(Nearly) Free RS4 intake manifold for sale (Fleabay)

B6/7 S4/RS4
#1

At least, I’m pretty sure this off an RS4. I emailed JHM to see if they wanted it for research, but since they have not grabbed it yet, have at it:

[url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-Air-Intake-Manifold-S4-A4-OEM-079-133-201-E-/331482658718?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4d2de7f79e&vxp=mtr]
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/z/MCUAAOSwxYxUwCpT/$_57.JPG

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The guy wants $30 for it. What a steal for somebody looking to try something or test something.

#2

pretty interesting. Not sure what the tabs that are broken are referring to…is it something fixable?

#3

He don’t show a good picture of the front of the manifold but the linkage arms are what usually breaks.

https://jhmotorsports.com/shop/catalog/images/034-B7_RS4_FSI_V8_Intake_Manifold_Flap_Lever_Arms_JHM.jpg

#4

…I may/may not have bid on it. :wink:

#5

Didn’t see that email, I forwarded that along!

#6

oh really…

I’m going to drive it up. If you see the leading bidder is s*mo you know what’s up!

#7

It’s painful to see people bidding up no-reserve auctions. Why?

#8
  1. I was joking, in case you’re referring to me
  2. that’s how auctions/markets work. You bid what you want to pay. It’s not like it ends in 6 months. It ends in 19 hrs
  3. the bidding today has moved it from 40 to 42 (oh heavens!).

Ideally you’d bid whatever you were comfortable spending, with 10 seconds left, but there are many strategies for auction bidding that work. For example bidding now can reveal the current high bidder’s max price and push his bid to the edge of being outbid. While he feels secure that he is in a winning position, you know he is not, and with any new bid you will push him off.

Further, if an item is $40 and it should reasonably be expected to hit $100 or if in good condition, $750, why are you perturbed about it being $42 instead of $40?

Anyway, here’s a proper auction to entertain some…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgn5QoxozcE

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/09/nyregion/AUCTION/AUCTION-superJumbo.jpg

#9

I’m definitely not perturbed and it wasn’t directed at you. It was a generalization based on many (more than I care to admit) years of ebaying.

All of those strategies are anyones right to use. Regardless of all strategies and how things were “designed” no work - one thing is for certain: Bidding on a no-reserve auction (bidding at a price lower than you expect it to sell at) far in advance (24 hours is far in advance) simply excites other would-be bidders and statistically will cause the item to cost more in the end.

#10

Someone got a good deal for about $100 shipped.

Sakimano - you’re tactic would have helped me in this case because I intended to bid and just forgot, lol.
Saki 1 - Jeff 0.

#11

check this out…

www.phantombidder.com

10 cents per winning bid. Automatically places your bid whenever you want it to, to whatever maximum. i.e. tell it to bid 10 seconds, or 10 minutes before auction end. Whatever you want. Set, and forget.

You can even create a ‘group’ so if you want a flat bottom steering wheel, and set it up to bid on 6 different auctions ending at different times, it will just enter your last second (I use 10 seconds…3-4 seconds sometimes doesn’t work) bid and once you get a win, it shuts down all the other ones.

#12

This is the coolest thing I have heard of all day.

#13

Consider my life completely changed, and for the better. That is awesome. Now stop telling people about it so that I can beat them, too!