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Old 19th September 2017, 10:52 AM
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Default 2006 Audi S8 D3 with B&O, 170k miles, price reduced to £8995

Hello,

My Audi S8 D3 is for sale and the price has been reduced to £8995. Car is in excellent condition and has been my pride and joy for 5.5 years. Now retired, so time for a change.

Pictures and details in the Pistonheads advert here.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...--2006/7738382

Would love it to go to a forum member if possible.

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Old 25th September 2017, 09:41 PM
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I recall being in this car a couple of years back, and honestly felt it was tight and as new feeling as any other S8 I'd been in. I'm sure its been well looked after since, too.

If you are in the market for an S8, just glance past the mileage and give it some consideration as its a solid car coming from a long established forum member. There is a great deal for both buyer and seller if it sells on here.

It would be a real shame if Richard ends up letting a well maintained example go cheaply to Joe public
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Old 25th September 2017, 10:09 PM
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Default 2006 Audi S8 with B&O, now priced at £8275

Hi Ian,

Thanks for your comments. You came round Castle Combe on the parade laps last October, with your daughter as I remember. Great day with around 10 members showing their A8 cars.

Car now £8275 as final price (Down over £1700). If no interest, I will keep it as my winter fun machine!

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Old 27th September 2017, 03:58 PM
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Hi Ian,

Thanks for your comments. You came round Castle Combe on the parade laps last October, with your daughter as I remember. Great day with around 10 members showing their A8 cars.

Car now £8275 as final price (Down over £1700). If no interest, I will keep it as my winter fun machine!

Regards

Richard
I thought about selling mine a little while ago but as I have 100,000+ miles on mine it really scares people off and drives down the price.

So, i’ll Probably keep it rather than ‘give it away’. I imagine that is where you are?

I really struggle with the image painted by the broad ‘high mileage brush’, we’re not driving around in Austin A40’s anymore!
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Old 28th September 2017, 01:43 PM
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Hi all! I've had a 1998 A8 since 2010-ish (140,000 miles) so have been lurking around this forum for some time looking for info on gearbox problems, bits of trim, gearbox problems, the odd replacement window, and gearbox problems. It's getting to the time to trade up, and I'm looking very keenly at Richard's car. It looks awesome, and I do around 2,000 miles a year so it could live out a long and happy life in my car park whilst I listen to the radio and marvel at the engineering. The problem I find is that nobody will sell you any sort of warranty once mileage tips over 150,000. If it literally 'threw a rod' I'd find myself on ebay.de typing in "Audi S8 5.2 motor" and tapping my pockets looking for around £8k, and if I was the kind of person who could comfortably soak up an £8k bill I'd probably be spending more than £8k on a car, if you see what I mean.

Question is, what is the worst that can happen? I hear stories about injectors sticking open and cooking the engine, and one where parts literally left the engine. Piston slap??? Something that takes out the catalysts? I can't get a feel as to whether these 'catastrophe level' things are common enough to worry about.

Or am I just looking in the wrong place for a warranty? Thanks all!
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Old 28th September 2017, 02:53 PM
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@ 170K they are just as worried about you that something big will break, and to be honest, with most 3rd party warranties the claim limits are usually quite limited, so replacing a completely broken engine would see a contribution towards the repair at best I imagine.

There are few, if any horror stories of the V10 engine breaking badly. They were engineered for much greater things in the R8 and RS6 so in the S6/S8 they have an easy life. Fuel injectors, intake manifold, power steering pump. All chunky repair bills but not remortgage your house chunky.

On the flip side, there aren't many examples of the V10 doing 170K miles to refer to, most are much lower, but I'd feel fairly confident that if you were going to buy one with that sort of mileage, this particular one would be in the best condition you could hope for.

