Audi A3 TDI 170 S-Line

[stokeballoon]

Looking at buying an A3 TDI 170 S-line 3-Dr, Demo from my local dealer.
Fairly well specced:

S-Line
Bose
Black-Cloth/Leather interior
CC
Symphony 2 Radio/Cass/CD changer
Armrest
Mobile phone prep
Piano black Gloss trim
Luggage/Light pack

The car has done 7k miles, registered in July '06 6 speed manual. And is in Ibis White, not sure about the white at first, but i am slowly getting to liking it.

Good Deal?

Cheers
SB

 

[Granny]

Depends on how much they're asking for...

 

[d3fy]

White might be hard to shift when it comes resell time and the stealers will certainly knock a big chunk of compared to a Silver/Black car

 

[stokeballoon]

What a tube! I forgot the most important bit.

They want £22 for it, since this morning i have been to another dealer and the prices seem a bit lower there.

Not sure.

SB

 

[A3simon]

Thats pretty high my mate got one the same but blue for less than 20k from a dealer

 

[Irnbrukid]

Terrible deal tell them to take a jump mate!!

List price of the car £24,554

Can be bought new for £22,050

Coast2Coast

Mind you £22 seems a good deal LOL!!! I'll take 5 at that price.



Just check some of the brokers out.

I'm looking at them just now for myself quite fancy one, love the white by the way just not brave enough.

 

[Granny]

check out autoebid.co.uk

Found them to be about £300 cheaper than drivethedeal.com which was the second cheapest online broker i could find...

 

[d3fy]

Also www.oneswoop.com/

 

[Irnbrukid]

oneswoop dont have any audi's listed

it's autoebid.com by the way.

there is only £5 of a difference between autoebid, coast2coast and drivethe deal take your pick.:thumbsup:

they all seem to be offering 10% discount some people have had better deals haggling with dealers, good time of year to get a deal play some dealers of against each other.

 

[stokeballoon]

Many thanks for the replies. I have been out of the car buying game for a while, had my current car (Golf 1.8T) for 6 years, I have done 61k in her, and to be honest would like a change.

I tested a 2.0T Quattro today, and it felt slow compared to mine, but I then drove the TDI and it ideally suited my driving style. nice and torquey.

Guess i will be shopping about. Cheers once again, i have also been looking on the forum at the oil consumption debate, asked about it but the dealer gave some **** and bull story, have to take a look about, and do some thinking.

SB

 

[alanjonesbath]

To give you an idea, the A3 2.0TDi 140 S-Line DSG I ordered had a list price of just over £25k with the options I specced, and the dealer knocked 10% off that, so its costing me about £22.5k. A car with 7000 miles on it should be a lot cheaper

 

[Vertigo1]

£22k is a bad deal for that spec if it had been loving looked after, let alone ragged everywhere like a demo/loan car will have been.

Personally, knowing how such cars are treated, I'd want a blinding deal to take one.

 

[Amchlolor]

Cheers once again, i have also been looking on the forum at the oil consumption debate, asked about it but the dealer gave some **** and bull story, have to take a look about, and do some thinking.

SB

It isn't a surprise that he didn't admit to the high oil consumption but,out of pure morbid curiosity if nothing else,what **** and bull story did he spin ?

 

[PJLarge]

I've just turned 5000 miles (already...) and my 170 hasn't used a drop of oil yet.

 

[coupe-se]

Just having a nosey at this thread and noticing the oil consumption comment ................... I have covered just over 7k in mine now with the oil still 3/4's of the way up the dip-stick. The car has been driven vigorously at times even from new and I consider the consumption on mine to be the same as any other car Iv'e owned.

 

[Amchlolor]

Check various threads over the past couple of years.
Oil consumption varies wildly from car to car.
Some report negligible use,some report excessive use.
I'm certainly going through a litre every couple of thousand miles,which is not that unusual.
If you get a good one,great.
If you don't,make sure you keep spare oil in the boot,as it's a pain in the *** to find garages that stock it.