The Final Audi Project

"NinetyQ" (NinetyQ)
09/12/2013 at 09:32 • Filed to: A90Q20V

Spent several back-killing hours last night getting the Audi ready for the first of its potential buyers coming to look at it this evening. The paint was pretty oxidized, so I tried several approaches for remedying that. First up was a buffer, which I've never used before. That didn't seem to be going quite as well as I hoped, so I switched to the Turtle Wax Rubbing Compound paste and a moist rag and went to it with good ol' elbow grease. That seemed to do the trick at least as well as the buffer and was a bit less hassle, so I went with that for the rest of the car. That took the majority of the time and then I finished it up with some of the Mothers carnauba wax I used on my Grand Prix a couple weeks ago. You can see the finished result here. Not perfect, but neither is the paint anyway.

Apart from that, I spent time finding the lower grille (which was in the trunk after all, but I swear I looked there. Trunk wizards...) and putting the driver's side of the front bumper cover back in its clip properly, which required some uh... less than precise methods.

Now I need to finish up with vacuuming and cleaning the interior. It shouldn't take too much work though. I already went around the car yesterday and cleaned out door jambs, gas flap, trunk edges, hood edges and various engine components. Just for that extra bit of good first impression.

DISCUSSION (10)

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > NinetyQ
09/11/2013 at 23:37

It's a good looking car. Think you'll be torturing yourself with a little newer one or is it out of your system now?

NinetyQ > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast.
09/11/2013 at 23:40

Oh I don't care about old vs. new. I'm just into getting a better example of whatever I end up getting next. I'm currently looking at Porsche 944s. You can search the tag 944search to see some of my finds. I'm sure I'll be adding more to it.

The key this time is to just not rush into a buy. I got this car from an eBay auction and felt locked into it since I had to drive 6 hours to get to it. The car broke down on the way home when the alternator belt snapped. I just need to focus on getting a good deal this time rather than just a fairly cheap but only barely okay example.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > NinetyQ
09/12/2013 at 09:40

Looks good! I remember how rough it was when you got it.

505Turbeaux > NinetyQ
09/12/2013 at 09:43

Looks good man, sounds like you know how to sell a car and get some money out of it. If you were on the East Coast I would likely be buying it from you. My vacation time at work is accounted for or I would be road tripping

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > NinetyQ
09/12/2013 at 09:46

*sniff*

Goodbye, little one. We've mended your broken wings and taught you to fly again.

So fly away. Fly into the arms of an young buyer. A person who doesn't know how much your power steering banjo bolt costs or how fragile it is, like the human heart. Go now, and keep the your rust a delightful secret until your new owner is beneath your bay, searching for a fabled oil leak, and drop that oxidized metal sweetly into his waiting eyes.

...Goodbye...

*sniff*

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > NinetyQ
09/12/2013 at 11:35

It's looking good, but it has turned out to be a bit of a lemon. May the next owner have better luck, or a private store of unique-to-that-year power steering pumps.

It's odd how people seem to have bad luck when buying questionable cars. So far, I've bought 4 cars that were cheaper than they should have been. All were bought on a whim, and were the first cars of each that I'd seen. None of them have given me issues that outweighed their cheapness.

Contrast this to my sister's boyfriend, who has so far bought 3 106 GTis. Each of them he's paid the going rate for. Each of which has given him issues. The water temperature sensor has gone one 2/3 of them (which messes up the running quite badly). One of those also had nuts missing holding the manifold in place, which caused it to intermittently lose it's air-tightness, and hesitate up and down the rev range.

The last one, which looks incredibly clean and very well taken care of, has rust under the washer bottle, a reasonable engine oil leak and a potentially shot rear beam.

No greater issues than I've encountered, but I payed a fraction of the amount he did.

Dusty Ventures > NinetyQ
09/12/2013 at 13:02

The car looks great! Also I was wondering if you saw my post about the Audi for sale at Team O'Neil

Makoyouidiot > Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig
09/12/2013 at 14:09

This is the best comment ever posted. Bravo

NinetyQ > Dusty Ventures
09/13/2013 at 12:56

I didn't. Link?

Dusty Ventures > NinetyQ
09/13/2013 at 13:17

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/np-or-prch-pro…