The legendary IOW Audi 100 taxi

[CortinaDave]

Felt this was worth its own thread rather than tagged on to ebay tat..

 

The famed IOW B reg audi taxi has  turned up on copart, looking bloody great given nearly half a million miles on the clock.

 

Seems a sad end, surely this deserves to live on? Still tested too til June. Weirdly it seems to have done less than 100 miles since its last MOT.

 

 https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/29898198

[Tadhg Tiogar]

Felt this was worth its own thread rather than tagged on to ebay tat..

 

The famed IOW B reg audi taxi has  turned up on copart, looking bloody great given nearly half a million miles on the clock.

 

Seems a sad end, surely this deserves to live on? Still tested too.

 

 https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/29898198

 

Wonder what the seller's reserve is? Surely it can't be:

 

 

Est. Retail Value: £5,200 GBP

 

 

 

Poverty / bASe spec, too. Not even a rev counter.

[CortinaDave]

I saw that estimated value. absoloutely batshit. Not a sausage bid for it so far with less than 2 days to go.

 

Id hate to see it get no bids and crushed

[Tadhg Tiogar]

.....Not a sausage bid for it so far with less than 2 days to go.

 

Id hate to see it get no bids and crushed

 

Trouble is, it may be that any bid is unlikely to meet reserve.

[egg]

It's down in Sandwich, so can collect for copart account holder (probably)

 

But....

 

Notes say:

 

ENGINE WILL NOT START - REASON UNKNOWN

[CortinaDave]

It's down in Sandwich, so can collect for copart account holder (probably)

 

But....

 

Notes say:

 

ENGINE WILL NOT START - REASON UNKNOWN

it was on eBay last august because " owner retiring"

 

He managed 464,800 miles in it, looks like the second owner didnt even manage 50 before giving up and weighing it in. Poor effort!

[dollywobbler]

I hope someone steps up to save it. Needs to be in a museum! Deserves a retirement.

[quicksilver]

I really do wonder where Copart get their valuations from. Five grand for a non-running moon mileage 33-year old Audi? Get in the sea. Shame it's ended up there as that unrealistic valuation could have doomed it to scrap now.

[barefoot]

On a slightly different tack, I once drove the VW Motoring magazine's Audi 80 b1

Famous for folk thinking it had done 30,000 when it had done 130,000, I borrowed it with just under 400,000.

Documented proof of three engines, two gearboxes bur still on the original clutch.

It was dire.

Soft and squidgy at the front and rock hard at the back, the non standard seats inflicted terrible injuries every single time I got into it.

[scruff]

Perhaps there is an additional zero, Copart have been known to make such errors! 

[BorniteIdentity]

I will buy it. I’m satisfied enough that we went through every potential and possible cause of failure with the last Audi 80 ALF892 and I saved last year.

 

In the case of the (admittedly) newer one last year, it was a distributor.

 

Being optimistic, there aren’t a whole lot of things it can be.

 

What I don’t have is a Copart account. If anyone can help with that, we’ll be off and running.

[warren t claim]

I will buy it. I’m satisfied enough that we went through every potential and possible cause of failure with the last Audi 80 ALF892 and I saved last year.

 

In the case of the (admittedly) newer one last year, it was a distributor.

 

Being optimistic, there aren’t a whole lot of things it can be.

 

What I don’t have is a Copart account. If anyone can help with that, we’ll be off and running.

Remind me to Pm you in 18 months when I'll be selling a 475000 mile Mondeo.

[warren t claim]

I'm surprised the owner made a living only covering so few miles a year.

 

You are aware that it might of had an annual haircut for tax purposes?

[sierraman]

I'm sorry but that Audi is worth fuck all. £5,000??? Based on what?

[cort1977]

5000 value is a typo or cant be arsed value, no one has put any thought in to that surely?

 

Good luck with the purchase BI, seems like it's earned a retirement.

[egg]

BI, as stated above, can probably collect and store with me

 

Assuming it could be made to start of course!

[dollywobbler]

I'm surprised the owner made a living only covering so few miles a year.

 

You are aware that it might of had an annual haircut for tax purposes?

 

Don't forget it lived on the Isle of Wight. That must limit mileage somewhat. 

