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This keeps popping on my car searches.
Not cheap, but looks immaculate and has a Milltek exhaust which wouldnt have been cheap.
Dealer had it on for £9995, now dropped to £8995.
As a Last Hurrah before the EV era hits, surely this would be a good value way in to a V8 when you compare it to a Merc or BMW offering?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202205025...
Not cheap, but looks immaculate and has a Milltek exhaust which wouldnt have been cheap.
Dealer had it on for £9995, now dropped to £8995.
As a Last Hurrah before the EV era hits, surely this would be a good value way in to a V8 when you compare it to a Merc or BMW offering?
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202205025...
Edited by Deep Thought on Sunday 26th June 12:25
ingenieur said:
Totally, I'm looking for a v8 for similar reasons. Audi even do the A6 V10 for similar amounts.
I can fix pretty much anything on any car so I'm not especially frightened of potential money pits... however, being good at car work does not protect you from having to buy parts so I do worry about that sort of thing and it can still be costly if parts are beyond repair and have to be replaced.
Some v8s are even pretty good on fuel. I just really like the idea of having a v8 and hanging onto it now. I'm almost not that interested in the car it is attached to either. Just the celebration of the type of engine when they're now almost impossible to buy brand new and getting rarer.
It would hold an appeal for me as a Last Hurrah to something with that big an engine and being a V8. We've a straight six M140i and a straight six Z4 Coupe. I do very little miles so would definitely be a sense of occasion driving it.I can fix pretty much anything on any car so I'm not especially frightened of potential money pits... however, being good at car work does not protect you from having to buy parts so I do worry about that sort of thing and it can still be costly if parts are beyond repair and have to be replaced.
Some v8s are even pretty good on fuel. I just really like the idea of having a v8 and hanging onto it now. I'm almost not that interested in the car it is attached to either. Just the celebration of the type of engine when they're now almost impossible to buy brand new and getting rarer.
A V8 M3 with similar miles would be twice that and just as likely to throw up big bills. A CLS500 could be bought for similar / less but feels like a big cruiser rather than an S4 which at least has a sporting edge to it.
georgeyboy12345 said:
You'll want to get the timing chains & tensioners sorted, budget another £4000 to get it done at an Audi independent specialist.
Better yet, find one that has already had them done. This one supposedly has, but I'd want to see receipts to prove it.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202112140...
Bugger that. Not a pups chance i'd buy one to spend that on top. That would put me off.Better yet, find one that has already had them done. This one supposedly has, but I'd want to see receipts to prove it.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202112140...
Yes, one with the work done would make sense.
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