How should I sell my car?

[Bikeboy7890]

I am not sure if this is the right place or not, but I would like the opinion of the group on this one.

I have a 2001 1.8TQM A4 with what I presume is a bad crank position sensor and a bad clutch. It also has a dead battery and bad tires now, and has a bad rear wheel bearing (existing problems that I didn't realize when I bought the damn thing in a hurry without doing proper research). From what I can gather via ECS Tuning and elsewhere, the car would cost me over a grand to get running again if I did the work myself. It is located 800 miles away from me currently. It does have a Bailey Motorsports DV (black) and a Carbonio intake, as well as a brand new MAF sensor and new coils (less than 1000 miles on them). Would the car at all be worth the effort of parting out? Or is my best bet here scrapping? I presume that since you can get running A4's right now for like $2,000 that this car will not be worth trying to sell as is to anyone, right?

Sorry again if this is not the right section for a post like this. I just want to get rid of this car before my family does something stupid with it.

Thanks, and I hope to be back in the Audi game eventually, but right now my '14 FiST is giving me all the fun I would want.

[Avant Nate]

Try for $800, settle for 5. Or keep it, and repair it eventually. CPS and wheel bearing are not expensive. 800 miles is the only real .problem

[PringlesInVic]

You would probably make more parting it out. But it will be a pain in the ass and would take a while (especially 800 miles away) Where is the car located? Is there someone their that could do the parting for you?

Other than that, I'm with Nate. You won't get much as a whole car. It'll sell to someone who will be fixing it and won't pay too much because they know what it'll cost to get running again. OR you'll sell it to someone who will be parting it out, and want to make some money on it.

So really the choice is up to you. Quick cash now or more cash over time (with more work).

[tar]

Sounds like a ditch for whatever you can get car. The cost of getting it the 800 miles won't be worth the car alone. With these things being so cheap it's sometimes best to ditch and start over. Partout would get some good money but it's time and requires space then you have to ditch the shell. Not really worth it for a stock car. 01 1.8tqm will be desireable for someone looking to do a full build so might be worth posting whole at 1K.

[19birel]

If you're car is in otherwise good condition and you still want a B5, just wait and fix it. If you want to sell, I would find a cheap stock intake and throw it back on (you could get a little bit of cash for the carbonio) and then sell it for $900 or so.

[nynoah]

If you cant fix it from 800 miles away, what makes you think you can part it from 800 miles away?

Sell it as its and disclose what is wrong.

[Bikeboy7890]

Try for $800, settle for 5. Or keep it, and repair it eventually. CPS and wheel bearing are not expensive. 800 miles is the only real .problem

This totally makes sense. I believe that it is the way I would want to go, but the car is in Tennessee currently where there is not much of a market for Audi's at all. If it were just CPS and wheel bearing then I would be ok. But it's CPS (I think) wheel bearing, clutch, tires, and battery at least.

You would probably make more parting it out. But it will be a pain in the ass and would take a while (especially 800 miles away) Where is the car located? Is there someone their that could do the parting for you?

Other than that, I'm with Nate. You won't get much as a whole car. It'll sell to someone who will be fixing it and won't pay too much because they know what it'll cost to get running again. OR you'll sell it to someone who will be parting it out, and want to make some money on it.

So really the choice is up to you. Quick cash now or more cash over time (with more work).

The car is located in west Tennessee right now. I might be able to find someone to be able to do the parting out for me, but I am not sure. Do you have an estimate of about how much things might can go for on a partout? Do you think posting it up here would be worth the time? I would imagine whoever bought it would have to want it bad enough to come from out of state for it, as it has not very much market where it sits.

Sounds like a ditch for whatever you can get car. The cost of getting it the 800 miles won't be worth the car alone. With these things being so cheap it's sometimes best to ditch and start over. Partout would get some good money but it's time and requires space then you have to ditch the shell. Not really worth it for a stock car. 01 1.8tqm will be desireable for someone looking to do a full build so might be worth posting whole at 1K.

Thanks for the advice. I will probably try to find someone to sell it to.

If you're car is in otherwise good condition and you still want a B5, just wait and fix it. If you want to sell, I would find a cheap stock intake and throw it back on (you could get a little bit of cash for the carbonio) and then sell it for $900 or so.

It has some pretty bad dings and scratches from the previous owner (my brother in law does bodywork and was going to do it for me for just the cost of materials when I got it going good, but then the breakdown happened) who lived in NYC for a while. I wish I had time and money to fix it for a winter beater but it probably isn't worth it.

If you cant fix it from 800 miles away, what makes you think you can part it from 800 miles away?

Sell it as its and disclose what is wrong.

If it were worth parting out, and I could get some actual decent money for the sum of the parts, I could either have a family member part it for me, or ship it up here as is and part it out myself. The problem with fixing it would be that I would spend money shipping it, more money fixing it, and then have a car that is worth less than the sum of those two when I finished. My family doesn't have the time or equipment to fix it themselves, but they should be able to do things like remove front bumper and take off the radiator or something like that if I could get money for anything (just an example).

[tar]

If ur family isn't use to these cars don't force a partout on them.
Alot of interior plastics and things like that are old and brittle and will break. Front bumper is hardly worth much, a partout usually takes a long time. The trans, interior, and things like that would net you the most money. But again time to remove em is awhile unless ur mechanically competent. And have a lift or plan to pull motor/trans same time.


If seats are checkered cloths I got dibs!!!

[redline380]

Just sell it.

Unless it happens to be sitting in Minnesota....

[walky_talky20]

This thread needs pics. I want to see abandon-mode B5 with flat tires and moss growing on it.

[redline380]

This thread needs pics. I want to see abandon-mode B5 with flat tires and moss growing on it.

That's how I picked up my avant. There it was, just laying in the weeds, like a baby Moses. And I, acting as Pharaoh's daughter did, rescued the wee little one from a sure life of misery to give it a new life. One day, it will lead its people from tyranny that is the junkyard, and onto the promised land of premium gas and turbo upgrades.

[walky_talky20]

^ROFL. A land flowing with Methanol and custom software remaps.

There's a Rule 22 / Stone Tablet joke in there somewhere, too.

[redline380]

^ROFL. A land flowing with Methanol and custom software remaps.

There's a Rule 22 / Stone Tablet joke in there somewhere, too.

Im sure we could go with some plagues such as

And first there were rusted out shock towers. But they did not deter the owner.

And then there were blown control arms. Still, the owner persisted.

.......

Finally, upon noticing the broken tbelt and likely bent valves, the owner set his Audi free to a place where it could be restored, loved, and taken care of.

So sayeth the Owner's Manual.

[Bikeboy7890]

Man you guys sure know how to make someone feel nostalgic about a car. I am mechanically inclined, and my brother-in-law is as well, so that theoretically isn't an issue, the distance is. Should I post it up on the classifieds on here? Or locally?

I can try to get pictures if that would be actually helpful. I don't know, I want a running A4, but this one just seems to be resistant to all attempts at resuscitation. It seems like it just wants to die.

[czum09]

Depending on where it is located, I'd be interested.

[Bordom]

I have to add in my opinion.

Every time I see the title of this thread the first thing I think is, "Put up a 'for sale' ad?" Lol

That is all

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[Bikeboy7890]

Depending on where it is located, I'd be interested.

It is located in West Tennessee currently. Please be close. :)

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I have to add in my opinion.

Every time I see the title of this thread the first thing I think is, "Put up a 'for sale' ad?" Lol

That is all

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Yeah I know it is silly to not do it but I didn't want to deal with all the people offering me $50 for it and crap like that.