99 A8 4.2 V8 Quattro Sport OFFERS

Scouse_Phil · #1 12th January 2014, 11:52 AM

After taking my car off the road in 2011 as my insurance went from £600 to £12,000 for no apparent reason it has been kept in a garage until about 6 months ago when i had to end the lease and now it lives on my path.

Ive come to the conclusion i will never get it as my daily driver again as i wont let the kids in it!

It has had a new battery but it wont start and run. It will run for a second or two then im guessing the immobiliser kicks in.

It has scratches on the bonnet from the bloody stupid cats!

It breaks my heart to have to get rid of it.

Its got 4 more or less brand new falken 452 tyres on it.

Has wallet full of paperwork and two keys.

The water has started to get under the lacquer on the boot lid. Can take pics

Selling as spares or repairs.

Open to offers.

Any questions please ask.

These are pictures from before i put it away in my lock up.

Located near Junction 6 M62

Scouse_Phil · #2 12th January 2014, 11:56 AM

Mileage is 135,000 ish can confirm if needed

Delboy · #3 12th January 2014, 01:08 PM

Insurance went to 12,000? Surely that's a typo, If it is of any interest to you I have always been with Tesco and find them very reasonable, only paying smidge over 400 fully comp for the S8

Your car looks mint on the inside btw

Scouse_Phil · #4 12th January 2014, 03:41 PM

Nope no typo cheapest i could find was £12,000!!!!!

Its gone down to £560 now. I have a family mobile to cart the kids round in this just sits on the path

Scouse_Phil · #5 15th January 2014, 06:14 PM

Wallet full of paperwork

Not expecting thousands for this open to offers

scottt1974 · #6 18th January 2014, 04:34 PM

Have you tried running a diagnostic on the car to see what the non-starting fault is?

Scouse_Phil · #7 18th January 2014, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by scottt1974

Have you tried running a diagnostic on the car to see what the non-starting fault is?

No havent tried anything on it. I left the door open while it was in my garage and the battery went flat. Ive got a new battery put it on and now it wont run. The orange light on dash flashes. There is a pic of a car and key on it. In manual says its imobiliser

Norretal · #8 18th January 2014, 05:46 PM

Does it fire up but cut out in seconds with that amber light flashing?

Scouse_Phil · #9 18th January 2014, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Norretal

Does it fire up but cut out in seconds with that amber light flashing?

Yes. Runs for a second or two then cuts out. The orange light is flashing on dash.

Norretal · #10 18th January 2014, 06:11 PM

There are threads about it on here, it's a common problem. I had the same symptoms and bought a new immobiliser wire from TPS for less than £20 and it was sorted. There's a guide on how to replace it somewhere but I had my A8 in for other work so had this job done at the same time though it doesn't seem too difficult to do.

Got to be worth a try even if you do still intend selling it, it'll sell much quicker if it's running