anyone selling a Audi a3 2.0 tdi 140 s-line 3dr Black ?

[amir_j]

If it has the following minimum spec please contact me:

unmodified in any way (insurance reasons, must be at standard group 11)
2005 facelift onwards
interior light pack, multi function steering wheel
xenon lights (oem option)
armrest
paperwork all in order, main dealer history all recipts etc
warranty a bonus
two owners max, max 70k mileage- less the better.
ideally full heated leather or leather/alacantre seats

No western union reverends lost from nigeria please! if non dealer than will be in person at bank transaction.

edited: To say the color black as opposed to black edition

Edited by amir_j on Wednesday 17th February 17:13

[flat4vdubs]

wouldnt you be better of bying an audi S3, or if you want a standard A3 because of limited budget, surely a smaller engine would be better, just out of curiosity?

[amir_j]

flat4vdubs said:

wouldnt you be better of bying an audi S3, or if you want a standard A3 because of limited budget, surely a smaller engine would be better, just out of curiosity?

Originally wanted a e60, the a3 was chosen by looking at insurance groups as my insurance is high due to speeding issues, and the group 11 2.0 140 will still come out at around £1500! Plan to keep 2-3 years then go up.

[flat4vdubs]

fair enough, cant you get it from audi? or you want a second hand one?

[Petrolhead_Rich]

amir_j said:

flat4vdubs said:

wouldnt you be better of bying an audi S3, or if you want a standard A3 because of limited budget, surely a smaller engine would be better, just out of curiosity?

Originally wanted a e60, the a3 was chosen by looking at insurance groups as my insurance is high due to speeding issues, and the group 11 2.0 140 will still come out at around £1500! Plan to keep 2-3 years then go up.

Dont be fooled by insurance groups, My Audi A4 2.8 is Group 17 but is CHEAPER to insure than a BMW 328 (group 16) and only £150 more than my Volvo S40 DIESEL (Group 10), and a quote on a 5litre V8 Mercedes (group 20) was the cheapest of them all, but i decided fuel and practicality ruled that out!

Also a quote on a 1.2 Corsa (Group 3) was only £350 cheaper than the Audi 2.8 V6!

Insurance Groups look at Performance, Insurance Companies look at how likley you are to crash, Lots of young males with speeding convictions crash corsa's, yet most audi drivers are middle aged with speeding convictions but rarely crash, this is something you need to look at!

(sorry for any stereotypes people disagree with there!!)

Try to look for cars that people would drive who do not crash, which rules out most hatchbacks or anything with "Sport" in the name!

Also people with 3rd party only are more likley than people with fully comp to claim (I find fully comp on most cars is £100 - £300 cheaper than 3rd party only!!)

As a point to note, if my audi A4 was an S4 with the 2.7 litre engine in it would be uninsurable, but because its the 2.8SE it isnt a sport and therefore is less likley to be wrapped round any 3rd party but yet is still pretty damn quick!

This is all based on me - a 23 year old male with ZERO no claims, 6 points (SP30, SP50) and 5 NON-FAULT claims in 2 years, doing very high mialage so I have spent alot of time looking into insurance and am pretty pleased with the £1150 i pay for fully comp on my Audi!

Rules are, think out of the box, try different options on the online quotes (different cars, cover levels, etc) and see what you can get, also do not rule out a car because you get a high quote, when i was looking to buy my audi the quote for the 2.6 was £600 extra, but the 2.8 was £150 extra, ALOT is based on the specific model rather than the car, GTi's crash, LX/SE's don't (in the eyes of the insurer)

Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Monday 12th July 13:02