Mike Smith

Dano58 wrote:
> Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black interior.
>> In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>
>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>
>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last minute, I've
>> fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot of attempts. It's
>> likely the evaporator core at this point which is ~$1400 to replace.
>>
>> Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The original asking price
>> without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed right on the
>> AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the thing.
>
>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>
>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using autotrader's
>> list-until-sold package until September when I'm told by a car salesman that
>> people stop worrying about A/C.
>>
>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>
> I dunno, personally, I'd be looking for a pretty significant discount
> from retail to buy a car with busted A/C. More than just the cost of
> the repair.

Indeed. Myself, I would never buy a car without A/C, and I would
*especially* never buy a car with broken A/C.

--
Mike Smith

dave AKA vwdoc1

I am with Bill here.
I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are guessing that
the evap is bad.

If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I have had
people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them anymore. They
want them GONE!
Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will want
one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell it even at a
$2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000) and be honest about
any problems with the A4.

OTOH
I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've gotten 15
years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it unless I get a
ridiculously high offer!!
I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol

JMHO
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>
> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>
> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>


> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in message
> news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>
>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>
>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>
>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last minute,
>> I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot of attempts.
>> It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is ~$1400 to replace.
>>
>> Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The original asking price
>> without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed right on the
>> AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the thing.
>>
>> I've replaced the radiator
>> Put in new floor mats
>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>> independent.
>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>
>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>
>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>
>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told by a
>> car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>
>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>
>> Thanks!

dave AKA vwdoc1

I am with Bill here.
I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are guessing that
the evap is bad.

If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I have had
people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them anymore. They
want them GONE!
Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will want
one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell it even at a
$2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000) and be honest about
any problems with the A4.

OTOH
I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've gotten 15
years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it unless I get a
ridiculously high offer!!
I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol

JMHO
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>
> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>
> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>


> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in message
> news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>
>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>
>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>
>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last minute,
>> I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot of attempts.
>> It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is ~$1400 to replace.
>>
>> Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The original asking price
>> without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed right on the
>> AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the thing.
>>
>> I've replaced the radiator
>> Put in new floor mats
>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>> independent.
>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>
>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>
>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>
>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told by a
>> car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>
>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>
>> Thanks!

dave AKA vwdoc1

I am with Bill here.
I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are guessing that
the evap is bad.

If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I have had
people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them anymore. They
want them GONE!
Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will want
one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell it even at a
$2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000) and be honest about
any problems with the A4.

OTOH
I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've gotten 15
years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it unless I get a
ridiculously high offer!!
I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol

JMHO
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>
> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>
> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>


> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in message
> news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>
>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>
>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>
>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last minute,
>> I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot of attempts.
>> It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is ~$1400 to replace.
>>
>> Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The original asking price
>> without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed right on the
>> AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the thing.
>>
>> I've replaced the radiator
>> Put in new floor mats
>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>> independent.
>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>
>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>
>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>
>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told by a
>> car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>
>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>
>> Thanks!

dave AKA vwdoc1

I am with Bill here.
I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are guessing that
the evap is bad.

If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I have had
people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them anymore. They
want them GONE!
Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will want
one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell it even at a
$2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000) and be honest about
any problems with the A4.

OTOH
I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've gotten 15
years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it unless I get a
ridiculously high offer!!
I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol

JMHO
later,
dave
(One out of many daves)

"Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>
> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>
> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>


> "Thomas G. Marshall"
> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in message
> news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>
>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>
>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>
>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last minute,
>> I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot of attempts.
>> It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is ~$1400 to replace.
>>
>> Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The original asking price
>> without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed right on the
>> AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the thing.
>>
>> I've replaced the radiator
>> Put in new floor mats
>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>> independent.
>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>
>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>
>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>
>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told by a
>> car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>
>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>
>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>
>> Thanks!

Thomas G. Marshall

Trying to sell a car with busted A/C in this heat is just not going to work.

And "SELL IT" costs me big $$.

