[urq] Ur-quattro on ebay

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Hmm.  For some reason I thought that was lens distortion, as I couldn't
imagine that kink being there.  If it is a real kink,then by all means I'd
agree with Martin -- stay away.

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Martin Pajak <martin at quattro.ca> wrote:

> http://www.quattro.ca/1983Urquattro/DSC00747.JPG
>
> This was on a car with 86,000miles.
> I guess it all depends on how many times person gets in and out.
> If the mileage reflects a lot of small trips than it would show wear.
> If it's mostly highway with nice long trips than I guess it would not.
>
> I have nice high res pic of the engine compartment and it has a very nasty
> kink in it by the coil, I've seen a kink like that before on my '82 wreck
> I picked up in Georgia.  Not a good sign.
> Car looks clean, but there are gremlins hiding there I would not want tom
> find out after purchase.  I can send pic to anyone interested.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Martin
>
>
> > Peter
> > I went to see the car over at Peak on Saturday. Very nice car and I am
> > interesting in purchasing but there were some discrepencies that
> concerned
> > me:
> > The left drivers side bolster has the proverbial wear and tear mark in
> it.
> > Could this be done in 55k miles? Bergman's car doesn't have this and he
> > has
> > around 45K I think. I have one with 74K and it doesn't have the wear mark
> > either. (Let me restate this; it is worn but there are no cuts or tears.)
> > At first; they (Peak) told me that just the hood and rear deck lid had
> > been
> > painted but when I questioned the wrong stripes and overspray on the
> > inside
> > of the gas lid; they called the owner on the spot and he indicated that
> he
> > had spent $10,000 on a repaint from the bottom of the glass down. Peak
> > said
> > they would revise the auction description and they did. If so; they did a
> > very good job but I think it should have been revealed by someone.
> > Then I heard from someone else familiar with the car that the right side
> > sill plate had been damaged and replaced.
> > They said they had car-faxes to show the milage to be true and they
> > offered
> > to let me talk to the owner but I decided to wait till the auction was
> > over
> > (I don't believe it will bring 15k; not because I don't think it may be
> > worth it; but because of this lousy economy) to talk to him/her.
> > Does anyone have the inside track on this car?
> > Peter
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Pretty sure I know the car (and the owner) - very nice car.
> >>
> >> Brandon
> >> '84 ur
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of Ed Torres
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:29 PM
> >> To: urq at audifans.com
> >> Subject: [urq] Ur-quattro on ebay
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Check this Ur-quattro on e-bay.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-Quattro-10V-Audi-urQuattro-1984-Turbo-10
> >>
> >>
> V_W0QQitemZ270410554881QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ef5b99e01
> >>
> &_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A317%7C240%3A1318
> >>
> >> ~~~~~~~~~ __o
> >> ~~~~~~ _   \   <_
> >> ~~~~~ (    )  /  (    )  T
> >> Ed Torres
> >> 1985 Ur-Quattro
> >>
> >> Norwalk Ct 06855
> >> RIDE SAFE & SMOOTH!!
> >>
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