The V10 is best suited to having a good, hard run out once in a while. Its not really a town car, or a pop to the shops for 5 minutes car. It likes being warmed up nicely and then driven quite hard, which is hopefully why you're interested in it....
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The First 20 Audis:

2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,

The Second 20 Audis:

2011 A7 Sline, 2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2002 A2 1.4 Tdi Silver, 2006 A8 4.2 Tdi Blue,
2007 4.2 Tdi Q7, 2006 S4 Cab Silver, 2010 RS6 Saloon Black , 2007 TT Roadster,
2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
2009 C6 RS6 Saloon Daytona Grey, 2001 Fully Loaded A2 Tdi, 2006 Avant S6 Black, 2007 VW Caravelle Exec Black (almost an Audi)
2009 TT Roadster Daytona, 2015 Q7 4.2 tdi lava grey, 2002 GmbH D2 demonstrator, 2006 D3 A8 LWB 4.2 Tdi Black

Most Recent Audis:

2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2007 4.2 FSi Q7 ABT Blue, 2016 S5 Coupe Launch model, 2004 S4 B6 Cabriolet, 2016 Q7 Sline White, 2006 Q7 4.2 FSi Black, 2012 Q7 Sline+ 4.2Tdi White, 2008 Blue Audi S8

Everything Else

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Old 29th September 2017, 08:53 AM
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Just seen this car advertised again and I am quite interested if only I could get a handle on the size of possible future problems. Has anybody ever had a V10 out in order to recondition it major wearing components? And are the gearboxes also good for this sort of milage and more?
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Old 29th September 2017, 09:18 AM
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When I bought my S8 close to two years ago, I thought long and hard about a warranty, it was coming in at something like £150 a month, which is extortionate, so, I took the option of saving £150 a month instead into a "pseudo warranty pot" should anything go, for peace of mind.

It now has £3000 in it and nothing has broken in the 25,000 miles I have done. And believe me, once warmed up, she'll regularly see high revs
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Old 29th September 2017, 09:34 AM
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I wouldn't consider dropping the engine simply for some preventative maintenance or overhaul. Whats the point? The gearbox will be fine, you can change the fluid if you like but it's OK if not.

I bought mine from a large dealer, specifically those crooks who did the Used Car Wars programme on Dave a few months back, stupidly got lured into a pricey warranty because I was a bit scared by the big V10 as well. Soon realised it was a waste of money and the warranty covered bugger all so I managed to fight it and do a credit card charge back shortly after for the cost of the warranty. Moral of the story, don't buy a third party warranty, if you claim it will be like a long fight with an insurance company.

Extensive history is important. I've got a huge folder for mine with any work carried out including any warranty work back when the car was young, rear windscreen replaced et al.

This S8 seems like a good buy to me.
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Old 29th September 2017, 10:39 PM
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Well, I have never in my life even considered warranty, for some people works from what I know, but I am not paying someone who will drag the repair for ages, make stupid phone calls to annoy you in the middle of the day just before the lunch, send stupid emails causing an instant deflation of your body in mind and all that.

The real question is can you afford one ?
If you can then HAVE IT !!! Have it now
I do 9-11 mpg, but I do drive the car as nature intended, ''your welcome to the car'' . So fuel is a lot, lets be honest, £500+ road tax once a year, insurance same, everything else much more expensive than on majority of cars so it will cost you.
If you can cover that easily then this car is as good as it gets for the money minus few cosmetic (probably expensive ) just kidding, defects.

Mine has 167k, owned it for just over a year, manifold flaps went, rear wheel bearings, suspension arms, gearbox service, decoke, all coil packs and ton more BUT, don't take my spending as an example, I over do it most of the time and I'm known for replacing parts before they even fail
And if something goes wrong on the car then you will fix it !!! , and the feeling after repair when you sit down behind the wheel is always good in S8, I guarantee you that.
And everything will go back to normal and whole in the wallet will heal gradually
It's a great opportunity to own a V10 not for ridiculous money, but having equally as much fun.

Quick tip
First thing you do after buying the car is getting a genuine !! VCDS cable - this tool and this forum will fix half of your problems if not all of them. Along the way you will learn about the car, save lots of money along the way on doing it yourself and have a better ''emotional'' relationship with the car. Plus no visit to garages and all that hassle.

Now let me ask you a question please.
After reading all the replies above, give me a one reason to not buy the car ?


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