[warren t claim]

I'm on my phone so I can't post a link but towards the end of my Claims Cabbies Corner thread I linked a taxi trade article about the various vehicle requirements of every local authority. It may be that this had to be retired due to a change in council policy. I can't see the IOW council being particularly stringent due to its size meaning that testing would of been done at any MOT station rather than a specific council depot meaning there's scope for backhanders.

[Shep Shepherd]

It would be a dreadful shame to see that scrapped, given its history and all.

 

Shepfact: apart from the original Quattro, the Typ 44 100 is my favourite Audi.

[sierraman]

It would but nobody is going to give 5 big uns for it. Couple of hundred it might be a good project but £5,000 when its finished?

[outlaw118]

Got to be worth a phone call or summert.... would assist, but clueless.

[warren t claim]

Maybe the last Audi 100 of that vintage they sold was a quattro and the 19 year old who types the ads in has just based his price on that?

[Wingz123]

Having worked for copart for a short while (couldn’t hack working with the bone idle idiots they seem to employ)....do not think you can be in and out of the Sandwich yard for the car....you will be waiting min 2 hours to be loaded they are incredibly slow and just look at you as if you have all the time in the world....sadly every yard is the same... a lot of the cars you’ll see down as non runner are 90% of the time runners its just the yard staff cannot be bothered to wheel the heavy jump pack out to the car to try and jump start it. Coupled with the fact that in many cars it requires time to locate the battery/jump points. As i say, they cannot be bothered.....

 

If the lot number on the windscreen has an ‘x’ prefix after the number it has come from an insurance company. If it has a ‘c’ or a ‘q’ and shows signs of being wet i.e having just been washed then the chances are it has been put in by a trader and is normally traders rubbish....

 

Anymore copart questions hit me up!....

[GrumpiusMaximus]

I will buy it. I’m satisfied enough that we went through every potential and possible cause of failure with the last Audi 80 ALF892 and I saved last year.

 

In the case of the (admittedly) newer one last year, it was a distributor.

 

Being optimistic, there aren’t a whole lot of things it can be.

 

What I don’t have is a Copart account. If anyone can help with that, we’ll be off and running.

 

I'll give you a salute as you come through Kent, fine sir.

[Lacquer Peel]

There's a 100 in the scrapyard local* to me if you need any bits, it's an early one though. GIB.

[Dave_Q]

Having worked for copart for a short while (couldn’t hack working with the bone idle idiots they seem to employ)....do not think you can be in and out of the Sandwich yard for the car....you will be waiting min 2 hours to be loaded they are incredibly slow and just look at you as if you have all the time in the world....sadly every yard is the same... a lot of the cars you’ll see down as non runner are 90% of the time runners its just the yard staff cannot be bothered to wheel the heavy jump pack out to the car to try and jump start it. Coupled with the fact that in many cars it requires time to locate the battery/jump points. As i say, they cannot be bothered.....

 

If the lot number on the windscreen has an ‘x’ prefix after the number it has come from an insurance company. If it has a ‘c’ or a ‘q’ and shows signs of being wet i.e having just been washed then the chances are it has been put in by a trader and is normally traders rubbish....

 

Anymore copart questions hit me up!....

 

Can confirm the non-runner>runner situation.

 

A few years ago I helped a trader mate with a mission to collect 4 cars from Copart in Sandwich and drive back to Nottingham.

 

They were actually ready fairly quickly, brought out on a forklift. Think there was an Audi allroad, an E-class, a Navara/L200 type thing and something with a foldy roof.

 

All were listed as non runners, armed with a jump pack & leads we managed to get them all going. 

 

3 of them made it home with the pickup thing expiring not far from Copart, the RAC card had to be employed for that one.

[BorniteIdentity]

Does anyone have an account though?!

[Dave_Q]

Anyone can sign up but it's £50.

 

If you start the sign up process but don't pay they will email you a couple of weeks later offering to sign you up for £30, probably no use here though as the auction will have ended.

 

https://www.copart.co.uk/doRegistration/

[Cavcraft]

Good luck B.I, it'd be magic if you bought it.

[Wingz123]

Does anyone have an account though?!

Yes message me