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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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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 11/24/09 1:57 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    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 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 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 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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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    While it looks like a baby Jensen Interceptor, if you drink a lot, and have someone punch you in the face until your eyes are swollen almost shut, $15K is about $10K too much, even in this condition.

    Old ≠ collectible
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    11/24/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son:
    Or you could just drink some of that China Town stuff from that thread yesterday... judging by the Russky chick in the ad, that should sufficiently close your eyes all by itself, so you could forego the whole face-punching bit.

    Although, considering the distilling standards over there, the pain of getting punched in the face repeatedly vs. recovering from a night of drinking said Russian beverage could be roughly equivalent.
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    Image of Rust-MyEnemy Rust-MyEnemy
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    A pristine 100 Coupe could be an excellent destination for the 4.2 nitrous'd V8 of last nights Ronin-mobile, the floorpan could be cut out to house some Quattro Torsen-diffy goodness, the standard wheels could be judiciously and subtly widened to make use of todays super-sticky Toyo-Proxes....

    But not this one. Find me a shed for a tenth that dollar and we have go.

    For now, scramble the crackpipecopter
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    It ain't a Sport Quattro. That's about the only old Audi I could see dropping this kind of money on, and this ain't it.

    I dig the slant four. That's cool. Der engine ist too tall, Hans. Ve chood rez ze hood, ja?

    Nein. Ve lay der engine over.

    I'm cool with fore-and-aft front drivers, too. Transverse engines are nice for compact engine bays, but that's about all. I figure if you're going to do something like that, you might as well bolt the tower braces to the engine block, too. Nobody ever does that. So longitudinal is cool.

    It is pretty. But pretty, like girlfriends, wears out. What matters is, do you love it?

    I don't.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/09

    @Elhigh: Actually, slant engines are a very German way to solve that problem -- look at BMW's inline engines, and the MB 300SL, to name what springs immediately to mind.

    ...and the Mopar slant six was also created for it's packaging advantages.
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    Image of helowrench helowrench
    11/24/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: and the whole 924/944/968 series had the slant gion' on
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    11/24/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I prefer the IHC version of a slant.

    "We ain't got a little four for an entry level motor for this thing."

    "Just bolt in half a V8, then."

    "Kinda heavy."

    "Yeah. So?"

    And Toyota laid a four right over on its side - 85 degrees from vertical, if I recall, for the Previa. BMW mounted a sideways four for the K bikes, too.

    #tips
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/09

    @Elhigh: I think the conclusion we can all reach here is that slanty engines are awesome.
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    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    Pipe. It is interesting and rare, but that doesn't directly correlate to monetary value.

    One would have to be a very serious Audi collector to want this, and it might worth looking into locating and importing one from Europe directly.

    ...and that dashboard looks like that of the W108, actually.
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    Image of duurtlang duurtlang
    11/24/09

    @Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: I don't think you can import something from Europe that is this rare and in such a great shape for so little money.
    $15k = €10k. €1k for shipping, leaves you €9k for the car and all other expenses. That's 2001 Audi A6 money over here. Not nearly enough.

    Edit: ok, maybe 2002 Audi A6 money in Germany for a base model 2.0
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    Paul Y. don't drive too fast. promoted this comment Edited by duurtlang at 11/24/09 8:51 AM duurtlang was starred duurtlang was unstarred
    Image of Paul Y. don't drive too fast. Paul Y. don't drive too fast.
    11/24/09

    @duurtlang: It was speculation on my part; I don't know much about older Audis, nor do I pretend to.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    11/24/09

    In reply to 1971 Audi 100 Coupé de Grace for $15,000
    and I've lived here all my life

    Not yet you haven't...
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    11/24/09

    In reply to For The First Time, Chief Perp Lamm Claims A LeMons Car For 500 Bucks!
    Here's an excerpt from a statement from Team Diplomatic Immunity on the LeMons forums:

    "On a side note, I've seen some comments from a few folks thinking that Jay was being a jerk, or being greedy when he claimed the car. This was not the case at all - we made it clear to him early on that we were fine with a claim. For various reason it was already a forgone conclusion that this would be the ONLY race for this car and we did not want to tow the 5200lb beast back to San Diego. I was more than happy to receive $500 for the car and leave it at the track. We prefer to run our usual V12 Jaguar at Lemons anyway - compared to the S600 it is fast, nimble, light and reliable.

    The President of Paraguay informs me that he'll redistribute 10% of the claim money to his people and blow the rest in Vegas before he returns to his home country."
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    11/23/09

    In reply to For The First Time, Chief Perp Lamm Claims A LeMons Car For 500 Bucks!
    I understand the claim rule is there to discourage cheating, but if I put hundreds of hours into building my race car (I didn't), the claimant would be displeased to discover the inside of the car covered in a thin, milky layer of diahrrea beer schittz. Cuz I'm classy.
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/23/09

    In reply to Russian Billionaire Buys Hitler's Mercedes For Between $6 And $15 Million
    Is that Hitler standing in the car? He looks much different in color.
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