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8th December 2018, 10:33 AM
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Ive had my D2 A8 for over 10 years now
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs 
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#12
8th December 2018, 03:36 PM
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It was October 2011 we got ours. Wife was abroad at her parents and I went around the UK to look at a few A6s but they were all clocked and/or dogs, I was looking at one and in the showroom was a black A8L for the same price. No comparison I fell in love as soon as I opened the door.
Last edited by snapdragon; 8th December 2018 at 03:38 PM.
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8th December 2018, 03:57 PM
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That's much how I got mine too ^ I walked in to Leeds Audi with a company car allowance looking for something with a big boot that could eat up miles. Drove out in an A8 instead of an A6
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8th December 2018, 04:53 PM
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Completely the opposite for me. I decided I wanted an S8 pretty soon after they were launched, but couldn't afford one at the time and my company car allowance was nowhere near allowing me one on a lease.
But, being a long-term company car user (and having bought many of my own and colleagues ex-lease vehicles) I worked out that I could probably afford one that was dropping off a lease at around 3 years old. Patience….. Meanwhile I spotted a suitable numberplate for sale - S8 with my initials. grabbed it at a decent price (£200 or so IIRC). A year or so later I started seriously looking for cars as the first ones were moving down into my price range. And in early 2002 got the incredibly-specced S8 that I think had been a demo/press car at the UK launch and I then kept for nearly 13 years. The owner before me had bought it as an "ex-Audi-management" model and driven it all over the continent in his sales management job. (I did bump into him not so long ago at a car show, driving a very tuned-up RS6 Avant) I did have a company car as well, at that time I think was a Rover 75 diesel automatic tourer (estate).... with a retune from Van Aaken that really made it fly!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
Last edited by HPsauce; 8th December 2018 at 04:57 PM.
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8th December 2018, 09:37 PM
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I got my first one because of a pi55ed conversation in a pub over the best, fastest bang for bucks motor I could get second hand.
I lost that argument (I wasn't backing the Audi), but won by conceding the argument and getting an S8. Icing on the cake, when it came to move onto the D3 I got a grand more than I paid for it.
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