Buying a B7 RS4

[Gsedge1]

Cheers guys, I really appreciate the posts

[Gsedge1]

I txt the seller a few times and as expected he's being a c*nt saying he'll take his (fat/ugly) wife out for dinner with my £200

How can I f*ck this c*nt up and stop him selling his lemon to some poor bugger?

[Gsedge1]

I have an address, phone number and email address

[MrHilario]

Personally I would have ignored the ad after just reading the description, anyone who spells things like 'xceptional' should not be trusted! lol.

Just write off the £200 and be grateful you have dodged a bullet. Be more careful looking for a good example, if it's surprisingly cheap I would be very suspicious. Keep an eye out on here for cars, there's always a few knocking around. Good luck.

[Gsedge1]

Personally I would have ignored the ad after just reading the description, anyone who spells things like 'xceptional' should not be trusted! lol.

Just write off the £200 and be grateful you have dodged a bullet. Be more careful looking for a good example, if it's surprisingly cheap I would be very suspicious. Keep an eye out on here for cars, there's always a few knocking around. Good luck.

Yup, good point on the ad description and yes, I'm actually happy that I'm just £200 down rather than the new owner of a <beep> RS4/Mondeo

[Jonnyjetster]

Hi

I don't know if you're still interested in purchasing an RS4? I have a very straight and honest Mugello Blue Cabriolet for sale:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... 07/6382246

I'm a serving Soldier and about to be posted overseas so unfortunately she has to go. Fantastic car in every aspect.

Neal.

[davis1888]

I was just reading this post, thinking "this sounds very familiar"!!!

So I test drove this car very recently and I did my research before hand, I went armed with a full history timeline written out as it appeared to have quite a past and a couple of areas that concerned me. It had been exported and I tracked down its original number plated, which confirmed It legitimately had been registered in Leeds and had a number of MOT's up to the 33K mile mark. It was then exported out of the UK where It spent a month (Southern Ireland I assume) before it was re-registered back up in Armagh Northern Ireland. The MOTs for the new NI plate seemed to again corroborate the current mileage which allayed my initial concern it had been clocked. VIN's all checked out with what paperwork he did have from service and mot paperwork so satisfied it wasn't stolen, but had lost the V5, which was in his brother in laws name anyway and there was no paperwork from its previous life before being exported and no real list of evidence that any major work done like DRC repair.

It did have service stamps beyond 2013, in Dundee Audi 2015 and a Edinburgh Audi 2016, I just checked the photos on my phone but the missing V5 was an issue and just the general lack of documentation from its time in Ireland and before.

I drove it and it drove fine, rev'd all the way out to 8000rpm + brakes were new on the front worked fine, checked the sport button worked the valves on the exhaust for any vacuum leaks ( basically did all the forum based checks). Car needed a proper clean and that seemed about it. I walked away and my gut told me it wasn't for me, but it was 57K miles and £18K which if genuine was not a bad deal, but if it doesn't feel right then its best left alone.

Text him today, still no V5, it was in the post, but it's been sold. Someone either got a good deal or they've picked up something with a dark past or something majorly wrong with it. Luck of the draw.

My search continues!!!

FYI, its chequered past

YD06ZYA
First Registered / Keeper #1 = 1st March 2006 - Leeds
UK MOT#1 = 27th Feb 2009 (20.5K Miles)
UK MOT#2 = 2nd March 2010 (26K Miles)
Keeper #2 = 17th December 2010
UK MOT#3 = 2nd April 2011 (32.9K Miles)
License Plate Changed to YD06ZYA = 13/10/2011
OJ128
License Plate Changed to OJ128 = 10th Sept 2012
Vehicle Exported: = 20th Sept 2012
DXZ 4516
First recorded road usage = 16th Oct 2012
License Plate Changed to DXZ 4516 = 1st Nov 2012
UK MOT#1 = 6th Jan 2014 (44.4K Miles)
License Plate Changed to H20RBO = 13th May 2014
UK MOT #2 = 12th Jan 2015 (47.1K Miles)
Keeper #3 = 19th May 2015
Keeper #4 = 31st October 2015
UK MOT #3 = 5th March 2016 (45.2K Miles)

[TobyRS4]

Ah, the plot thickens

[Gsedge1]

I want nothing to do with the car or the seller, my gut tells me this is a wrong un!!!!

[Gsedge1]

If I remember correctly, he told me it had last been serviced in Aberdeen but the garage told me they had no record of it

£25 replacement service book
£10 fake stamp

18k lemon

[shindy]

i also test drove this car.....but walked away as history was too patchy.Also phoned the garage in aberdeen who confirmed no record of it.Car drove fine,was in decent condition.and was available for just over 17k.

[Gsedge1]

i also test drove this car.....but walked away as history was too patchy.Also phoned the garage in aberdeen who confirmed no record of it.Car drove fine,was in decent condition.and was available for just over 17k.

Thank you, thought I was going mad

Total lemon and the seller is a c*nt

[Shoppinit]

How'd you pay the deposit? No way of getting it back?

[Gsedge1]

Bank transfer like the daft tw4t I am

I can't be arsed with the hassle to get it back, Karma will f*ck him one day!

[chunky79]

I have an address

Go and knock his door, get the money back, blood pressure back down to normal. Take his wife out with the spare money.