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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/25/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    For someone in love with these, I suppose it is an okay price. But the reason why Audi 100 coupes are so rare is that they did not take the automotive world by storm.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Fifteen for something rare, unique, and well-kept (look at that rust! Oh, wow, there isn't any) isn't bad. And it's still an Audi, after all, even if the styling is a mishmash.

    I went for Nice Price based on the opener, but if the reserve is over twenty, it's probably Crack Pipe after all.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Nice car. Too bad it's parked on Crack Street.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    @Novaload: At the intersection of Shakedown Street.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/24/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Used to be the heart of town.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    @MushyHeirloom: Some say that the sunny side of that street is actually dark.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/24/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: It's down at the end of Lonely Street at Crackpipe Hotel.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    @tonyola: Where, though it's always crowded, you still can find some hoon.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    It's very nice, but I can't buy cars I wouldn't want to drive everyday. I haven't built my museum yet.
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    Image of Jimmy-Pribble Jimmy-Pribble
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Well, I'm one of those rabid Audi fanatics and I have to tell you...crack pipe. Most UrQuattros, which consistently end-up on the "Most Important Cars Ever Made" lists, trade for less than this. Also, I'm currently purging 15 years of European Car magazine that a friend gave me and I came across a quote from Piech that said this was the worst car he ever worked on.

    Still, for the right price, I would love to drive around in one, just because I think it looks great and is unique (and I'm a rabid Audi fan).
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    Image of Jimmy-Pribble Jimmy-Pribble
    11/24/09

    @Jimmy-Pribble: The ad says that there are only two in the US. In that case, my friend has the other one. I'll ask him how much he paid. (Sorry, couldn't edit my previous post for some reason.)
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/24/09

    @Jimmy-Pribble: rognbrow already claimed it in the 2nd post. One of you must be lying, because we know all ebay auctions are 100% factually correct.
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    11/24/09


    @GreenN_Gold: Pics or it didn't happen! Anyway, I haven't any idea how many there are or were. I don't know how that seller can say there are only two in the US. It's not a damn unicorn.

    #tips
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    11/24/09

    @Jimmy-Pribble: Ah, very nice. There is a possibility you two have the same friend, but I think it is much more likely that there are more than two of these in the US.
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    Image of CraigSu CraigSu
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000

    A Renault R17 in disguise...crack pipe.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/24/09

    @CraigSu: Call me when you have a Gordini.
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    Image of CraigSu CraigSu
    11/24/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: I did. 1978 R17 Gordini, metallic gold w/black stripes and the black unicorn graphic on the front fender. Bought it in 1982 for $3200, dealer was asking $5800.

    They wanted to sell it so badly they agreed to let me drive it home (with salesman in tow) so I could show it to my mom and get her approval. Not a big deal, except my mom was in Charlotte, NC, 110 miles away from Greensboro, where I was in school. They also gave me $500 trade-in for my 1971 Opel Kadet Rallye (with no reverse lockout)

    Recaro seats w/individually sprung thigh supports and adjustable side bolsters and a full-width electric folding cloth sunroof. My fondest memories of that car are hooning down Hwy 70/I-40 headed towards Cary on a cold winter night, sunroof back, radio and heater blasting, snow all around, 60 mph, and no one else on the road.

    Alas, a year-and-a-half later I was headed to work in an ice storm when I hit black ice in a corner with negative camber, sailed through the corner and into a tree head-on. When the insurance company totaled the car for more than I paid for it, I took the money.

    Boy, do I ever miss that car...

    #tips
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/24/09

    @CraigSu: Great story!
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    It's closer to the edge than yesterday's (the $100k Japan "museum" pieces - that someone cited - notwithstanding), but I'm still gonna have to say this guy's hitting the pipe. I guess I see stuff like this being in the "just one-digit in front of the comma, please" range, and who knows what the reserve is... he's probably shooting for $20k-ish, too, in all likelihood.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Sweet looking car, but Audi, for me, began with the Quattro.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/24/09

    @Mobius: Word to that.
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    That is a nice car. I used to drive an Audi Fox or two, and they were great fun. I would be willing to pay several hundred dollars for one. Wait, what? Thousand? Nah, you need to set down the pipe, get some rehab, and know that this Audi is so old that you can't even get run away acceleration retrofitted.
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    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Wait, what did they do with the rest of the engine?
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    Image of JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2 JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000

    Rare though it may be, that's way too much money for a front-drive German coupe with a carbed L4 and early 70's styling. I'd much rather have this: RWD, V6, less money.
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    Image of HurtsSoGood HurtsSoGood
    11/24/09

    @JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2: So how did they do FWD without turning the engine sideways? I've never seen one of these, and I think it's pretty nice. If it's clean, and it looks clean, I might stick my head out for fifteen large.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/24/09

    @HurtsSoGood: The same way they do AWD without turning the engine sideways, but lacking a rear driveshaft. Lately, they've been trying to confuse folks by making both longitudinal quattros, and transverse "haldex quattros."
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    Image of Frisco Fairlane500 Frisco Fairlane500
    11/24/09

    @JawzX2: Hoon The Earth @ www.cafepress.com/jawzx2: I love me a German Capri. I will one day get my hands on one of these and transplant a Turbo 2.3 ala-SVO into that mamma-jamma. Will it offend the purists? Yes. Will it be a hoot to drive? You bet your ass.
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    11/24/09

    @Frisco Fairlane500: Are you familiar with the Capri Perana, my son?
    [www.capri-perana.co.za]
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    Image of Jagvar Jagvar
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    yes yes YES!!!
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    What a handsome car! Classic yet very un-German shape - it looks more Italian than anything. The thumb in the main picture on eBay is a nice touch. Reminds me of old family snapshots. Over 30,000 fastback coupes were built, so they're not that rare in Europe. However, if you need body hardware, Europe will have to be the source. It looks like old Audi 100s have a value of zilch in the US. This coupe might be nice at $5,000. Three times that? Crack Pipe, and that's too bad.
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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    A little bit of Mercedes in my life,

    A little bit of Porsche by my side.

    A little bit of snob appeal's all I need,

    A little bit of Euro Sport's all I see.

    A little bit of super clean in the sun,

    A little bit of original all night long.

    A little bit of classy here I am,

    A little bit of well maintained makes me your man!!!!!!!!

    Nice Price number five.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    @Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm: LOL! Heartclick for the nice serenade.
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    11/24/09

    @Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm: That's horrible. Good work.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    I had no idea that Audi even made a coupe version of the 100. And this is a very handsome car, quite distinctive from the sedan.

    Neighbors had a new 100, back in the day, and I used to be fascinated by it. The husband would pop the hood so I could stare at the strange (to me) engine bay for hours at a time.

    As for the price? Ask me after I've found my lighter.
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