Well it's been a long 12 hour day and after several hour's looking and test driving the car aswell as a few phone call's to a few VAG specialists we managed to get a bit more out of the deal. We knew before viewing the car that it would need some new tyre's as my brother in law had already veiwed the car
twice. I stressed to my brother in law after giving the car a once over that the car needed the following.
1, New disc's pad's front and back and new flexi brake hoses
x4 (1 was noted on the mot advisory )
2, Oil & filter change , Also drop the sump for sign's of sludge build up and clean the oil pick up as this has never been done, also Air and pollen filter change (Oil was last change last july at a VAG independent )
3. The coolant system has the dreaded leaking bleed screw (£1.40 fix) and has had it for some time as there is a large pile of burnt coolant resting on the side of the engine block (My bother in law said ooo it look's like candy floss.) New coolant required.
The timing belt was done as agreed upon( timing belt is over
5 year's old) before he bought it at the last veiwing and after checking the paper work to see if the belt and tensioner and water pump had been changed i noticed the belt and tensioner had only been changed and
NOT the waterpump. The dealer said the Indy Vag garage he uses said the pump did not require changing Bull **** i said.
Well after going over the car again i was 50/50 on whether or not to let my brother in law part with his cash. I used my paint depth gauge to get some reading's to see if the car had any extra paint added to it over the last 8 year's (all was good ) The car's body and interior is in very good order with only the odd scratch here and there and the leather has no sign's of damage to the bolster's, testament to Audi build quality.
The 19" wheel's are not my cup of tea but the wheel's to be fare had all been tarted up and all four had been refurbed (mobile Wheel refurb) as the tyre's had not been removed when the wheel's under went the refurb process.
Well after all the flaffing about we managed to come to a deal. Full no quibble warranty (Rac) for 12 months
http://media.rac.co.uk/pdf/6071-rac-warranty.pdf. and road tax. My borther in law was then happy so after making sure all the key's plus the master were present we were off.
The spec of the car is good and the drive is not bad for a SE on 19's the quattro setup is as expected. Bose sound system CD/Tape, cruise control, Full leather, Arm rests front and rear , Fold down rear seat's. The drive home to S.Wales was nice and returned a nice 33.6 mpg at 70+ mph without any problem's i only stopped once to check the coolant level and topped it up. Here are a few pic's as reference to the above coolant leak. Total cost £5,800 for the car . I would think that another £500 (not including new wheel's) will need to be spent to get this car looking good and ready for GTI Inter's in june
Messy Engine Bay (
PRD Treatment to come)
Leaking & bodged bleed screw.
has the exact same spec as mine bar the engine, colour and interior door/dash trims NICE!
