Looking to buy, new, nearly new...

[boff]

Chuckle - you'd robbed me of half an inch on the new car

[hvm5]

when you look at the used car locator and it says something like "available 23/07/2015". Why is that?

[boff]

Probably being used as the demonstrator - Dealers have to run demo stock for 3 months I think, they can sell the car in advance, but you'll be asked to leave it with them until the demo completes. (Some can be negotiable though......)

[kmpowell]

when you look at the used car locator and it says something like "available 23/07/2015". Why is that?

The dealer have registered it as a 'Demonstrator', which means that under Audi rules & regs they are unable to sell it for 90 days.

This rule was put in place to stop dealers registering cars just to hit targets.

[hvm5]

I see, seems a bit daft considering you can't order the car so no real point in having RS4 demonstrators.

[kmpowell]

I see, seems a bit daft considering you can't order the car so no real point in having RS4 demonstrators.

To be fair to the dealesr they may not have had a choice. Dealers get penalised and lose bonuses for holding too many 'new' stock cars for a certain period time. So it's sometimes in their interest to register it rather than have it sat about.

[hvm5]

Looking through the used listing at my14 CARS, a lot of them in the spec list "Technology Pack Advanced" yet there's not one single mention of technology pack in the brochure/price list.

[boff]

Yeah its called something else, i think its the driver assistance pack - has the same code PCB

[hvm5]

Been offered a deal on a demo car, what do you think of it? Spec is good, just not my preferred a colour choice. Deal is good I think, just don't know whether to hold out until I see one with the exact colour and spec I want, even if that means paying a bit more:

£48k, 15 Plate, 1k miles.
black
b&o
sports pack
conv pack
parking advanced
pan roof
hill hold
storage pack
privacy glass
folding mirrors
phone with audi connect
black styling

Another car I was looking at, was one of my preferred colours, not quite as spec'd as the above. Up at £46k, with 6k miles on a 63 plate. That extra 2k gets me pan roof, storage pack, conv pack, less miles, newer car and more warranty time.

As well, Ideally would like a car with buckets, but it seems so few cars have been specc'd with buckets it narrows the choice down a lot so probably going to have be flexible on that one.

[boff]

That's a bargain

[milesg]

Been offered a deal on a demo car, what do you think of it? Spec is good, just not my preferred a colour choice. Deal is good I think, just don't know whether to hold out until I see one with the exact colour and spec I want, even if that means paying a bit more:

£48k, 15 Plate, 1k miles.
black
b&o
sports pack
conv pack
parking advanced
pan roof
hill hold
storage pack
privacy glass
folding mirrors
phone with audi connect
black styling

Another car I was looking at, was one of my preferred colours, not quite as spec'd as the above. Up at £46k, with 6k miles on a 63 plate. That extra 2k gets me pan roof, storage pack, conv pack, less miles, newer car and more warranty time.

As well, Ideally would like a car with buckets, but it seems so few cars have been specc'd with buckets it narrows the choice down a lot so probably going to have be flexible on that one.

Agreed, that is a bloody bargain. I have a high spec (that is higher!) and paid that but with 3,500 on it. I would bite their hand off! Youve saved about £6k being conservative (probably a £64k min spec), get it wrapped if you want another colour, still saves you ££££££"s

[hvm5]

I don't really understand why prices vary so wildy on the dealer network. Similar spec demo at another dealer is £10k more. Still a lot of cars on there priced £60-70k, I know some are ltd editions but a lot of them just normal ones. Seems like some dealers are away of the deals/discounts available on the cars when the books closed and price accordingly, and others totally oblivious and price near list.

[miatang]

I think thats a very good price. Personally I would take it over the older car with your pref colour. Black is very striking in the flesh.

[kmpowell]

Been offered a deal on a demo car, what do you think of it? Spec is good, just not my preferred a colour choice. Deal is good I think, just don't know whether to hold out until I see one with the exact colour and spec I want, even if that means paying a bit more:

£48k, 15 Plate, 1k miles.
black
b&o
sports pack
conv pack
parking advanced
pan roof
hill hold
storage pack
privacy glass
folding mirrors
phone with audi connect
black styling

Another car I was looking at, was one of my preferred colours, not quite as spec'd as the above. Up at £46k, with 6k miles on a 63 plate. That extra 2k gets me pan roof, storage pack, conv pack, less miles, newer car and more warranty time.

As well, Ideally would like a car with buckets, but it seems so few cars have been specc'd with buckets it narrows the choice down a lot so probably going to have be flexible on that one.

That would have been a c£65k car new, so if you take the max discount that's been seen here on a brand new car, it's in theory a £55k car if you were to buy it brand new. So the question I'd be asking myself (if I were you) is, is the reduction of £7k over new big enough for me to consider a registered ex-demo?

[hvm5]

I specc'd it up and OTR was £63,711, orangewheels discount on that would be down to £55.5k so yea another 7k off is real good. Seems like the convenience pack and storage pack are pretty lightweight add ons. i thought the storage pack would have had the rails in the boot but doesn't.

One other thing I since learnt, B8 RS4's do not come standard with heated front seats so this car doesn't have them. That's one thing I'm not sure I could live without, were standard in the B7. Dealer says they can be retrofitted?