Rather than take a 2K loss, I'm risking the 1.4K loss upfront. I'm having
trouble getting it outta the garage for other reasons than repair (longggg
story), so I'm running a huge risk of the value of the car plummeting due to
the 2007's showing up, but heck. It's getting done and that's that.

Wish me luck. It really is a great looking and performing car---spectacular
really. It's been evaluated by car salesmen as "super clean". It's just
that I seem to have the worst luck here. But it'll be ready to go and make
someone very happy while not hurting me too awfully much in $$.

I hope.


dave AKA vwdoc1 said something like:
> I am with Bill here.
> I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are
> guessing that the evap is bad.
>
> If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I
> have had people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them
> anymore. They want them GONE!
> Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
> slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will
> want one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell
> it even at a $2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000)
> and be honest about any problems with the A4.
>
> OTOH
> I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've
> gotten 15 years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it
> unless I get a ridiculously high offer!!
> I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol
>
> JMHO
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> "Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>>
>> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>>
>> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>>
>
>
>> "Thomas G. Marshall"
>> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in
>> message news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>>
>>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>>
>>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>>
>>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last
>>> minute, I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot
>>> of attempts. It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is
>>> ~$1400 to replace. Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The
>>> original asking
>>> price without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed
>>> right on the AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the
>>> thing. I've replaced the radiator
>>> Put in new floor mats
>>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>>> independent.
>>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>>
>>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>>
>>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>>
>>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told
>>> by a car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>>
>>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>>
>>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>>
>>> Thanks!

Thomas G. Marshall

Trying to sell a car with busted A/C in this heat is just not going to work.

And "SELL IT" costs me big $$.

Rather than take a 2K loss, I'm risking the 1.4K loss upfront. I'm having
trouble getting it outta the garage for other reasons than repair (longggg
story), so I'm running a huge risk of the value of the car plummeting due to
the 2007's showing up, but heck. It's getting done and that's that.

Wish me luck. It really is a great looking and performing car---spectacular
really. It's been evaluated by car salesmen as "super clean". It's just
that I seem to have the worst luck here. But it'll be ready to go and make
someone very happy while not hurting me too awfully much in $$.

I hope.


dave AKA vwdoc1 said something like:
> I am with Bill here.
> I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are
> guessing that the evap is bad.
>
> If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I
> have had people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them
> anymore. They want them GONE!
> Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
> slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will
> want one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell
> it even at a $2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000)
> and be honest about any problems with the A4.
>
> OTOH
> I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've
> gotten 15 years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it
> unless I get a ridiculously high offer!!
> I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol
>
> JMHO
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> "Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>>
>> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>>
>> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>>
>
>
>> "Thomas G. Marshall"
>> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in
>> message news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>>
>>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>>
>>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>>
>>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last
>>> minute, I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot
>>> of attempts. It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is
>>> ~$1400 to replace. Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The
>>> original asking
>>> price without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed
>>> right on the AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the
>>> thing. I've replaced the radiator
>>> Put in new floor mats
>>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>>> independent.
>>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>>
>>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>>
>>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>>
>>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told
>>> by a car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>>
>>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>>
>>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>>
>>> Thanks!

Thomas G. Marshall

Trying to sell a car with busted A/C in this heat is just not going to work.

And "SELL IT" costs me big $$.

Rather than take a 2K loss, I'm risking the 1.4K loss upfront. I'm having
trouble getting it outta the garage for other reasons than repair (longggg
story), so I'm running a huge risk of the value of the car plummeting due to
the 2007's showing up, but heck. It's getting done and that's that.

Wish me luck. It really is a great looking and performing car---spectacular
really. It's been evaluated by car salesmen as "super clean". It's just
that I seem to have the worst luck here. But it'll be ready to go and make
someone very happy while not hurting me too awfully much in $$.

