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mannyo 9th May 2018 08:12 AM

FS: 2004 A8 3.7 (not sport)
 
I have reluctantly decided to sell my D3 A8, she is in need of some attention and due to not currently being in work I do not have the ability to give my car the attention she needs.

Purchased by me in December 2013 (4 ½ years ago), I am the 4th owner on the V5C but technically the third as the previous registered person discovered the issues I knew the car had when I purchased it and returned it to the dealer for a refund.

She has the following extras,

Solar Sunroof
Bose surround sound
Audi fixed phone in armrest, with sim card slot
4 zone climate control
Retrofitted Hybrid TV Tuner (upgraded from Analogue TV)
Electric boot open/close
Adaptive ACC cruise control with widescreen DIS
Keyless go/entry with fingerprint reader
Comfort seats with driver/passenger memory
Rear seats with lumbar adjustment
Electric rear blind, pull up rear side window blinds.
Front/rear parking sensors
19" wheels

Now on 164K miles which is increasing as I am driving the car occasionally.

MOT due date is 1st August 2020, * Update *
Interior is in good condition, all the seats have never really had anyone sat on them since I got the car. There is some minor wear on the drivers seat however.

Now on to the bad bits.

Service and cambelt change now due, cambelt is due because of time elapsed. The installed belt and tensioners have covered 30K miles.
There is a whine from the back of the car which is noticeable from 60mph upwards. The car has had this since I bought her, the cause has never been traced.
There is a small hole in the central section of exhaust pipe on one side. (now repaired)
MMI has the usual plastic gear problem, so open and close is a little jerky but working.
Recirculation flap motor under the bonnet is stuck open.
ACC could use a proper calibration as it does not always see small cars.
There are some cracks in the plastic of the bootlid lights, the lights work ok however.
There is evidence of some filler and painting on the passenger side lower sill cover.
There is only one key.

Lastly there is an issue with the MOT history dating back to 2007, the wrong mileage may have been entered on the computer. I cannot confirm or deny that, but if you plot the mileage history as a graph and draw a line through it its more or less straight except that small drop. Of course back then not a problem, as there was no MOT history website then, its an issue which as only recently become apparent. Hopefully given that it was 11 years ago its not a problem now.

Most issues are minor and do not affect the way the car drives, which is still perfect.

There is a thread here with some pictures and details of what has been done during my ownership.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7501

Davey Blueeyes 9th May 2018 10:02 AM

Sorry to hear of this mannyo, it clearly has been a trying time for you and I hope you find something soon and get back on your feet and are able to keep the car, you've invested so much love into it, I really enjoyed reading the project thread for the car.

GLWS, and with the job hunt!

mannyo 10th May 2018 09:04 AM

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The thing is, I have no idea how much the car is worth given the above, or if I should remove the AMI and freeview and sell those separately.

Here are some pictures from yesterday. The VIN plate looks weird in the engine bay picture as I pasted another part of the picture of the VIN and the MMI is much britgher than it shows, I was taking pictures into sunlight which did not help.

Yes the wheels also need a refurb, and the car was dirty but vacuumed.

mannyo 26th June 2018 07:20 AM

I have edited the first post as the ABS fault is now repaired, I am getting the exhaust sorted and a fresh MOT in the next few weeks then she will have to go.

I have been driving the D3 regularly now since having the ABS fixed and the fault has not returned.

I am looking for £3500 with fresh MOT and the exhaust leak repaired in addition to the ABS fault which has already been repaired.

mannyo 17th July 2018 07:35 AM

MOT is now passed, so my D3 has 12 months MOT.

The issues with the exhaust are now fixed, new clamps fitted and the split has been welded up.

H-M3 18th July 2018 12:22 AM

Hey man sorry to hear about your difficulty, have you tried to sign up with some agency as there are various temp jobs buddy. Just update your CV and upload it to CV library.+++

mannyo 1st August 2018 08:26 AM

Yes, I am registered with a number of agencies and I have been sent quiet a lot of job details but something worthwhile has yet to come my way. I am not interested in shift or weekend work, or working on a rolling daily contract for example.

I may have to reduce my expectations though.

To that end, I still need to sell the D3.

She still needs a service and a cambelt change, I maybe able to get the service done locally though.

£3250 is what I am after.

mannyo 20th September 2018 08:08 PM

Hi All

The D3 is still for sale, and shortly I will need to sell her urgently. I would love for her to go to a forum member, but if I have no joy soon I will have to either put her through a car auction and take my chances or try and sell her for cash to a used car dealer.

I have a very temporary job that pays not much more than minimum wage until the the end of October so I am still eating into reserves.

A couple of weeks ago I took the D3 for a 350 mile drive, the furthest it has been for a very long time and it drove perfectly.

mannyo 14th December 2018 03:11 PM

Hi.all

My D3 is still for sale, now on 166K miles and I have been the owner for more than 5 years.

mannyo 19th January 2019 12:10 PM

Hi all,

My D3 is still for sale, having now almost covered 167K miles.

I used her over christmas and covered 500 miles without any problems.

Unemployment is looming again for me, so will accept offers of 2K+ for the car as she is today.

Alternatively I will accept less, but will remove the retrofit Audi AMI and replace the DVB TV tuner with the original analogue one.

The car must sadly go in the next 4 weeks barring a miracle.


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