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by Wolverine » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:02 pm
Thanks all. Yes, I'm pretty chuffed. Car is better than I expected. Will post some photos and videos when I get a chance, weather just been aweful lately.
I bought a Daytonna Grey Avant with Black leather/Silver Piping. Has had the stage 3 conversion done by West Tuning (Full Miltek exhaust with 100 cell cats and engine + gearbox remap). Has got the Solar sunroof and TV screens in the rear headrests as well. And its mint, and its MINE !
As many of you know, I have been looking for a while, um-ing and argh-ing whether to buy one on cost. Well, what swung it for me in the end was that I have accepted the running costs of the car, and strongly believe the heavy depreciation the car has so far suffered is now gone. The reason is this ...
1). There are less than 500 Avants made, so still pretty exclusive.
2). There are less than usually 50 for sale countrywide at any time, so very hard to come by. If you see the right car, you just gotta snap it up or wait another six months.
3). Audi dealers have 50% of cars for sale, and continue to peg prices high.
4). New RS6 still a long way off, and will be priced too high to have any effect on residuals.
5). Current RS4 ... realistically is £55k when specced, so RS6s look like a bargain in comparison, and still no Avant.
6). No real competition except for AMG E55 Estate which is even rarer and more costly.
7). Other alternative is Cayenne Turbo, but not very good looking, and generally £10k higher.
So I think demand versus supply economics should keep RS6 prices relatively healthy.
Craig dude ... once I get settled with the car, we need to talk about bluetooth !