Would anyone of this parish be interested (or know someone who might be) in a 54-plate (November '04 I think) Audi S4 (normal saloon, not cabrio). Tiptronic, all the usual trimmings, and a nice cream leather interior (which was apparently a good £2k+ worth of option when new). 80k miles, FSH, Black, overall very good condition with the odd barely noticeable blemish you'd expect from something around 5 years old. Will be for sale towards the end of the year (probably early December) and entertain sensible offers around the £11k mark.
It's my brother's car btw, just thought I'd see if any of you lot might fancy it.
He will not be able to sell it for such an unrealistic price. For one 2 years older with 10,000miles more with full spec and service history it is going for a touch over £5000. This is a quattro v6 twin turbo, 2.6, leather interiror with HPI check and not crash damaged or stolen recovered.
Prices of this type of car have falled quite a lot recently. One reason is poor economy, the other is high road tax costs. It seems all the tossers have moved from BMWs to the Audi now so they are getting the same bad imagine BMW had a few years ago.
I wish him luck with his sale. A garage would only give him a similar trade-in value depending on what he was buying next. If the car has been changed in any way from factory specification, such as lowered suspension, bigger wheels, bigger exhaust, or anything else that ruins road handling and noise levels it will have a LOWER value. Cars that are butchered/modified sell for far less as people can't insure them.
So nothing remotely like the same car at all, then? Care to point me to the advert where an Audi S4 with a twin turbo 2.6 V6 is for sale?
And for the record, this car isn't crash damaged or stolen recovered either. Doesn't have a recent HPI check, as he's owned it a couple of years and nothing's changed since he bought it, but anyone spending that sort of money on a car would probably rather get the HPI check done themselves.
Poor economy? I think the economy it gets is pretty good. Only 2-3mpg less than my 150bhp 2.0 turbo 4-pot manual Citroen, which is bloody good considering it's a V8 auto with over 300bhp (can't remember the exact figure). And high road tax costs? Well, thanks to it being pre-2006, it doesn't appear to be hammered *that* much. £215 now, £245 when the 2010/11 increases happen. As any real driver knows, that sort of difference is f*ck all in the grand scheme of things.
Care to repeat that in English?
He's not buying anything next, not that it's any of your business.
You mean the 500kg spoiler/roofrack unit he fitted to it last week, made from MDF, and painted pink with yellow spots, and then varnished, will PUT PEOPLE OFF? He thought it was incredibly useful and fetching too.
After doing a little more research and posting on a US-based car board, I'll be giving that a miss. Quite apart from the parking issues, I think what put me off slightly is the expected tank range - around 300 miles.
That wouldn't be such an issue if it didn't have a 26 gallon (US) tank, plus the one I was looking at doesn't have a bed cover which makes it pretty useless in the UK as there wouldn't be any dry luggage storage.
Plus the guys on said forum suggest that an El Camino of similar age is simply the better vehicle.
Back to looking for silly Jaguars and BMWs, methinks.
Want!!! But I'm emigrating... and there's a Daimler on the drive so there's nowhere to park it... but... WANT!!!
Do you want a 1990 XJ6 Daimler Pete? Dark metallic blue, cream leather with blue piping. Probably go for an MOT in the next couple of weeks. It will need a windscreen and a battery (stood since 2006) for that but it's in pretty good nick (casual glance only).
Well... from past experience and assuming that it is the 3.6 Daimler (IIRC 1990 was the handover from 3.6 to 4.0 engines) then when working it will be a joy to drive. However after three years of not moving and being left with a flat battery one can reasonably expect:
EFI failures Bulb module failures New lambda sensor needed Climate control needs regassing and will probably have electronic issues. Gearbox may have an electronic issue.
Suspension bushes may be an issue.
I don't know quite why those things go when laid up, but they do.
Oh, all the climate control motors for directing air to various places will probably be U/S as well. Replacement is "non-trivial".
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