2nd hand audi - advice?

[Dr Mac]

just signed up and not 100% sure if this is an appropriate question for this forum. Apologies if it isnt, in the hope that it is...here goes...

i'm thinking of buying a mark 2 A4, 2002 51 plate, 1.9TDi. Nice car (having looked at it), but i'm worried about 2 things:

1) It has 120k miles on the clock. In 2 years with 150k is it going to be unsellable? or are they still desirable at this mileage

2) I'm finding it difficult to ascertain how expensive it is to service these things - people I ask either tell me its horrendously expensive or its quite reasonable...obviously these things vary but i thought i'd ask the experts!

cheers,

Mac

[minghis]

At those miles it must have a full dealer history to be a viable purchase as it'll be needed even more when you come to sell it. That's my opinion anyway.

Also the price should reflect the miles, how much are they wanting?

[Dr Mac]

they want £6500, reckon i could get it down a bit. it does have a full main audi dealership service history. drives well, slightly notchy going into 3rd gear but other than that it looks nice, certainly looks like it has less than 120k on the clock

thanks for getting back!

cheers,
Mac

[P700DEE]

It will be tough to sell on if you do not intend to keep it long. Two options buy it do low miles and then the 150K @ 5 years old is fine. Other option keep the miles up and accept you either drive it into the ground and sell what's left on e-bay.
I bought a highish miles A6 1.8T and have run it for business use. 4 years later it is going strong and has more than paid for itself. Had I kept up the expected 20K business miles a year break even was just 2 years

[kensalriser]

If you're going to do 30k miles then you're going to devalue the car by 30k miles, now it just may be that the difference in value between a 120k car and a 150k car and say a 60k and a 90k will be less.

Personally I wouldn't pay £6500 for a car with 120k at five years old becasue you're still paying a premium for the age, which means you've still got a fair whack of depreciation and at the end you'll have an old high miler.

Do it the other way - buy an older low miler and you've got less depreciation and still have a moderately attractive car when it comes to sell - once cars get to 7 years or more it's all about the condition.