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Wasn't the case with the D2 or D3, but some Audi numpty has definitely forced the dealers hand to get D4's out the door. The result, as far as I can see, is that 90% of them are poverty cars in bland and unimaginative colour combinations, sold at a discount to get people interested. 5 years on, this is also what the second hand market looks like as you know. There are so many options available now, and not cheap ones either, that speccing up an A8 would be a lottery for the dealer as to whether they'd get that money back, so they'll spec it low, make their quotas & avoid getting stuck with something expensive and 'exciting'
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Talking to the dealer they seem to get a "budget" for a demo spec, but they always play the "safe" options - hence we end up with a load of clone spec cars. If it was me, I'd spec some colour just to stand out from the crowd (night blue and emerald black don't count as colour in my eyes). There are a couple of dealers that stand out, Lake District Audi seem to have had some "interesting spec A8s advertised, exclusive colours/leather etc. They get registered, taxed and loaned out (staff or customers) for a while and ultimately sit on the forecourt depreciating. Then they tout in a variety of ways (once I got a spam type email with a "great PCP offer" for a pre-reg stock car - the irony being it was the car I had on my drive as a loaner at the time) until they get sold, in my experience often unseen by the buyer, at huge discount from RRP. So I reckon if you could find a friendly dealer who has quota to fill they could be persuaded to spec more to your tastes, thus cutting the time it depreciates on their forecourt once it is 3 months old? |
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Found a couple of white D4's with B&O for sale for you Roberto
https://auto.ria.com/auto_audi_s8_18731471.html https://auto.ria.com/auto_audi_s8_14428979.html They're not local though
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na left hookers
and what daft prices
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How about this one? Think it ticks lots of your boxes Roberto!?
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01702172409316 |
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Located in Hertfordshire by the looks of it (Welwyn?)
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looks like an awesome spec, shame they forgot to add some colour to the paint else had it been blue I'd be having a hard conversation with the missus
Embedded view of the advert preserved for posterity Last edited by paulrstaylor; 17th March 2017 at 07:01 PM. Reason: typo |
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Now thats nice !!!!!
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Come on Robert. That thing is rocking horse ****, do the right thing....
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