11:22 AM 11/1/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hey all-
>>
>>Just looking for some advice on what to look for in a '91 200TQ20V.  I've
>>looked at this car twice, and am very close to putting money down on it,
>>but I'm not sure of everything to check on it.
>>
>>Things I know are wrong:  Only pulls 1.4 bar boost.  I know the car has a
>>bad cat (can hear it rattle, confirmed by mechanic).  Could the low boost
>>be because of this?  I could not get the AC to kick on, even though the
>>seller said it works, low charge maybe?  Looks like a slight leek from the
>>rack, but nothing that would need attention anytime soon.
>>
>>What else should I check?
>>
>>TIA!
>>
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