Breaking S2 Avant

[sunny_t3]

I need the hubs, do you still have them??
sunny

[Jonnybravo]

The hubs are currently sold

[S2central.net]

Cheers for clearing that up dest, yes its a nice car but it does need a bit of paint work here and there eventually, plus other bits need sorting. If someone wants to give me 4k then it would go whole but i guarantee it won't sell for that so it needs to be broken. Its a good all round car though so it will help others get theirs finished to a good standard

Oh here we go again... boohoo... You simply aren't going to get 4k by breaking that car. Why can't people just accept what they are worth in the open market ?

It will easily fetch ~3500 sold as is unless it is carrying some nasty faults.

Even you could scrape 4000 by selling parts at inflated prices - would the extra 500 REALLY cover your time & effort to break it ?

I am really flummoxxed by this recent trend... The only upside is that it makes the remaining cars even more rare and the old supply and demand thing should trend future prices higher as long as there is enough people interested in buying one.

[dest]

Why cant people just accept that it is HIS car, and he can do what ever he wants with it!!

[Jonnybravo]

Sorry Paul but I believe it will break for that and more, time will tell but as I said originally I have the time and space to do it so yes it is worth my time breaking it.

Where are my inflated prices ?

If you want some inflated prices try calling your local Audi dealership for parts as my prices are VERY fair, even more so on a car as rare as this.

Thanks for your concern though Paul

[S2central.net]

All I am saying is that your time is not free... But do as you will as I am not the boss of thee

[Jonnybravo]

Time is money and between building cars and engines I can break this without is being a massive issue, what doesn't sell on here will go on ebay and after spedning a year watching what those parts sell for I know I'll get the money I expect, what doesn't sell will simply stay bolted to the shell and will be sold with it for no extra cost.

I'm going to relist all the parts with the buyers next to it, if someone has asked for something thats listed as still for sale just PM me as I've literally had over 100Pm's about the car so I may of forgotten about the odd Pm regarding certain parts.

[Jonnybravo]

ABY engine, 034 Coilpack conversion with 5 new Genuine coil on plugs, 151k on the engine, comes with inlet/exhaust manifolds, turbo, wastegate, new plugs 2k ago, PAS pump, alternator, newish starter, no loom or ecu £1000

ABY Ecu, homefried chipset, no faults £300 sold to haraan

ABY Ecu loom, mint, no cuts as far as I'm aware and will be removed correctly £100

Ign Amps x 2 £40 sold to haraan

6 speed ABY gearbox, no crunches, smooth gearbox comes with linkages £300

Rear diff £150

Propshaft £50

Driveshafts £25 each

Porsche Brake conversion, calipers, brackets and discs, needs pads soon £400 sold to avants2turbo

Rear Brakes, need overhaul ideally £30

Hubs £100

Audi S8 Alloys with tyres, few marks on them but perfectly straight and come up mint, few k left in the tyres yet and 1 spare centre cap, come with correct spacers to suit an Avant £500 sold to haraan

H&R Lowering springs £60 Sold to Chris_W

Standard S2 dampers x4 £50

Miltek backbox, like new £125 sold to sh86

Front bumper with spotlights and indicators, small graze on the lower plastic, comes with washer jets £200

Rear Avant bumper, slight graze on lower plastic trim, scratches along top half thanks to my dog £50 Sold to andy10v

3 Spoke Steering wheel with correct non Air bag cowling £100

Steering Rack no play £50 sold to S2central.net

Main Radiator, not very old and well made £100 sold to europeanme

Radiator Fan £20

Auxillary Radiator £20

Front alloy subframe mounts £40

Rear alloy Avant subframe mounts £50

Interior with Carbon trim, cloth seats and door cards £150

Dashboard in beige with component speakers £30

Dashboard in black £20

Dash clocks £40 sold to sh86

Centre 3 guages £100

Boost guage in white (matches others) with centre air vent mount from germany £50 sold to pistonbroke

Air flow meter £100

Headlights with HID conversion, few stonechips, no cracks £200 sold to andy10v

LUK Clutch kit, done a few hundred miles £120

New unused Clutch slave cylinder genuine £50

Audi Avant floor mats, £30

[S2central.net]

Try this Jonny... get a notebook and HONESTLY keep a record of how much time you spend breaking, selling (photographing, describing, listing on eBay), packing & posting bits from this car... I think you will be amazed how many hours are involved. Based on whatever you feel is a decent hourly rate then you can decide at the end of the process if it was really worthwhile (versus selling it complete for a fair price).

[S2central.net]

First dibs on the steering rack please !

[dest]

You are missing the point Paul, he has already said he has no job at the moment and time is not an issue!!

[Jonnybravo]

Steering rack is yours Paul

I won't bother keeping a record simply as I know what this will cost me in time, the fact is that if I'm not doing this I'm not earning anything, I've got 3 engine on the build at the moment but I do these as of when people can afford the parts so they never get done as quickly as I would like.

You are right though, at £25 an hour it will of cost me 4k in labour, I just don't look at it like that as I find other things to do along the way making it worthwhile.

[S2central.net]

Well it is indeed a different ball game without steady income - I hadn't spotted that little detail !

[Jonnybravo]

I've had no steady income since March, running the car has been a nightmare for ages and due to the other project I can't keep 2 cars that stand me in at so much money, sadly for the S2 its the one I'd prefer to see go

[Jonnybravo]

The engine or gearbox can be posted within mainland for £65.75 with pallet networks as a friend has just said I can use his account if someone cant collect them