Nickpap
Registered User
Hi there,
I am close to treating myself to an S3, and was wondering if anyone could advise me on the car I am looking to buy.
I found one for sale, which is on an 03 plate, with 64,000 miles for £12k
Full spec includes:
Pearl black bodywork, cream leathers, RS4 alloys, chrome mirrors, and every extra apart from Sat Nav.
It also has FASH, which I verified with an Audi engineer. It had its first major service on 19,000 miles (05.04) and second major service on 45,000 miles (01.06)
The dealer (who sells cars from his home) told me that he will take it to his local Audi dealer and give it its third major service as part of the sale (£350 worth), and also change the rear brake disks and pads and the front pads, which were in poor coindition.
Other than that, the car looked clean inside and out....only the leather on the drivers seat looked a little worn and there were 1 or 2 very minnor scratches on the bodywork.
From the conversation I had with the Audi engineer, I gathered that the car was used as a company or lease car and had done a lot of motorway miles.
I am keen to buy the car, but I am a little worried by the mileage and whether the car had been looked after (e.g. condition of brakes, slight rust on tail pipes and)
As well as the Audi service on the car, I was also thinking to send the AA or RAC to do an independant vehicle check.
Could anyone shed some light?
Thanks
I am close to treating myself to an S3, and was wondering if anyone could advise me on the car I am looking to buy.
I found one for sale, which is on an 03 plate, with 64,000 miles for £12k
Full spec includes:
Pearl black bodywork, cream leathers, RS4 alloys, chrome mirrors, and every extra apart from Sat Nav.
It also has FASH, which I verified with an Audi engineer. It had its first major service on 19,000 miles (05.04) and second major service on 45,000 miles (01.06)
The dealer (who sells cars from his home) told me that he will take it to his local Audi dealer and give it its third major service as part of the sale (£350 worth), and also change the rear brake disks and pads and the front pads, which were in poor coindition.
Other than that, the car looked clean inside and out....only the leather on the drivers seat looked a little worn and there were 1 or 2 very minnor scratches on the bodywork.
From the conversation I had with the Audi engineer, I gathered that the car was used as a company or lease car and had done a lot of motorway miles.
I am keen to buy the car, but I am a little worried by the mileage and whether the car had been looked after (e.g. condition of brakes, slight rust on tail pipes and)
As well as the Audi service on the car, I was also thinking to send the AA or RAC to do an independant vehicle check.
Could anyone shed some light?
Thanks