I hope.


dave AKA vwdoc1 said something like:
> I am with Bill here.
> I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are
> guessing that the evap is bad.
>
> If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I
> have had people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them
> anymore. They want them GONE!
> Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
> slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will
> want one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell
> it even at a $2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000)
> and be honest about any problems with the A4.
>
> OTOH
> I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've
> gotten 15 years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it
> unless I get a ridiculously high offer!!
> I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol
>
> JMHO
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> "Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>>
>> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>>
>> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>>
>
>
>> "Thomas G. Marshall"
>> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in
>> message news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>>
>>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>>
>>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>>
>>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last
>>> minute, I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot
>>> of attempts. It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is
>>> ~$1400 to replace. Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The
>>> original asking
>>> price without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed
>>> right on the AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the
>>> thing. I've replaced the radiator
>>> Put in new floor mats
>>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>>> independent.
>>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>>
>>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>>
>>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>>
>>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told
>>> by a car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>>
>>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>>
>>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>>
>>> Thanks!

Thomas G. Marshall

Trying to sell a car with busted A/C in this heat is just not going to work.

And "SELL IT" costs me big $$.

Rather than take a 2K loss, I'm risking the 1.4K loss upfront. I'm having
trouble getting it outta the garage for other reasons than repair (longggg
story), so I'm running a huge risk of the value of the car plummeting due to
the 2007's showing up, but heck. It's getting done and that's that.

Wish me luck. It really is a great looking and performing car---spectacular
really. It's been evaluated by car salesmen as "super clean". It's just
that I seem to have the worst luck here. But it'll be ready to go and make
someone very happy while not hurting me too awfully much in $$.

I hope.


dave AKA vwdoc1 said something like:
> I am with Bill here.
> I will assume that your a/c has a leak in it and the techs are
> guessing that the evap is bad.
>
> If you enjoyed it and now want to sell it...............SELL IT! I
> have had people give me their old vehicles when they do not want them
> anymore. They want them GONE!
> Someone WILL buy it if the price to them seems right. You will take a
> slight loss on it due to the fact it is not perfect, but someone will
> want one at a reduced price along with the car's problems. So sell
> it even at a $2000 discount to get the cash ($12,000-$2000 = $10,000)
> and be honest about any problems with the A4.
>
> OTOH
> I know that my '83 Audi 4000S it is not even worth $1400. I've
> gotten 15 years of excellent use out of it, but I will not sell it
> unless I get a ridiculously high offer!!
> I am still enjoying it and the a/c works so it is NOT for sale! lol
>
> JMHO
> later,
> dave
> (One out of many daves)
>
> "Bill" <bargerw@@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:MPevg.3792$Ur.2220@bignews7.bellsouth.net...
>> Did you enjoy driving your A4?
>>
>> Got your money out of it?.?.?.?!!!
>>
>> Sell it as is, and let some one else enjoy it.
>>
>
>
>> "Thomas G. Marshall"
>> <tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail. com> wrote in
>> message news:nPPug.5684$j26.1055@trndny09...
>>>
>>> 2000 A4 1.8T / 77,500 miles / Manual / Quattro / Laser Red / Black
>>> interior. In Eastern Mass (if that helps with the valuation at all).
>>>
>>> *Guys I'm stuck here*.
>>>
>>> I've got a car that had some things wrong with it at the last
>>> minute, I've fixed them all except that the A/C is resisting a lot
>>> of attempts. It's likely the evaporator core at this point which is
>>> ~$1400 to replace. Otherwise this is a beautiful car---clean. The
>>> original asking
>>> price without a/c trouble was $11,399, which ironically landed
>>> right on the AutoTrader.com's average private selling price for the
>>> thing. I've replaced the radiator
>>> Put in new floor mats
>>> Tried a million things to get the a/c working both at dealership and
>>> independent.
>>> Fixed radio (another @#$%ing last minute thing)
>>>
>>> Total $$ put in so far ~$1200
>>>
>>> I've got two choices that I see here:
>>>
>>> 1. Put the car at a $1000 to $2000 discount and just sit using
>>> autotrader's list-until-sold package until September when I'm told
>>> by a car salesman that people stop worrying about A/C.
>>>
>>> 2. Dump $1400 in, just to sell the thing mid summer.
>>>
>>> Do you have any suggestions for me?????
>>>
>>> Thanks!