shreddedmeat
Active Member
I hate to have to start another thread in this section within a day of the last one, but I feel duty bound to come clean and tell you all that I said goodbye to my A2 this afternoon after 20 months of happy ownership.
First a bit of back story. As I've discussed on here in the past few weeks, we recently sold our Skoda to a local car buyer. I was very impressed that the value we got was actually higher than the CAP valuation I had done the day before, so got chatting to the chap and he expressed an interest in the A2 and gave a reasonable offer. Thus the seed was planted in my mind and I went away to contemplate selling my car.
After a lot of thinking I decided to either 1) Spend a bit of time and money rectifying a few issues that I hadn't got round to, to keep the car in good working order - two rear tyres, new starter motor (the squeal!), dint and scratch removal, get to the bottom of the intermittent error codes and seek out a replacement for my ageing clutch. Or 2), accept the reasonable offer made to me, based on the above faults. In the end I decided it would be a better use of my time and money to let it go and let the dealer take care of these issues. At which point it should be a nicely sorted example to serve someone well for a good few years to come.
Now, I didn't do this without a plan in mind. I've spent the last 4 months researching what will hopefully soon be my next car. It's quite a departure from the A2, but I think it's just as special - and it just so happens there's a lovely, very low milage car for sale 30 miles from me... here's a clue!
I've always been of the opinion that as an enthusiast you should own, or at least experience, as many 'great' cars as you can.
All that remains is for me to thank you all for your continued advice and assistance over the last 20 months. It has proved invaluable and saved me God knows how much in simple jobs and repairs. I haven't been here quite as long as most of you but I do intend to stick around and help whenever I can, as this is easily the best forum I've ever been a member of. Maybe one day I'll make it to a social, if you'll have me without my A2!
I already miss it terribly. I'll keep you up to date with my next purchase. I'm sure you'll all enjoy how many MPG I won't be getting
Sam.
First a bit of back story. As I've discussed on here in the past few weeks, we recently sold our Skoda to a local car buyer. I was very impressed that the value we got was actually higher than the CAP valuation I had done the day before, so got chatting to the chap and he expressed an interest in the A2 and gave a reasonable offer. Thus the seed was planted in my mind and I went away to contemplate selling my car.
After a lot of thinking I decided to either 1) Spend a bit of time and money rectifying a few issues that I hadn't got round to, to keep the car in good working order - two rear tyres, new starter motor (the squeal!), dint and scratch removal, get to the bottom of the intermittent error codes and seek out a replacement for my ageing clutch. Or 2), accept the reasonable offer made to me, based on the above faults. In the end I decided it would be a better use of my time and money to let it go and let the dealer take care of these issues. At which point it should be a nicely sorted example to serve someone well for a good few years to come.
Now, I didn't do this without a plan in mind. I've spent the last 4 months researching what will hopefully soon be my next car. It's quite a departure from the A2, but I think it's just as special - and it just so happens there's a lovely, very low milage car for sale 30 miles from me... here's a clue!
I've always been of the opinion that as an enthusiast you should own, or at least experience, as many 'great' cars as you can.
All that remains is for me to thank you all for your continued advice and assistance over the last 20 months. It has proved invaluable and saved me God knows how much in simple jobs and repairs. I haven't been here quite as long as most of you but I do intend to stick around and help whenever I can, as this is easily the best forum I've ever been a member of. Maybe one day I'll make it to a social, if you'll have me without my A2!
I already miss it terribly. I'll keep you up to date with my next purchase. I'm sure you'll all enjoy how many MPG I won't be getting
Sam.