Lovely S4 for sale - thinking of buying

Post by **liamwozza** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 9:44 pm

find out where in lincs it is thats where i am so if not to far i could take a look if you like

Post by **carpy** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:48 pm

liamwozza wrote:find out where in lincs it is thats where i am so if not to far i could take a look if you like

Thankyou so much for the kind offer Liam. Even if I go up myself I might ask you to pop along if you've got more knowledge than me regarding these cars! I'm sure there will be a few beers in it for you if you're interested.....

Anyway, with the help of an hawk eyed forum member (thankyou) I now have the full correct VIN number and have had a very reassuring conversation with Audi customer services regarding the car. The mileage appears to be genuine, and the car has an almost full Audi service history. The Audi dealer who has serviced it is also based in the same area as the guy's work address.

Thanks for all the help. Will let you know how I get on!

Post by **liamwozza** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 pm

no worries drop me a pm if you want my mobile

Post by **carpy** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:51 pm

Question now is, is the car worth £9500.........it's totally standard.

Ideally I want to buy a heavily modified one from someone on here, but after nearly 2 years on here and still no S4 on the drive, I'm wondering whether I should just go for this one and end up paying a fortune by the time I've finished with all the modifications.

EDIT - No sunroof either grrrr

Post by **AdamS4** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:07 am

Whats the full spec of it ?

Post by **a6khu** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:07 am

Hi, did you say the car is based in Scotland? Saw one for sale in Edinburgh as well as Falkirk recently. Not sure...

On a different note, I bought a low mileage one at the beginning og the year (47000) facelift. Still fixing a few things here n there and the car is still bog standard. I suppose it gives us the choice of modifications....

Post by **b14** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:11 am

I'd say it was worth 9500 - high spec and low mileage and standard. The standard cars seem to go for more than the modified ones.

Post by **carpy** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:34 am

No sunroof - no BOSE - no Recaros

Has sat nav (which I dont want really)

Not a greatly specced one tbh

The thing is, buying it now for £9500 could be the absolute worst possible time to buy. The market has tanked totally so much so that you can pick up an average S4 for around £5000 - £6000.

If I buy this one for almost £10,000 then I'll have paid £4000 - £5000 over the odds just for a low mileage unmodified car, which I'm going to modify anyway.

I think the only way it would be worth it, and the car still hold its value would be if I was to keep the car unmodified, but theres not much chance of that now is there?

Post by **Blue_Thunder** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:16 am

Sorry Carpy, but doesn't sound like the one for you.

I'd recommend buying a good well modified car if you intend to do so anyway. I bought a standard fairly low spec car and have spent a fortune on something which I could have picked up for a fraction of the price, albeit with a lot more miles.

Infact, I could have bought an RS4 with less miles than mine for the money i've spent!

But I love my S4... awwwww

Post by **loomx** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:24 am

Wasnt there a K04ed S4 in red on pistonheads the other day? Not sure on the mileage or spec tho.

Post by **carpy** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:25 am

Yeah I'm thiinking along the same lines. I should have bought the K04'ed Imola S4 from Matt on here, or Robs tuned S4.......both I was very close but didnt move quick enough.

I've seen the price of RS4 cars is now coming down. Fontains have a lovely 70,000 mile RS4 up for £15,000. The colour is wrong but perhaps this would be a better choice. I just can't stomach the whole estate vibe though, and theres something about the S4 that really appeals to me.

Post by **carpy** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:27 am

loomx wrote:Wasnt there a K04ed S4 in red on pistonheads the other day? Not sure on the mileage or spec tho.

Yes that's Tartan Robs old one but a bit of research revealed that Rob sold the car about 2 years ago with 150,000 miles on the clock, and now it's up for sale with 114,000 miles.

Post by **frazered** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:34 am

^^^ that does not compute ^^^

dodgy clocking???

Post by **carpy** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:38 am

Must be, unless it's been driven in reverse everywhere for the past 2 years.............

Post by **Blue_Thunder** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:38 am

Actually Rob's old motor is 'the one that got away' when I was buying mine that I wish I had done.

Even with all the neccessary repairs which would have been required to that car over the last two years, and the fact it had an extra 80k miles on it, and if i'd bought recaros and some new wheels to bring it up to scratch, i'd still have over £10k extra in my back pocket... and 50-100bhp more under my right foot!

It must still be a strong runner even at that mileage, otherwise the current owner wouldn't have bothered just fitting water/meth injection.

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