RE: SOTW: Audi V8

[petrolveins]

£895!!?

I want it now. How do you think the insurance companies will react when I ask if they'll insure an 18yo me in it?

[bosscerbera]

Hans Stuck and Walter Rohrl raced them. Sub zero.

[McAndy]

Good shed. I loved these as a kid...different from all the Mercs and BMs.

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[s2driveruk]

These are uber cool and rare as hens teeth, love them!

However you need to uprate them to DTM spec for full effect - taken at Goodwood a couple of years back:



Bit of tlc and that'd be back up and running as good as it could be, instruments are probably just the senders or fairly simple leccy gremlin/poor contact off the cluster.

[ScoobieWRX]

It's got to be worth that just for the engine and running gear alone.

Regardless of whether you keep it long term or not, if you want a cheap superluxobarge for a while that looks and probably runs as good as anything else of that time this seems a really good buy. Just make sure you've got plenty of fuel coupons!!

Great gangsta car. You should be able to get at least 2 dead bodies in the boot.

[Geoffcapes]

I always wanted my dad to buy one of these years ago when a bloke up the road bought one. Still like the idea of one now as a bit of a sleeper!
For that money I wouldn't be too bothered about the kids putting their feet on the seats!
Top shedding!

[Riley Blue]

bosscerbera said:

Hans Stuck and Walter Rohrl raced them. Sub zero.

Definitely, they raced at Donington - Stuck, Jelinski and a third driver whose name I forget (not Rohrl).

[Nuppy]

Best Shed Ever - awesome barge..!

Built like tanks, my old man had an Audi 100 Turbo. Quick car in its day, but the cost of a major service put my dad off (he did drive a Cortina before it, so it shouldn't have been a surprise that the Audi cost more to run!!)

[scorcher]

johnpeat said:

He says 3 instruments aren't working but doesn't say if the speedo is one of them (it's the only instrument which would mean an MOT failure?) This is probably pre-electronic instruments and so a replacement shouldn't be too much of a challenge tho (I assuming parts from same-period Audis would fit??)

Speedo not checked on MOT. Its a static test.

[y2blade]

bargetastic on of the best sheds so far

I'd have it

[gforceg]

I recently found an old copy of Performance Car which did a "giant test" comparing this to the appropriate 7 series and Merc. The Audi was in that lovely pearlescant (sp?) white. That reminder sent me off to the classifieds and there was, I seem to remember, one for sale in UK. A ratty red one that looked like it wasn't long for this world.

This one would be a nice barge as long as it lasted, I guess.

[Tyre Smoke]

Great shed, but I'm sorry I don't like or get it. But then I don't like E-type Jags, MX5s or MGBs either. I'm not that keen or Porsche product either.

Sounds and looks like a lot of bargain moneypit for the money though.

[Justayellowbadge]

This is the first shed in a while that it would be worth spending a bit of money on.

Big thumbs up from me.

[Crook]

Great rear lights.
Always loved these Audis.

[Rumblestripe]

Engine aside, very bland in the looks department and a few of the things in the description set alarm bells ringing.

Not for me, I'm ooot.

[sinbaddio]

I do like this, only because it isn't an S Class or a 7. As such a rarity though i'm guessing parts may be a challenge, or are most standard Audi parts from their sizeable bin?

[cookie1600]

ScoobieWRX said:

It's got to be worth that just for the engine and running gear alone.

Absolutely! Run it until the MOT expires, hook out the lump and box for a project (Audi 80 transplant maybe or a kit car?) then flog the seats to a VW camper owner and get some of your hard earned back - jobs a good un' !!!

[Twoshoe]

How does he know there are only 4 left in the UK?

[steveb8189]

Twoshoe said:

How does he know there are only 4 left in the UK?

sounds reasonable if this is anything to go by...

http://howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=audi%20a8&p=2

[johnpeat]

Twoshoe said:

How does he know there are only 4 left in the UK?

I believe you can make a Freedom of Information request to the DVLA BUT it needs to be quite specific.

e.g. You can't "How many Fords are taxed" or "How many MGs" - that's way to vague - but you can ask "How many Audis with an engine cap. in excess of 4l - first registered between 1988 and 1993 - are currently taxed for the road".

Car Clubs use this sort of approach a fair bit - at least that's what I'm led to believe by people from those clubs!

He could just have guessed