Audi A8 4.2 Quattro 2003
Discussion
carreauchompeur said:
I saw a Ming Blue D2 2.8 today. Utterly stunning cars still. I just really don't like the looks of the new one though!
They really are aren't they? 
I can't bring myself to love the look of the new one either, although I think a 4.2 TDI would be highly impressive. Hopefully I'll be getting the call to say that it's all done and ready to collect soon. As the weather has been nice, I've left the old Passat courtesy car on the drive and have been smoking around in this instead. It's a handsome thing (to my eyes anyway), but the A8 shows quite how far the game moved on over a couple of decades and feels like an absolute rocket in comparison. 
Well I've picked it up and it's driving beautifully, which is just as well because as predicted, it wasn't a cheap one!
Labour for service was £80.00.
Parts for service were £192.49
VAT for service was £54.50
Total service bill was £326.99
Then there was.....
Labour to investigate parking brake warning lamp on, remove and replace both faulty rear callipers, rear pads and discs, investigate parking aid fault, paint and prepare parking aid sensor, remove front bumper and replace offside front inner sensor, investigate tool kit lid fault, replace complete tool kit, investigate suspension noise £157.50
Tool kit £47.77
5x caps for fixing tool kit £4.35
o/s/f inner parking aid sensor £102.53
Rear brake pads £36.95
Rear brake discs £88.95
Paint kit £14.21
2x Anti-Roll bar links £40.50
2x Calipers £500
VAT £198.55
Total £1191.31
So all up, I've just parted with £1518.30, which is a little eye watering but at the car does feel much better for it and I don't think I'll be selling it next week. Strange how a car that I thought I was buying as a stop gap, has now reached the point where it's the car I've owned the longest, so I guess I must like it.
Labour for service was £80.00.
Parts for service were £192.49
VAT for service was £54.50
Total service bill was £326.99
Then there was.....
Labour to investigate parking brake warning lamp on, remove and replace both faulty rear callipers, rear pads and discs, investigate parking aid fault, paint and prepare parking aid sensor, remove front bumper and replace offside front inner sensor, investigate tool kit lid fault, replace complete tool kit, investigate suspension noise £157.50
Tool kit £47.77
5x caps for fixing tool kit £4.35
o/s/f inner parking aid sensor £102.53
Rear brake pads £36.95
Rear brake discs £88.95
Paint kit £14.21
2x Anti-Roll bar links £40.50
2x Calipers £500
VAT £198.55
Total £1191.31
So all up, I've just parted with £1518.30, which is a little eye watering but at the car does feel much better for it and I don't think I'll be selling it next week. Strange how a car that I thought I was buying as a stop gap, has now reached the point where it's the car I've owned the longest, so I guess I must like it.
Just a little update, in case anyone is still following this! It was quite chilly first thing this morning and the creaking noise was present once more. It stops doing this when the weather and the car warm up, so I booked it back in for the 1st of July with the strict instructions that they are to road test it as early in the morning as possible, after it has stood in the cold all night. I will get this sorted!
slippery said:
So all up, I've just parted with £1518.30, which is a little eye watering but at the car does feel much better for it and I don't think I'll be selling it next week. Strange how a car that I thought I was buying as a stop gap, has now reached the point where it's the car I've owned the longest, so I guess I must like it.
Crickey - did it get fitted with a tow hitch and electrics for that price 
slippery said:
Just a little update, in case anyone is still following this! It was quite chilly first thing this morning and the creaking noise was present once more. It stops doing this when the weather and the car warm up, so I booked it back in for the 1st of July with the strict instructions that they are to road test it as early in the morning as possible, after it has stood in the cold all night. I will get this sorted!
Yep, still following. Here's to a not too expensive fix
Hopefully it is just something silly.
slippery said:
carreauchompeur said:
I saw a Ming Blue D2 2.8 today. Utterly stunning cars still. I just really don't like the looks of the new one though!
They really are aren't they? 
Lost soul said:
Looks more Purple
It has a lovely hue to it in the sunlight...look at the different pics on my thread (so as not to spam this one with them)..it usually just looks like a dark blue or even black unless you get the sun on it just so!http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...
Edited by y2blade on Tuesday 24th June 09:18
y2blade said:
Lost soul said:
Looks more Purple
It has a lovely hue to it in the sunlight...look at the different pics on my thread (so as not to spam this one with them)..it usually just looks like a dark blue or even black unless you get the sun on it just so!http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=1&a...
Edited by y2blade on Tuesday 24th June 09:18
B'stard Child said:
slippery said:
B'stard Child said:
Crickey - did it get fitted with a tow hitch and electrics for that price
Ian, did you get my PM? 
Took me ages to write that! The shortened version is that I was inviting you to come and take the car away for a few hours or a day some time soon, to see if you like it or not, if you were still interested in taking it off my hands as and when the time comes. I am waiting in the wings for something else and there are a couple of other people sniffing around what I'm looking at, so I am going to have to slim down the fleet by a couple of cars soon to put my self in the right position for when it comes up for grabs. Doesn't really matter which two cars it is that goes! Sorry if this post offends the mods, but the PM doesn't appear to be working!
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