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Going to look at a few of these this weekend, got a budget of £13000. Would ideally like a sport 170 s line but the car below looks very nice.
Anything in particular i should be looking out for?
Im guessing the engine should be a common rail so less problems with it but any other things to check would be good.
The first one may be below.
http://www.bridgesollarsgarage.co.uk/audi-a3-sport...
Anything in particular i should be looking out for?
Im guessing the engine should be a common rail so less problems with it but any other things to check would be good.
The first one may be below.
http://www.bridgesollarsgarage.co.uk/audi-a3-sport...
Might just be me, but I think I would actually be put off by the low mileage.
An average of circa 6,250 per year would suggest to me problems might occur in the next few years. On this sort of car, I would prefer it to have been doing at least 12k per year. Suppose if you will be putting good miles on it it my counter-balance it a bit.
An average of circa 6,250 per year would suggest to me problems might occur in the next few years. On this sort of car, I would prefer it to have been doing at least 12k per year. Suppose if you will be putting good miles on it it my counter-balance it a bit.
Generally those are very well behaved; the common rail cars give us very little grief at all.
Look for broken armrest clips, a rattle from the back over bumps (a commonly broken splash guard) and poor paint/repairs (a lot get used around town).
Standard halogen headlights are fairly weak and the stereo without Bose is a little lacking for anything more than Radio 4. Standard head unit is also pretty limited, 'CD only' a little 2004
Look for broken armrest clips, a rattle from the back over bumps (a commonly broken splash guard) and poor paint/repairs (a lot get used around town).
Standard halogen headlights are fairly weak and the stereo without Bose is a little lacking for anything more than Radio 4. Standard head unit is also pretty limited, 'CD only' a little 2004
Not generally an issue on the CR cars and dealer will be able to pull info from the sensor.
Service intervals useful to know also; low mileage like that it really should have been done annually. If it's been dragged out to 20k intervals that's less than ideal for what are quite likely short, cold engine journeys.
Service intervals useful to know also; low mileage like that it really should have been done annually. If it's been dragged out to 20k intervals that's less than ideal for what are quite likely short, cold engine journeys.
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