Going Back to Quattro Roots: Your Opinions?

[RenoRanes007]

I've done a little more digging on this car.

The car came from Pensilvenia to CA and has been sitting at this dealer for a year or so now.
The dealer says it has some modifications to the suspensions but has no other details.... that in itself is sketchy!
The dealer only talks about the car fax report but does not know how many previous owners it has had!
He may try to say it's set up for track racing because it's had suspension modifications... but unless he has the receipts/documentation of the parts/work it means nothing/doesn't exist as far as you are concerned.
Use all of this... the car sitting there for a year, total lack of information on the car and what I've told you thats wrong with it to get the price right down, I'd personally stick the boot in at £10k to start with... if you can't get it for at maximum $12K.... I know you want one but... walk away.

He may try and tell you "This is what they are selling for", that would be true if it were a Mint and Original Condition quattro.... this one however is Not Mint and Certainly Not Original! and as such, go for half the price.

 

[GTMail]

I've done a little more digging on this car.

The car came from Pensilvenia to CA and has been sitting at this dealer for a year or so now.
The dealer says it has some modifications to the suspensions but has no other details.... that in itself is sketchy!
The dealer only talks about the car fax report but does not know how many previous owners it has had!
He may try to say it's set up for track racing because it's had suspension modifications... but unless he has the receipts/documentation of the parts/work it means nothing/doesn't exist as far as you are concerned.
Use all of this... the car sitting there for a year, total lack of information on the car and what I've told you thats wrong with it to get the price right down, I'd personally stick the boot in at £10k to start with... if you can't get it for at maximum $12K.... I know you want one but... walk away.

He may try and tell you "This is what they are selling for", that would be true if it were a Mint and Original Condition quattro.... this one however is Not Mint and Certainly Not Original! and as such, go for half the price.

Well that does seem a little sketchy! Im sure this guy want this car off the lot so he'll probably take 10k. If its got no docs I might just drop in a 4.2 from a older S4(2001-2005)! No docs=no value in at a resell standpoint. Especially for a car that is so rare in North America. Im going to look at it tomorrow and will share my findings.

 

[RenoRanes007]

So how did it go?

 

[GTMail]

No so well. I was a bigger POS than the pictures show. And they guy didn't want to go under 12 grand so I'll keep looking.

 

[Zenith]

No so well. I was a bigger POS than the pictures show. And they guy didn't want to go under 12 grand so I'll keep looking.

Good job walking out. Didn't look good from here.

Fun used car buying rule. Check the radio presets and CD's. If there's rap, then the guy probably treated it like crap.

 

[GTMail]

Good job walking out. Didn't look good from here.

Fun used car buying rule. Check the radio presets and CD's. If there's rap, then the guy probably treated it like crap.

Thanks, the dude was a dumba** anyway. He kept calling it a "supercar" and thats why he wouldn't take 10k. If the car looks bad on the web, it looks horrible in person. Also LOL'd at the rap CD thing.

 

[RenoRanes007]

Bummer, but I really didn't have a good feeling about this car.

Back in the 80's it was considered a (sort of) Practical Super Car as it sold for Super Car money (back then) and would give other Super Cars (of the time) a good run for their money. But to use that term today as an excuse to ask more than the cars worth is ludicrous.

 

[Ibonibo]

Yeah if we talk quattro super car, that's the sport quattro and cost nowadays around 125000€.

Good you walked away from it.
With old cars is like with chicks, do not take the first one who is trashed enough to be cheap!

Also on a note, there is a huge price difference normally between the 20valve and 10valve.
20V being a lot more expensive.
I also eyed the Urquattro, but either they are riced out or overpriced.
I had a guy here wanting 25000€ for his old Ur 10v with 175000km. I told him it is worth half of that. The guy passed into berserker mode, calling me names, I would know nothing about cars, blahblah....

So don't jump on the first one just to have one, take time to find a proper one and you will have a nice reliable car which should and can be considered as an investement (black and blue ones are rare in original colour)

On the 200000 miles marker: that is true and it still stands. My dad just sold his 2006 A6 3.2l (the one with the camshaft problems) and got around 300000km without problem, they were just starting now. And he did that milage on nearly all his audis, never had a problem.