S2 Restoration Options.

[quattrostyle]

I like the last advise above
Or even better take a 90 quattro type 89, no need to change chassis engine mounts and everything from the underside of your coupe will fit.

[Shoto]

good and hard work you are doing.respect man

[Twenny Benson]

Thanks for the all the comments chaps, it does help me to make my mind up. I have spent a good few weeks mulling this over, I have gone back & forth for weeks but I've come to a decision. As much as it hurts I've decided to cut my losses and part out the remains of my S2. I had big plans for it but in reality I can't afford to build another car, fuelling my GT3076R A4Q is killing me at the moment, I have also decided to retire it to toy status and lay some cash on a diesel my justification is that it will free up a load of money to take the A4 to the next level and I will probably hold onto my license & my life this way It does kill me to let the S2 go but I have to be realistic. I will post up a for sale thread tonight for everything that has to go, you can PM me in the meantime if your after anything. I would like to say thanks to everyone who helped me out, especially DJH

[djh]

No worries, glad to help out, just a shame your not able to finish it, it was coming along well

[Error404]

to be fair looking at the damage the car has had I'd be surprised if the chassis is even anywhere near straight. the quality of the repairs suggests it was done by a cowboy and cowboys don't use jigs
As much as I hate seeing cars being broken I think in this instance it is the right thing to do

[Twenny Benson]

I have to agree with Alex on this, anyone who knows me will tell you I would not have taken this decision lightly. I know it may look as though its purely a financial decision, but believe me it isn't. Seeing the state of the car under the skin was shocking, the pic's really don't show just how bad it is. At the end of the day my life would depend on the structural integrity of that shell if the worst were to happen, I for one would not wager my life on it! Its as simple as that. I really have thought this through and I have made a decision to cut my losses now, I think it was overly ambitious of me to think I could own two mental cars and actually run & insure them. My A4 really does cost me a fortune to run as a daily and with the weather getting worse it won't be long till I have a big off or lose my license, I just can't drive it like a sane person. It needs to return to toy status and be tinkered with and driven when the occasion suits. I'm sure in years to come I will want another S2 and will probably pay a premium but thats life and I feel I have made the right decision for now

[djh]

What you going to replace it with for a daily? something vw?

[K Simmonds]

I think your making a very wise choice, I'd have given up way before you did, fair play for even having a go at restoring it. Looking back through your thread you weren't to know just how badly the car had been repaired in the past. It would have taken you forever to put that shell back to anywhere near how it should be, really not worth the effort and expense.

[Twenny Benson]

What you going to replace it with for a daily? something vw?

I was thinking a Volvo S60 D5 cheap, comfy, reliable and still a 5 pot

I think your making a very wise choice, I'd have given up way before you did, fair play for even having a go at restoring it. Looking back through your thread you weren't to know just how badly the car had been repaired in the past. It would have taken you forever to put that shell back to anywhere near how it should be, really not worth the effort and expense.

I think my enthusiasm took over everthing to be fair, I know if I had of carried on, the entire car would be compromised and cost a fair bit as well. I think for once I have made the right choice. I know some people tried to tell me at the beginining to cut my losses and move on but I guess I thought I could save her. It would never have been what it should, you live & you learn I guess!

[Error404]

Better this way think of it as an organ donor keeping other cars alive
RIP Mr S2