Shopping for Rs4s is scary... anyone know this car Y465 YRS

[A20LEE]

Rubbish. He's knocking them out at 19-27k for mint motors. you get what's you pay for in this wrold and 14k will get you a fooked motor which is a liability. I'd rather pay 5-10k more for a much better motor. I'll leave the dogs to you mate.

Reason i didn't buy from Nick J is the trade in value of an RS4 B5 is £16.5k in mint condition. My S3 was low mileage and FASH and mark free original paint but couldn't get over book for it trade in. So figured if i bought from NJ i'd make a bigger loss couple of years down the line than buying the car i did from a BMW main dealer with 12months warranty. The money i saved i'm spending on getting the car back to near as new condition.

[lengster1]

Getting more than book on any car is a little hopefull,and saying any mint rs4 has a trade value of 16.5k seems a broad statement to make given they dont even book,i dont envy anyone trying to sift through whats left of b5 rs4s trying to find a good one,it was hard enough over 3 years ago and some of the recent threads on here suggest there is some real crap out there

[A20LEE]

Getting more than book on any car is a little hopefull,and saying any mint rs4 has a trade value of 16.5k seems a broad statement to make given they dont even book

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/used-pric ... 6&plate=66

and thats for a late Y reg!

An X reg is only £14,500k. And again you no chance of getting over book.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/used-pric ... 6&plate=64

[mikeyquattro]

Parkers is always underpriced on everything

[musty1]

Glass's guide is not far off parkers and thats what the insurance companys use to pay you out.

[neckarsulm]

Glass's guide is not far off parkers and thats what the insurance companys use to pay you out.

You can always argue the toss with an insurance company if you can show them adverts for similar cars going for a lot more money - specialists' web sites are ideal for this.

[PaulF]

Just a reminder

http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... highlight=

[neckarsulm]

Just sold my Denim Blue 71k mile 2000/X (Hi-tech interior, no-nav) for £19100 to a friend of a friend (who also owns an RS4) which shows you get what you pay for - there is nothing to do on that car and it's all original paint apart from bumpers and 1 quarter panel. Just come back from 1500 miles to Bavaria and back with no VAG COM faults and barely any oil used. New owner who is in the motor trade had seen some of the cheaper ones for sale and had almost given up on finding a good RS4 and was considering an Impreza P1 as a stop gap but found they weren't an easy purchase either.
So if your car is mint with not much to do it's worth a lot more than the typical example.
(have left reg in pic as it's no longer on the car)

[mattsimis]

Want a cheap giggle, check out the sellers reply, sent in one giant wall of lower case, unformated text:

could have sold this 20 times over if u listen to the market we have a credit crunch,most rs4 on the net have not sold all way over priced,all the idiots want way to much for there px,think it atracts anaracks wierdo people who think they can buy it for trade and get full retail for theres,that is y i have not sold,iam happy driving it myself thanks its the bollox,its now had all new disks ,belts ,pads ect,drives like a dream,no leaks,no smoke hot or cold,the bodywork is the nuts,i recon that hpi check is wrong,u only have to put the wrong milage on a check it will flag up,maybe it could be changed on hpi dont no,it has never been in any accidents at all,just cosmetic respray and a factory finish,rs4s are not worth more than 14k,dont get me wrong they are nice esp in red but 16k,26k u got to be a mug to pay that,think of a lot newer better cars than that,ive taxed it now love it,i would sell it with no px for 13500,thats it,happy hunting

[jimbo1234567]

Just sold my Denim Blue 71k mile 2000/X (Hi-tech interior, no-nav) for £19100 to a friend of a friend (who also owns an RS4) which shows you get what you pay for - there is nothing to do on that car and it's all original paint apart from bumpers and 1 quarter panel. Just come back from 1500 miles to Bavaria and back with no VAG COM faults and barely any oil used. New owner who is in the motor trade had seen some of the cheaper ones for sale and had almost given up on finding a good RS4 and was considering an Impreza P1 as a stop gap but found they weren't an easy purchase either.
So if your car is mint with not much to do it's worth a lot more than the typical example.
(have left reg in pic as it's no longer on the car)

why?

[neckarsulm]

why?

My business requires as much capital as possible to fight the economic slow down and keep growing so if I want that R8 in 3 years the RS4 has go to go now and when it was so easy to sell I couldn't really say no.

[mikeyquattro]

Want a cheap giggle, check out the sellers reply, sent in one giant wall of lower case, unformated text:

could have sold this 20 times over if u listen to the market we have a credit crunch,most rs4 on the net have not sold all way over priced,all the idiots want way to much for there px,think it atracts anaracks wierdo people who think they can buy it for trade and get full retail for theres,that is y i have not sold,iam happy driving it myself thanks its the bollox,its now had all new disks ,belts ,pads ect,drives like a dream,no leaks,no smoke hot or cold,the bodywork is the nuts,i recon that hpi check is wrong,u only have to put the wrong milage on a check it will flag up,maybe it could be changed on hpi dont no,it has never been in any accidents at all,just cosmetic respray and a factory finish,rs4s are not worth more than 14k,dont get me wrong they are nice esp in red but 16k,26k u got to be a mug to pay that,think of a lot newer better cars than that,ive taxed it now love it,i would sell it with no px for 13500,thats it,happy hunting

Well educated chap then!!

[rhunter203]

Want a cheap giggle, check out the sellers reply, sent in one giant wall of lower case, unformated text:

could have sold this 20 times over if u listen to the market we have a credit crunch,most rs4 on the net have not sold all way over priced,all the idiots want way to much for there px,think it atracts anaracks wierdo people who think they can buy it for trade and get full retail for theres,that is y i have not sold,iam happy driving it myself thanks its the bollox,its now had all new disks ,belts ,pads ect,drives like a dream,no leaks,no smoke hot or cold,the bodywork is the nuts,i recon that hpi check is wrong,u only have to put the wrong milage on a check it will flag up,maybe it could be changed on hpi dont no,it has never been in any accidents at all,just cosmetic respray and a factory finish,rs4s are not worth more than 14k,dont get me wrong they are nice esp in red but 16k,26k u got to be a mug to pay that,think of a lot newer better cars than that,ive taxed it now love it,i would sell it with no px for 13500,thats it,happy hunting

Well educated chap then!!

Ditto!!!!

[neckarsulm]

think it atracts...wierdo people

it must have done!

[Contigo]

Just sold my Denim Blue 71k mile 2000/X (Hi-tech interior, no-nav) for £19100 to a friend of a friend (who also owns an RS4) which shows you get what you pay for - there is nothing to do on that car and it's all original paint apart from bumpers and 1 quarter panel. Just come back from 1500 miles to Bavaria and back with no VAG COM faults and barely any oil used. New owner who is in the motor trade had seen some of the cheaper ones for sale and had almost given up on finding a good RS4 and was considering an Impreza P1 as a stop gap but found they weren't an easy purchase either.
So if your car is mint with not much to do it's worth a lot more than the typical example.
(have left reg in pic as it's no longer on the car)

Nice pic mate, shame you had to sell but there's plenty more motors out there that will suit you and hope you get the R8 as they are awesome to drive.

Anyway I agree with you, yours was mint and well maintained and mine is too at only 54k miles. Will keep it for a few more years yet and keep the miles of it too to keep the resale up. Who knows maybe keep it for as a show car for eons as they ain't going to make cars like this for much longer with the way fuel prices are going.

It seems were were right, there are shed loads of crap Rs's out there sadly and you need to pay decent money to get a decent one or you'll get a lemon.