My pride and joy is up for sale. The RHD Volcano Black 1995 RS2 (that rejoices in the name of The Undertaker Car after the third owner, an undertaker, who debadged it in case it was required for Funeral duty) is going to have to go.
It is a fairly standard, 144,000 mile, car; well used, well maintained and in very nice condition. My trials, tribulations and triumphs with it are documented on RS246 and it will soon be for sale on Pistonheads where, coincidentally, I was recently asked to put the car's detailed history. The car has FASH and lots of receipts and records from Audi and Audi specialists.
Discussions start at £12,000. I'm not in a desperate hurry to sell it and will gladly discuss the pros and cons of the price versus some spare parts, the number plate and the couple for things I would prefer to have done to it before it goes.
The non-standard bits:
The Recaro logo on the front seats is missing following the seat centres being reupholstered.
The diverter valve was replaced with one for the S3 which is better - allegedly - but doesn't make that satisfying bang. Other than that, the car is standard, apart, of course, from the tyres which are Pirelli P-Zero Rosso 225s, not the original and now unobtainable SP8000s.
The boasts:
The previous owner told me it had never had a ding bad enough to split the paint. Subsequently, a heathen clipped the rear bumper in a car park, but the bumpers are at least non-ferrous.
Instead of an RAC check I contacted the previous owner's Audi garage, Listers in Coventry, who described it as, "A good honest car."
The mechanic in my local Audi dealer in Newbury told me, "It's a gem."
What else:
Half leather and original Sony 10 CD player and all the regular good stuff like air con, electric windows, electric sunroof, electrically adjustable seats plus a TrakBak. It has been my day to day car for 18 months and is ready to go and go very quickly.
PM me if you're interested.
DickyC
. IMHO despite the 'credit crunch' you should hold out for the £12K. You will get a lot of low offers but this is one of 180 & they will never make anything like this again.
- the reason I still have the RS2 is simple - there are very few cars that have the same character and as the car was built specially for me and is probably unique - I see little point in selling it.
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