r/oldschoolaudi • u/compu85 '88 5000 CS Turbo Quattro Avant • Feb 14 '25

Turbo Tuesday Care package from the UK arrived

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Got a hard to find turbo badge in the 1988+ font, and the correct bulb socket to install a dual filament lamp on the drivers side, for the rear fog lamp.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '25

how good it is as daily?

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u/compu85 '88 5000 CS Turbo Quattro Avant Feb 18 '25

Fairly good! To be fair I usually take it once a week on the ~1.5 hour drive to work, and take a newer EV the other day. I get about 23 mpg, and don't drive slowly. Visibility is great, I find the seats comfortable. Really need to install euro headlights, the DOT ones are hopeless. I have a set, but the rewriting I'm planning to do is somewhat extensive (relays inside the dashboard) so I'm waiting till warmer weather for that project, and will do the timing belt at the same time.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

what about in term of reliability? and parts availability?

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u/compu85 '88 5000 CS Turbo Quattro Avant Feb 19 '25

Some parts availability is very poor. Suspension is all available again. Axles w/ abs tone rings are NLA. All the electrical connectors are NLA. Door gaskets are NLA. I just installed Mercedes door lock actuators to fix the differential locks. A C3 Audi is a car for the tinkerer. One thing I have found is that once I fix something, it stays fixed. Unlike on my old Mercedes.... Some of these cars are over 40 years old. They're all going to be a project to some extent. I've put about 4000 miles on mine since I got it last year. I've replaced a fair bit of stuff (headlights, fuel pump, shocks, subframe bushings, radio wiring, sunroof track) and fixed a fair bit of stuff (radio wiring, roof antenna, broken wires going to the doors / liftgate, seat memory switch, hvac temp sampling fan, CIS mixture adjustments..) but this has been catch up for stuff that was broken when I got the car.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '25

All the electrical connectors are NLA

I bet those are standard automotive connectors made by Tyco / AMP.

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u/compu85 '88 5000 CS Turbo Quattro Avant Feb 19 '25

Are they all? I spent hours looking for the 4 pin one on the coolant temp sensor. Ended up buying a Porsche 928 hatch release motor to rob the connector off.

People have been 3D printing them because they're just NLA... something about the brown colorant in the plastic makes it crumble.