A8 Prices !!!!!! Just had a look, there must be reasons
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I have been looking to get a different car, been mainly looking at tvrs and bwms. I went out for dinner recently with my friend who has a A8 and loved it. Thought I would have a bit of a look at the prices for them and they are dirt cheap !
Scepitic head on, there must be a certain mileage with these when they start to go wrong and people off load them and then those people don't do the work and they off load them for peanuts.
What i am asking is, a 90,000 - 120,000 ( there seem to be loads of these about ) mile A8, what goes wrong, what should you look out for, are the worth it, which model is the the best ( all round, costs, performance etc ), rough idea on running costs ( I do less than 10,000m a year in my personal car ) and any one with experience similar to what I am thinking about doing.
Thanks for the advise
Scepitic head on, there must be a certain mileage with these when they start to go wrong and people off load them and then those people don't do the work and they off load them for peanuts.
What i am asking is, a 90,000 - 120,000 ( there seem to be loads of these about ) mile A8, what goes wrong, what should you look out for, are the worth it, which model is the the best ( all round, costs, performance etc ), rough idea on running costs ( I do less than 10,000m a year in my personal car ) and any one with experience similar to what I am thinking about doing.
Thanks for the advise
I was having a look on ebay a few weeks ago and there were 2.8's and 4.2's, all over 100k for anywhere between £2,000 and £3,500. Some only had 1 previous keeper and full histories too.
They tended to be M, N and P reg cars.
I think BMW 7's etc are similar money.
I suppose people live in fear of the big bill, combined with high insurance groupings and the fact that 30mpg would be considered the exception to the norm.
They tended to be M, N and P reg cars.
I think BMW 7's etc are similar money.
I suppose people live in fear of the big bill, combined with high insurance groupings and the fact that 30mpg would be considered the exception to the norm.
I did this last year but I do about 20-30K miles per year and had just opted out of the company car scheme. I loved the shape of the A8 and nearly collapsed at how much car you get for your money. There are no real catches other than these and similar cars take the biggest depreciation hit than any other car classes. They are huge cars but saying that it has been the easiest and apart from my weekend number the best car I have owned. Most expensive bit was the cambelt but that was no where near the shock I thought it would be. Use specialists rather than Audi dealers and its relatively plane sailing. The 2.8 is the most cost effective of the bunch as it uses the same engine components from the A6 and A4's with the same engine. Just replaced one of the suspension arms as the bush had worn out. £25 from Euro car parts and as easy as screwing a bracket onto a wall. For what you get it is an awsome beast that will carry you a very long way very easily and they are quite nimble too as they are quite light. And dont forget the body will not rust on you as its all aluminium.
www.tyresmoke.net has a good A8/S8 forum.
I did my research and almost bought an S8. But after a few drives, I decided that a luxo-barge wasn't going to be my thing for at least a few years yet.
The A8 is a complicated motor, so when it goes wrong, it goes wrong. Gearbox rebuild? That'll be £2000 please sir. There's a lot of stuff to look out for, so make sure you also check out www.audipages.com ; it's crammed with good information.
I did my research and almost bought an S8. But after a few drives, I decided that a luxo-barge wasn't going to be my thing for at least a few years yet.
The A8 is a complicated motor, so when it goes wrong, it goes wrong. Gearbox rebuild? That'll be £2000 please sir. There's a lot of stuff to look out for, so make sure you also check out www.audipages.com ; it's crammed with good information.
A8's when they work they are great, when they go wrong it costs big time and can be off the road for days due to parts availability. I had one look at my profile for an indication of costs (can be quite scary).
Got a Saab 9-5 now, 90% of an A8 for less than 50% of the running costs
davidy
Got a Saab 9-5 now, 90% of an A8 for less than 50% of the running costs
davidy
The 'problem' with all the big luxo barges is that they are complicated beasties, or at least simple beasties with lots of complicated toys, to keep the original bored comopany exec purchaser happy.
After a while (and I reckon its a time thing, not a mileage thing) stuff starts to play up and either take you ages to find, or cost you a packet in dealer/specialists time to get fixed.
While they work, they are a lot of car for the money but I think you have to be realistic and write off the purchase price on the journey home and then set yourself a budget limit for repairs...once that's gone, sell it for whatever you can get and move on.
AdrianR
After a while (and I reckon its a time thing, not a mileage thing) stuff starts to play up and either take you ages to find, or cost you a packet in dealer/specialists time to get fixed.
While they work, they are a lot of car for the money but I think you have to be realistic and write off the purchase price on the journey home and then set yourself a budget limit for repairs...once that's gone, sell it for whatever you can get and move on.
AdrianR
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