RE: You Know You Want To: 200K Audi RS4 (B5)

[Rollcage]

Welshbeef said:

I've bid £6,100 however with the strict criteria that the Online MOTs backup his low milage statement.

Hes said in the ad that this is not the case, pretty much.

[Welshbeef]

Rollcage said:

Welshbeef said:

I've bid £6,100 however with the strict criteria that the Online MOTs backup his low milage statement.

Hes said in the ad that this is not the case, pretty much.

Outbid anyway oh well.

[Rollcage]

Welshbeef said:

Outbid anyway oh well.

Probably by the seller

[carinaman]

From the AudiSRS.com thread:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290750183879?nma=true&am...

So it was on eBay just over a month ago with an MoT until July 2013, and now it's being sold with an MoT until Sept. 2013?

The previous owner has posted in that Audisrs.com thread.

[carinaman]

Rollcage said:

Welshbeef said:

Outbid anyway oh well.

Probably by the seller

I wonder what mileage it'll have if it's relisted? Perhaps they'll 'find' all of the 'mislaid' service history by then too.

[Rollcage]

carinaman said:

From the AudiSRS.com thread:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290750183879?nma=true&am...

So it was on eBay just over a month ago with an MoT until July 2013, and now it's being sold with an MoT until Sept. 2013?

The previous owner has posted in that Audisrs.com thread.

New mot need to cover up the mileage discrepancy.

Youll never make a clocker......

[carinaman]

Rollcage said:

New mot need to cover up the mileage discrepancy.

Youll never make a clocker......

Indeed. I don't even have a laptop to plug into OBD ports and do 'mileage correction'. Perhaps the millage will be corrected to 198K now?

As others have said, they've not helped the value of that car by messing about with the mileage or ditching chunks of the service history. It just seems to create loads of losers for the sake of them making a few quid. It just reinforces my default cynical outlook.

Edited by carinaman on Thursday 27th September 20:07

[hadenough!]

Well, it appears to have gone for less than it was up for with the genuine mileage...

[carinaman]

Perhaps they even fixed the dicky secondary air pump.

[smilo996]

The obsession with milage is likey a combination of memories of BL cars and that, unlike many other nations car in the UK have a hard life. The relative small size of our island paradise and the amount on conjestion is hard on a car.
From experience the RS4 is amazing. Considering it's age the only thing it lacks are parking sensors which are fairly marinal anyway. Get a decent service agent outside the Audi Dealer network who will add the receptionists time speaking to you on your bill. The RS4 can be a relatively inexpensive but very fast friend.

[ecs0set]

smilo996 said:

The obsession with milage is likey a combination of memories of BL cars and that, unlike many other nations car in the UK have a hard life. The relative small size of our island paradise and the amount on conjestion is hard on a car.
From experience the RS4 is amazing. Considering it's age the only thing it lacks are parking sensors which are fairly marinal anyway. Get a decent service agent outside the Audi Dealer network who will add the receptionists time speaking to you on your bill. The RS4 can be a relatively inexpensive but very fast friend.

[Msportman]

B5 RS4 = Moneypit

Track car it aint.....far too heavy and under steers like a pig.....slow in fast out approach.

Great autobahn uber estate for the well healed and good straight line all weather performance.

Many getting very flakey and I'd always advise looking at the B7 RS4 or better still B8 S4 with dynamic diff and go for an APR / MRC stage 2 treatment giving over 500bhp.

Failing that a good E46 CS M3 in manual form will save a few pounds (but get subframe checked)

E90 M3 nice but very very heavy on fuel and £490 VEL.....still looking like a bargain now for what they originally sold for.

[carinaman]

The thread may be dead but the owner of this clocked RS4 may make themselves known. Plus it has some provenance with contributor Welshbeef now pedalling an RS6 Avant.

[Welshbeef]

I'd certainly like to own a B5 RS4 would I buy one on 200k for only a few £k less than one with half the miles? Highly doubtful.

[Patrick Bateman]

Msportman said:

B5 RS4 = Moneypit

Track car it aint.....far too heavy and under steers like a pig.....slow in fast out approach.

Great autobahn uber estate for the well healed and good straight line all weather performance.

Many getting very flakey and I'd always advise looking at the B7 RS4 or better still B8 S4 with dynamic diff and go for an APR / MRC stage 2 treatment giving over 500bhp.

Failing that a good E46 CS M3 in manual form will save a few pounds (but get subframe checked)

E90 M3 nice but very very heavy on fuel and £490 VEL.....still looking like a bargain now for what they originally sold for.

For as long as I can remember, 20mpg seems to be a common figure among higher performance V8's so it's about average I'd have said.

[Liquid Tuna]

It can be hard enough selling a car with 100,000+ miles. Imagine trying to shift a car like this with 200,000+ ? As soon as you clicked over 200,000 it'd half again in value.

[SR06]

I wonder if GB will ever move away from mileage anxiety?

I purchased a 20,000 mile 04 plate Peugeot 206 GTI 180 that was a right lemon. I have just purchased a 10 plate A3 TDi as a 'daily' with 99,000 miles on the clock. Ex Lex fleet with a trolley-load of service history and 6 month interim inspections. 4x new tyres, discs and pads all round plus timing belt and waterpump replaced. Its possibly the best money I have ever spent.

[Vince70]

SR06 said:

I wonder if GB will ever move away from mileage anxiety?

I purchased a 20,000 mile 04 plate Peugeot 206 GTI 180 that was a right lemon. I have just purchased a 10 plate A3 TDi as a 'daily' with 99,000 miles on the clock. Ex Lex fleet with a trolley-load of service history and 6 month interim inspections. 4x new tyres, discs and pads all round plus timing belt and waterpump replaced. Its possibly the best money I have ever spent.

I could be more to do with it being a post 2002 Peugeot than a mileage issue.

[R66STU]

In the U.K we get far too worried about mileage.. some people frett about not fixing a car because it costs more than a cars worth, but in reality fixing it may see many more miles and hopefully when you fix that bit that broke it wont break again too soon.

So far I have done 100k miles in 2yrs 11 months in a 1 ltr toyota Aygo.. people told me this would not be possible in such a small car.. people now are telling me it wont last much longer, the facts speak for them self.. its serviced at every interval and wants for nothing.. if ANYTHING goes wrong i will fix it.. so far it has not broken down once, and the only failure was the exhaust rotting out, so I had a longlife stainless steel system fitted with a lifetime warranty.

get over mileage.. and focus more on regular maintenance i say.

[Patrick Bateman]

Within reason yeah, but a Toyota Aygo isn't the most expensive or complex car around.

Factor in things like a V6 with twin turbos and it can soon get a lot more complex. If it's been thoroughly maintained- and I wouldn't limit that to serviceable items, then sure. At this mileage though I'd expect there will be a lot to consider over and above normal higher mileage examples.