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just to let everyone know.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:12 pm
by avant545
iam also defecting to an r8 i have been very lucky and been offered a deal for a new r8 with no premium as iam a long standing audi customer and this is a cancelled order,so my beloved rs4 avant has to go a at a cracking price,only covered 595 miles,so if you want a bargain have alook at classifieds and save yourself a fortune on new price.Thanks to all you guys for some wonderful advise and help and see you on the other side.
cheers simon
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:16 pm
by RS4Molar
Your not defecting my friend
You've taken an amazing opportunity to purchase a super car. I am jealous but in time after I 've had fun with the RS4 I too will move up to something.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:24 pm
by alex_123_fra
Well done Simon, great choice of car to move up to!
Your avant will make a cracking deal for someone.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:03 am
by tartan_rob
If I didn't need the space of the RS4, I would jump too. Don't fret...
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:55 am
by sykotoy
i could think of 300k spent better elsewhere to be honest
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:06 pm
by t_urbo
sykotoy wrote:i could think of 300k spent better elsewhere to be honest
Especially after watching that poor performance on Top Gear.
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:43 pm
by tartan_rob
Eh....300k? £70k was it not.?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:05 pm
by t_urbo
Tartan_Rob wrote:Eh....300k? £70k was it not.?
Aussie $
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:15 pm
by P_G
Typical, 4 weeks after buying my RS my perfect spec RS comes up for sale.
Hey ho, just have to get the tin opener out on my roof!
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:02 pm
by avant545
sorry pg but iam sure you are happy with your car,but the sunroof is nice,t urbo not to worried about performance as my other car is a f car with lots of performance,the r8 iam buying for looks as i think its its different than any other car out there and more importantly i can keep it 12/18 monthes and hopefully not lose a penny as i only do 2/3 thousand miles a year.Theres not many cars you can do that with,and im sick and tired of losing money to the dealers,look at my rs4 avant flaming £7500 loss in 8 weeks thats £13.00 per mile GOD!!!!!!!!!.
CHEERS SIMON
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:43 pm
by Harper--D
Can i ask how it made a bad performance?? Reason for only just loosing on 1/4 mile was due to 4 wheel drive and clarkson absolutely loved it!!
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:49 am
by P_G
avant545 wrote:sorry pg but iam sure you are happy with your car,but the sunroof is nice,t urbo not to worried about performance as my other car is a f car with lots of performance,the r8 iam buying for looks as i think its its different than any other car out there and more importantly i can keep it 12/18 monthes and hopefully not lose a penny as i only do 2/3 thousand miles a year.Theres not many cars you can do that with,and im sick and tired of losing money to the dealers,look at my rs4 avant flaming £7500 loss in 8 weeks thats £13.00 per mile GOD!!!!!!!!!.
CHEERS SIMON
Simon, I'm sure you could shift your RS within a couple of weeks for somewhere between what you paid for it and the p/x value. They tried to do the same to me on my S4 and it was a B6; some Audi dealers were only looking to give me £16K for a 2004 '54' with 47,000 miles on it yet it was sold for small change less than £24K. I got £22K for it in the end with some hard nosed haggling.
I think the worry is that some dealers are buying RS's recently and not making any money on them moving them on, so they are trying to give you rock bottom given your R8 is here to pressure you to cave in and for them to make a £4-5K margin out of your RS. Better than you paying 10-12K over list for an R8 is probably the logic.
Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:15 pm
by jonp
My R8 arrives March. I also feel like a defector, having owned a B5 & B7 and covered 230,000 miles in them colectively.
Never the less, the R8 is THE car to upgrade to, if you don't need the practicality of the RS. If you haven't driven one, then DO. Having tried every other obvious alternative car (911 4S, New M3, New M5, AM-V8) the 8 beats them all.
So if anyone wants an RS4 B7 in March fro £35k, mine will be available
Jon P
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:33 am
by noggyblueboy
jonp wrote:My R8 arrives March. I also feel like a defector, having owned a B5 & B7 and covered 230,000 miles in them colectively.
Never the less, the R8 is THE car to upgrade to, if you don't need the practicality of the RS. If you haven't driven one, then DO. Having tried every other obvious alternative car (911 4S, New M3, New M5, AM-V8) the 8 beats them all.
So if anyone wants an RS4 B7 in March fro £35k, mine will be available
Jon P
i could be interested,what kind of miles do you expect it to have by march?
and whats the spec
