I'm gonna offer him 1500. Is it even worth it with all of those problems and how much do you think i'm looking at to fix everything?

http://albany.craigslist.org/car/449829759.html

 

I wouldnt waste my time fixing up a V6

 

i wouldnt suggest spending that much time and moneyon fixing an old 12v A4... you could get a '98 (or newer)30v for $5000-7000. you would have a nicer car and you would probably end up spending that much fixing everything on the '96 anyway

 

hmm.... your right, but if i can fix it up for cheap (reasonable) then sell it for more and get another 1.8t.

 

It looks like it has two bad ICM's, about $600 in parts there,
a bad EGR valve which is around $200 in parts there.
That looks about it, so your looking at around $800 to fix it just to pass emmisions and IMO not worth it looking at the color and the fact that its a 2.8L 12V. About as gutless as it comes.

 

So it would only cost me around 3k to fix everything? I could sell it for alot more than that to some kid around here and get my hands on a nice unmolested cared for 1.8

 

You could fix it YOURSELF and smog it for around 2k, which would yield you around a 2k profit depending how much you can talk the guy down in price. The ICM's are easier to replace than spark plugs, and the EGR isn't very hard either.

 

I do also get a discount on parts.

 

That doesn't matter, the prices i listed were rock bottom, those same parts at the dealer would be around $1,500, the prices at www.ecstuning.com should be comparable to any discount you can get.

 

i would pay 1,000 for it. Maybe