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hey was just wondering if this was the original noggy babe from this site-believe it was andiroo's?
http://www.dealer.autotrader.co.uk/_woo ... frame7.htm

Yes it was.

I for one wouldn't feel comfortable buying it, just doesn't seem right .

i suggest anyone buying it should be made aware of just how much it went for at auction, and how much money time and effort from one very dedicated member, personally i think it should be boycotted
Cheers
jr

Agreed. Just goes to highlight how greedy dealers are. B*stards!!!

Right, I'm going to stick my neck out here.

If you were shopping for an RS4 and intended to mod it would you seriously boycott this one ?

It is simply business. This trader had the opportunity to buy the car at a very good price, just as any one else at that auction would have. I doubt they know the circumstances under which it was sold, and merely saw the opportunity to make a good profit by buying the car well below its true market value. Ask yourself this - ifyou were at the auction would you have broughtit at that price ?
And if you did how many of you would have then been tempted to unload itto make a bit of money...

I doubt very much us lot on here boycotting the dealer will make the slightest bit of difference, as they would simply drop the price a bit and still sell it at a good margin.
I also expect that Andiroo would rather someone he knew on here got to enjoy his efforts rather than someone he doesn't know. I would think the sale was a matter of urgency, and fast sales always come at a cost.

Just my opinions. Some of you are in businessfor yourselves, so should surely see it is that, just business. Not personal.

Cheers,
John.

I think someone on Scoobynet was also enquiring about Noggy Babe at a dealer and Jeff W pointed them in this direction.

Mog

What is the story here lads?
Remember Andiroo from 4.org days.

It is very difficult to balance this out. I used to get very emotional about cars, as many of you know, but now days, I realise they are just a phyisical thing, and people will always try and trade them for their face value regardless of cost. If this car was purchased for £20k and they are selling it for £35k, that is not cricket, and with all the mods the car must be worth more than that. Everybody likes to buy a bargin, but I fear there is more to this story than I know.

Simple,

I'm sure someone will fill you in on the detailos via a PM.
As you can see it appears to be a bit of a touchy subject.
Agreed it should be worth a lot more than that, but highly
mod'd cars don't seem to sell as well as untouched ones.

Try doing a search of the posts for 'noggy babe' and see
what you can find.
Assuming the archive search works for v1 posts

Btw, I should have added I wasn't trying to wind people up, just put across a different perspective.
I should also point out I am not a car sales man

Assuming the archive search works for v1 posts

Of course

where can i find a link to the auction that you talk about??

Out of interest, could someone explain the details of what happened, or PM me if it cant be posted - I'm only 38 miles away from a test drive and would like to know.

Cheers

Kaine

PhilT wrote:Yes it was.

I for one wouldn't feel comfortable buying it, just doesn't seem right .

I can understand this view Phil however I would be happier someone from this forum bought it rather than someone who knows nothing about Audi's.

Regarding some of the other comments on this thread I don't think it is necessary to go into any detail PM or otherwise - the facts are that Andy spent a lot of time and effort modding the car to bring it up to the level of performance he wanted. Now it's in a dealership - the proprieter is attempting to make a killing but that's the business he's in.

All I'd say is that any buyer will have to understand the issues involved in maintianing what is a very highly modded RS4

From what I can gather the mapping hadn't been sorted yet either, so Joshies right. It's not a car for a virgin RS owner.

Not for me then - lol

It was running OK at Oulton Park (although I understand that this might not of been the case at previous RS246 events ????) on a 550bhp map, but I think Andy was working on a 600bhp map for race fuel + then there is the fact that it's plumbed for NOS too IIRC.

Not a car for the faint-hearted, and I'm talking about upkeep/repair costs not performance - very little hasn't been upgraded on the car, so don't expect to be able to take it to Audi for a check-over - they really won't have a clue.