Is this a reasonable deal?

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edward452

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Hi All

I've been thinking about buying an A2 for a few years now as I think they are wonderful cars and I think I have found one that fills the bill. It's a TDI SE with open sky, bose and leather. It has 45,000 miles on the clock and is 5 years old. I haven't been to see it yet, but it looks to be in good nick. The asking price is £8,500 from a non Audi dealer.

Does this sound reasonable?

Would you say the A2 wears well - that is, am I ok buying quite an old one?

Thanks for any advice!

Ian
 
Sounds like this car has all the toys
but although it has low mileage at £8.500
seems a little on the pricey side for a car that is
5 years old ..........
 
Mmmmm sounds a bit expensive to me. I paid that for my A2 with only 10,000 on the clock and 2.5 years old. I would say mine hasnt got all the extras on it but it is still an A2 and its great. I got mine from a Audi/VW dealership so at least I got a good warrnety. Not sure what sort of warranty you would get from a non Audi dealer. Also would the non Audi dealer be able to fix any problems that may occur.
 
I got mine for £8500 6 months ago, its a 52 plate (feb 2003) 1.6fsi with 22k on the clock, and opensky (see piccy below!), but no bose or leather.

I think I may have found it on autotrader, is it a black 51 reg? if so its late 2000/early 2001, which makes it between about 12-18 months older than mine, but with more miles, mine was a private sale, which was a very good deal, so actually it doesn't seem too bad pricewise, what sort of warranty is the dealer offering? Does it have fsh?

Picture on autotrader does look nice though...;)
 
Hi Edward
My SE TDi is a similar age and has developed a few electrical faults recently - coolant temp sensor, tailgate lock microswitch and the G 263 sensor for the climate control. This requires removal of the dashboard to get at the £15 temp sensor!!!!
Back to your car - the combination of Bose, Open Sky and Leather is pretty rare so if you really want these options then go for it. I would however suggest you insist on a diagnostic check by an Audi dealer or friendly Vag-Com owner to ensure there are no expensive faults which may not be picked up on a test drive.
As the guys above suggest, a good warranty is also a must.

Cheers Spike
 
Thanks very much for the advice all - it was really useful! I rang the trader this morning. I have decided not to take it further as the service history is a bit dodgy - a service was carried out by AUDI at 19,000 miles, but there has been no service since. The chap I spoke at the (Volkswagon/AUDI specialist) garage said it should have had a service at 40,000 miles(I'm inclined to think this lack of attention could reflect a more general lack of care). They would service it before selling. Warranty is for 6 months.

(Yes TallPaul, it's the one on Autotrader - Blackpool area)

So I'll just keep looking - I'm not really bothered about leather, but the rest of the spec is just what I want.

Thanks again!!

Ian
 
edward452 said:
a service was carried out by AUDI at 19,000 miles, but there has been no service since. The chap I spoke at the (Volkswagon/AUDI specialist) garage said it should have had a service at 40,000 miles
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If the car is on variable service and had been doing mostly main road driving (rather than town work) then 30000 miles before another service would be normal - i.e. 49,000 miles. The service indicator on the dash would show whether this was the case.... So the servicing could be correct!
 
Gray B/ULP

Many thanks for your comments, they may well prove useful in respect of other A2s, but I have decided I don't want to pursue this particular car in any event.

Cheers

Ian
 
ULP said:
However, the variable service will call the car in after 24 months between services regardless of mileage. The car is 5 years old, so assuming it went to 2 years for it's first service the second one would have been due at 4 years old, so it's at least 12 months overdue!
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Good point! Didn't think about the time aspect....
 
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