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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by geordie jay » Tue Sep 09, 2014 6:55 pm

If I were to buy again, I think I'd hold for a forum members car or steep history and a thick wedge of receipts...

You'll get there, Neil. Took us all some time to find ours - ask Jay - he has no hair nowadays... :thumb:[/quote]

haha mate not gone yet neil but deffo going grey especially as i filled car up again after only getting 180miles out of tank :bigblink: for some reason my right foot just gets heavier and heavier everytime i start car up.think i will have to make an appointment at docs :thumbs: :rocker:

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by neilparf » Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:30 pm

geordie jay wrote:180miles out of tank
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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by J130YCE » Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:15 pm

Neil5489 wrote:Well we did look at 4 others on the same day and only one fit the bill. And it was sold....
I asked as much as I could about the one I went to look at and was promised everything was as described. Original paint, immaculate wheels and interior and mileage confirmed. To get there and find out the mileage was out. The front wheels were missing paint and half the car had been painted by Steve wonder. It's made me realise I definately need to buy one privately. Car traders are all liars. They just tell you stories in the hope they can get you there and stitch you up. I felt like asking that bloke on Sunday to cover my fuel money!
Private buyers are bad too, I looked at countless car before mine driving halfway round the county, stories echo the other lads. There is a lot of <beep> out there, buyer beware! Lots with hidden pasts too, owners who lie throughout their teeth to get you there too, :piss: some real low life's indeed.

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Mcma1 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 6:37 pm

My bro is about to sell his... One owner 2006 with only 45k. Don't think it will hang about.

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Neil5489 » Fri Sep 12, 2014 10:40 pm

Where are they all? I went to look at another one today. At a garage again unfortunately. It was right at the top of my budget but I convinced myself if it was as straight as it should be then I will find the money. Got there...... Utter garbage. A badly reprinted mirror and a ruined drivers seat

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Surrey Sam » Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:09 pm

Neil5489 wrote:Where are they all? I went to look at another one today. At a garage again unfortunately. It was right at the top of my budget but I convinced myself if it was as straight as it should be then I will find the money. Got there...... Utter garbage. A badly reprinted mirror and a ruined drivers seat
Reminds me of a Location, Location, Location, TV programme.

A maximum 17k budget means you're fishing around at the bottom of the ladder. Perhaps your expectations are a little too high? A new mirror cover IIRC is around £250 and even a low mileage bucket seat cover looks worn after 20k miles.
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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Neil5489 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 6:47 am

The one I went to look at was £19,995. So I wouldn't call that scraping the bottom of the barrel. I'm fully aware that I will have to spend more money to get a better car. But this was more worn than the 128,000 mile car I viewed last weekend

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by neilparf » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:53 am

Neil5489 wrote:The one I went to look at was £19,995. So I wouldn't call that scraping the bottom of the barrel. I'm fully aware that I will have to spend more money to get a better car. But this was more worn than the 128,000 mile car I viewed last weekend
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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by geordie jay » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:04 am

wow mate 128k on clock how much was that?....personally i woldnt buy one of these with more than 70k on clock not because i think its high mileage its more like looking what its got on clock when i come to sell it and what the resale value will be..everything about these cars are expensive and if you buying a high mileage rs4 and you dont know history of it you could be opening a very expensive tin of worms...

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by marc1 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:48 am

geordie jay wrote:wow mate 128k on clock how much was that?....personally i woldnt buy one of these with more than 70k on clock not because i think its high mileage its more like looking what its got on clock when i come to sell it and what the resale value will be..everything about these cars are expensive and if you buying a high mileage rs4 and you dont know history of it you could be opening a very expensive tin of worms...
I don't think mileage safeguards you against expensive bills mate. You can have the same failures on a 25k mileage car as you can the 128k mile car. It's all relative, so if they are both priced accordingly you shouldn't suffer huge depreciation. Quite often the higher mileage cars are in better shape than the lower mileage cars. Condition is key when buying these cars and any other high performance or rare cars. If you know the cars history and can see how it's been maintained that's even better. We've all looked at low mileage cars that are absolute dogs.

Not sure why in this day and age 100k still has stigma with some people. What do we think the stigma point is with cars on the continent? 100km (62km miles) or 161km (100k miles)? Neither figure really has the same ring to it.

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Neil5489 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:50 am

I've been looking mostly for low owner cars with full audi history over mileage

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by geordie jay » Sat Sep 13, 2014 1:25 pm

marc1 wrote:
geordie jay wrote:wow mate 128k on clock how much was that?....personally i woldnt buy one of these with more than 70k on clock not because i think its high mileage its more like looking what its got on clock when i come to sell it and what the resale value will be..everything about these cars are expensive and if you buying a high mileage rs4 and you dont know history of it you could be opening a very expensive tin of worms...
I don't think mileage safeguards you against expensive bills mate. You can have the same failures on a 25k mileage car as you can the 128k mile car. It's all relative, so if they are both priced accordingly you shouldn't suffer huge depreciation. Quite often the higher mileage cars are in better shape than the lower mileage cars. Condition is key when buying these cars and any other high performance or rare cars. If you know the cars history and can see how it's been maintained that's even better. We've all looked at low mileage cars that are absolute dogs.

Not sure why in this day and age 100k still has stigma with some people. What do we think the stigma point is with cars on the continent? 100km (62km miles) or 161km (100k miles)? Neither figure really has the same ring to it.
i never said fella that i had a problem with high mileage cars as stated, but i personally wouldnt buy one for one reason and thats resale value..if you had two rs4,s offered to you for free and one had 100k on clock and the other had 50k on clock i know which one everyone would take. obviously the higher the mileage the more wear and tear you gunna get and thats my point about opening a tin of worms.

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by The_Coat » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:33 pm

Neil5489 wrote:I've been looking mostly for low owner cars with full audi history over mileage
Long as you know the history of the car I wouldn't worry too much about how any owners it's had.

You only have to look in here to see that some people only keep them 6 months ,sometimes less, then sell for something else.
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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by Neil5489 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:54 pm

Well it's difficult to know the history if it's had 6 owners. As apposed to a 1 owner from new car that's only ever been driven and looked after by one person.

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Re: Rs4 drought?

Post by The_Coat » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:24 pm

Once you know the reg you can call Audi uk and ask for the service history, they were more than helpful when I was looking for mine.

All I'm saying is don't write looking at some cars off just because of a number that on the log book.
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