IMHO if your car is mint w/records/receipts going back a good while you have nothing to lose by listing it at 5k and see what kind of response you get. A properly worded ad may draw someone with money who wants a 190 they wont be repairing to the tune of several thousand over a few years. Very nice examples are indeed going for $2500-3K. I picked mine up w/148,000 mi for $600, only because it had an almost perfect interior. It needed paint, a ball joint a head gasket and an A/C pump. Now it looks and drives like new but the paint alone would have cost $2500. If I had the work done I would have been over 5K for sure. I have seen rats go in my area for $2500.00.

My 2 cents

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Charlie

Current Family Stable

'87 260E -My former daily driver looking for a head
'92 500 SEL -Sundays and Holidays
'90 190E 2.6 -Current Daily
'84 VW Scirocco 38MPG!!! 225K Looking for an engine
'91 VW Rabbit Cabriolet
'91 VW Corrado G60
'82 VW Rabbit Pickup - Perfect Classic Truck
'95 S10 Long bed
'05 Jag X-Type
'16 BMW 425i convertible
'16 BMW 320i sedan

'93 VW Passat Wagon - RIP
'09 VW Passat Wagon - RIP
'95 VW Passat -RIP