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TIME TO SELL

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:30 pm
by SimonG
I regularly read the forums and have found them useful both when buying my car and running it- thanks. What it has also shown me is that it is time to sell it. I do not use it enough, when I do it is on a motorway and moreover reading some of your commentary around using the performance - I can safely say this never happens- it seems a waste
My question is How Much?
56 RS4 Avant- Black
Tech Pack
Recaros not buckets
Daytime and coming home lights, boot mat,
2 owners (incl me) serviced in Sept with new tyres. Peterborough Audi
Basically an excellent standard car.
Your views appreciated

RE: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:02 pm
by S4INT
You don't mention the mileage, but I would think around £45k would be about right.

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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:50 pm
by SimonG
Apologies 12k

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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:47 pm
by t_urbo
Black book see's your car at £40k to the trade, you could get a couple of grand more private but do you really want untold numpties around your house.

I just had mine valued and was being offered around 41k.
It was £54,600 new (march 07) and has 12k on the clock and im the only owner. At that price it's not really worth me selling so i will run it as a second car when my other one comes.

RE: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:01 pm
by audijohn
I got a great price for mine, enthusiast bought it.
Now is a very bad time to sell, market low and money tight, if you can find a good private buyer it would be great, if not stealers will rip you a new arse.
PS) mine never got worked hard "To many cameras". :?

RE: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 6:42 pm
by Brooner
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so i will run it as a second car when my other one comes.

You lucky lucky b*st#rd

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:06 pm
by alex_123_fra
Hi Simon,

It is easier to get a good price for your car if you part ex. It requires quite a bit of negotiation and standing your ground, which helped me.

Not quite the same circumstances as I bought mine as an approved used car, but I lost very little to what I paid for it and lets just say I got back more than what some people are saying yours is worth (i.e. more than 40k)...mine being a Mar '06 saloon with almost twice the miles of yours. I also negotiated quite a discount on the car I was buying.

I've now seen my old car advertised on the audi approved site for about the same as what it was when it had 14k miles in May '07, just prior to me buying it.

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:43 am
by sykotoy
whats the car coming?

Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:20 pm
by SimonG
Nothing exciting;

330p,330d 335d Touring. Not new maybe 6 months or so old

Re: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:14 pm
by Iain
SimonG wrote:I regularly read the forums and have found them useful both when buying my car and running it- thanks. What it has also shown me is that it is time to sell it. I do not use it enough, when I do it is on a motorway and moreover reading some of your commentary around using the performance - I can safely say this never happens- it seems a waste
My question is How Much?
56 RS4 Avant- Black
Tech Pack
Recaros not buckets
Daytime and coming home lights, boot mat,
2 owners (incl me) serviced in Sept with new tyres. Peterborough Audi
Basically an excellent standard car.
Your views appreciated
Trade will be somewhere between 42 and 43k

Re: RE: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:16 pm
by Iain
audijohn wrote:I got a great price for mine, enthusiast bought it.
Now is a very bad time to sell, market low and money tight, if you can find a good private buyer it would be great, if not stealers will rip you a new arse.
PS) mine never got worked hard "To many cameras". :?
RS4s are good news at the mo, they are holding their value as the engines are going into the R8s - granted the market is tight at this pricing point though!!

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:07 am
by rAudiguy
Hmmmm my car is 3 months old with just under 3k on the clock, fully loaded and pushing 53k new. My dealer offered me 43k last week if I wanted to trade it back. that's 3k a month loss :shock:

However I agree that I think it would still be worth 43k in another 6 or 9 months so hopefully when the RS5 comes around I'll get a better offer for a trade in :D

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:57 am
by Dom81
Simple - only really stupid people buy new cars. Never stopped me so far though...

Re: TIME TO SELL

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:41 am
by audijohn
Iain wrote:
SimonG wrote:I regularly read the forums and have found them useful both when buying my car and running it- thanks. What it has also shown me is that it is time to sell it. I do not use it enough, when I do it is on a motorway and moreover reading some of your commentary around using the performance - I can safely say this never happens- it seems a waste
My question is How Much?
56 RS4 Avant- Black
Tech Pack
Recaros not buckets
Daytime and coming home lights, boot mat,
2 owners (incl me) serviced in Sept with new tyres. Peterborough Audi
Basically an excellent standard car.
Your views appreciated
Trade will be somewhere between 42 and 43k
You are joking of course, nothing like. More like 38K.

Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:20 pm
by 88wiff
I'm seriously considering bailing out of mine at the moment, i have been offered £46k for mine, i am considering a 535d M Sport instead, a couple of friends of mine have had them with the DMS re-map and they swear by them!!! An all round performer they tick a lot of boxes This is coming from people that have owned numerous cars inc Ferrari ,Lambos, Astons etc...
A slight down grade in my opinion but at least the fuel bills will be reduced!!!