RE: Treser Quattro: You Know You Want To

[mebe]

it's lovely but most of that is the base car, £25k for a modest power increase? 25k in 1984 would buy you at least half of a first house. Thats mad money for a light tune.

[QuattroDave]

cookie1600 said:

Pretty cheap 7 years ago (don't know if it's the same one):

http://www.classic-audi.co.uk/forum/showthread.php...

Or 6 years ago?

https://www.handh.co.uk/buy/1984-audi-quattro-tres...

Edited by cookie1600 on Tuesday 26th September 17:29

Seven years ago that's bloody expensive! I picked up mine in 2010 for £2,750, not original as it was Bentley ghost white with sport quattro bonnet and interior stripped out when I got it but back then the going rate was £5k for a good condition one. Mine even had north of 300bhp thanks to a polished and ported head and uprated hybrid turbo.

Sold it two years ago for £8k and the going rate now even for snotters is north of £12k.

Do I want another one? Yes. Would I have another one? Not on your nelly. The spares market for this is beyond crazy, there's so few parts available that most owners hoard which of course makes the problem worse. Example, used sunroof rubber seals are £200+ a single front wing £700.

Still remains the coolest car I've owned though.

[ZX10R NIN]

It doesn't seem to be the same car in the links above I don't see the price as being out there when an original is in the 70k zone then an upgraded one at 35-40k seems sensible, I'd prefer this to an original as it's a truer reflection of how Treser wanted the car to be.

I like it.

[80sMatchbox]

MDMA . said:

Legacywr said:

Seller's a chancer, and, I believe they've had that car for sale for ages, unless I'm mistaken?

Churning out average, overpriced cars for years now ( although majority of stock never seems to move ).

They have some other low mileage stock. How about a £65k 635csi or a Peugeot 205 GTI for £43k sir?

[droopsnoot]

QuattroDave said:

Do I want another one? Yes. Would I have another one? Not on your nelly. The spares market for this is beyond crazy, there's so few parts available that most owners hoard which of course makes the problem worse. Example, used sunroof rubber seals are £200+ a single front wing £700.

I've always wanted one, but it's the spectre of unavailable stuff that stops me now, along with the price - I've already got a couple of cars it's difficult to get parts for, and I'm not sure I need another. I used to keep a list of the cars I went to look at, rarely a copy of Auto Trader went by without one in at around £5-6k. I bought (and kept) a coupe quattro which did me perfectly well, and is the next project, but they're not quite the same.

[sjabrown]

I'm probably odd but I think the convertibles with the roof up look amazing.

[QuattroDave]

droopsnoot said:

QuattroDave said:

Do I want another one? Yes. Would I have another one? Not on your nelly. The spares market for this is beyond crazy, there's so few parts available that most owners hoard which of course makes the problem worse. Example, used sunroof rubber seals are £200+ a single front wing £700.

I've always wanted one, but it's the spectre of unavailable stuff that stops me now, along with the price - I've already got a couple of cars it's difficult to get parts for, and I'm not sure I need another. I used to keep a list of the cars I went to look at, rarely a copy of Auto Trader went by without one in at around £5-6k. I bought (and kept) a coupe quattro which did me perfectly well, and is the next project, but they're not quite the same.

I've had a total of eight, 1xUR, 3xCQ's and 4xGT's. You'd think the coupe quattro would be similar to t he UR but in reality they're worlds apart in drive and feel.

I'm not proud to say but all of the GT's and one of the CQ's ended up being sacrificial donors to keep the UR running and the spares I didn't need sold for many times the price of the cars, such is the value of the spares.

I inspired a guy 100 yards from me to buy one, he's still got his but mine is long gone. I'd love to get a CQ shell and stick a modern TTRS 5 pot and running gear in it. That'd give me the best of all worlds, awesome 80's flared arch looks, modern running gear with spare parts and still a great 5pot sound!