The Scarlet Pimpernel

I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
seat doesn't have any creasing in it.

The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
to forty and it drives like its on rails.

Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?

Dry

Quarto??

The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>
> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>
> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>
> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?

Dry

Quarto??

The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>
> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>
> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>
> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?

Toy

"Dry" <j.mcd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:418C833D.EFAA2378@ns.sympatico.ca...
> Quarto??
>
> The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>>
>> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
>> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
>> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
>> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
>> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>>
>> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
>> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
>> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
>> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
>> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
>> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
>> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
>> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
>> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
>> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>>
>> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
>> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
>> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
>> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?

Quarto.......is that a new model.

Toy

"Dry" <j.mcd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:418C833D.EFAA2378@ns.sympatico.ca...
> Quarto??
>
> The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>>
>> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
>> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
>> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
>> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
>> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>>
>> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
>> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
>> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
>> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
>> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
>> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
>> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
>> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
>> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
>> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>>
>> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
>> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
>> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
>> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?

Quarto.......is that a new model.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:59:18 +0000 (UTC), "Toy" <toy@155btinternet.com>
wrote:

>
>"Dry" <j.mcd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:418C833D.EFAA2378@ns.sympatico.ca...
>> Quarto??
>>
>> The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>>>
>>> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
>>> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
>>> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
>>> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
>>> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>>>
>>> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
>>> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
>>> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
>>> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
>>> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
>>> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
>>> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
>>> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
>>> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
>>> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
>>> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
>>> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
>>> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?
>
>Quarto.......is that a new model.
>
>
Now, you know he meant Quatro, but no not a quatro. Still its a very
stiff flat ride. Not too sure about the ASR. I got into a bit of a
jam the just a couple days after the purchase. Two feeders into the
top of an over pass. me on the left a dork in a SUV slides across all
three lanes from the far left merging feeder and slips into the car
and a half opening between me and the third vehicle out in front of
me. His passenger saw me even if he didn't. looked just like an owl
and waving his arms like a conductor.

Here's a question for you, whats the little flip down panel in front
of the dome lightjsut along the top center edge of the front
windshield. It kind of gets in the way of the mirro when you pull it
down. Got to be a European thing.

The Scarlet Pimpernel

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 11:59:18 +0000 (UTC), "Toy" <toy@155btinternet.com>
wrote:

>
>"Dry" <j.mcd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>news:418C833D.EFAA2378@ns.sympatico.ca...
>> Quarto??
>>
>> The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:
>>>
>>> I have wanted one of these for some time, but with the kids and
>>> college, etc, etc. Now, it may seem questionable purchasing a car
>>> thats already four years old. But a TT with 30k miles for 17,000.00 I
>>> could not pass up. Its in immaculate condition. Even the driver's
>>> seat doesn't have any creasing in it.
>>>
>>> The owner was a Navy pilot always in and out of port; gone six months,
>>> back for three and then gone again. He took decent care of it. There
>>> are some paint defects, water spotting etc. but al in all a very
>>> decent ride. I have not driven a stick for some thirty years but it
>>> all came back to me very quickly. And I have gained the wisdom of
>>> later age sufficiently to know that I won't have the feel of the car
>>> and what it can and can't do for several months yet. The car is rock
>>> solid. It felt a little mushy at first so I checked the tire pressure
>>> and sure enough they were holding about 28PSI apiece. I bumped it up
>>> to forty and it drives like its on rails.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, my question is. How bad is this owner experience going to be?
>>> I'm thinking of purchasing a set of Bently CDs, but how much trouble
>>> am I going to run into with special tools and stuff? Can a good shop
>>> do a four wheel alignment or only Audi?
>
>Quarto.......is that a new model.
>
>
Now, you know he meant Quatro, but no not a quatro. Still its a very
stiff flat ride. Not too sure about the ASR. I got into a bit of a
jam the just a couple days after the purchase. Two feeders into the
top of an over pass. me on the left a dork in a SUV slides across all
three lanes from the far left merging feeder and slips into the car
and a half opening between me and the third vehicle out in front of
me. His passenger saw me even if he didn't. looked just like an owl
and waving his arms like a conductor.

Here's a question for you, whats the little flip down panel in front
of the dome lightjsut along the top center edge of the front
windshield. It kind of gets in the way of the mirro when you pull it
down. Got to be a European thing.

BillyRay

It is a screen to block glare inbetween the two main visors.
(I had to ask about that also)


>
> Here's a question for you, whats the little flip down panel in front
> of the dome lightjsut along the top center edge of the front
> windshield. It kind of gets in the way of the mirro when you pull it
> down. Got to be a European thing.

BillyRay

It is a screen to block glare inbetween the two main visors.
(I had to ask about that also)


>
> Here's a question for you, whats the little flip down panel in front
> of the dome lightjsut along the top center edge of the front
> windshield. It kind of gets in the way of the mirro when you pull it
> down. Got to be a European thing.