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27th June 2012, 06:48 AM
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Dont impulse buy, which is the mistake I made. I wanted an 8 for a while, then one came up for a good price because it needed some work and I bought it without fully understanding the costs. Since purchase in January I have spent more than 2K sorting it out, and I still have something that needs sorting.
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Manny 2004 A4 1.8T Sport Cabriolet, 89K Miles Past 2004 D3 A8 3.7 Quattro, Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Solar Sunroof, TV, ACC, phone and almost every option. 168K miles rising slowly with retrofit AMI and DVB-T in place of Analogue 2003 Volvo S60 D5 SE Manual, 197K miles. 2001 D2 A8 3.7 QS, Bi-Xenon, Bose, Blinds, Electric Everything, retrofitted RNS-D, 191K Miles 
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#13
3rd July 2012, 07:29 AM
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I decided I wanted an S8, started looking at them with serious intent. After a while the "right" cherished plate appeared so I bought that. A few months later the "right" car appeared so I bought that. It was actually over a year from decision to completion. 
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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! 
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#14
3rd July 2012, 08:18 AM
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If you're after a real nice one that’s been sorted then spend your time looking and be prepared to travel for it, and to travel to be disappointed. You’ll want to up your budget as the perfect car with all options that someone has spent time and money on and as late as you want you’ll be lucky to find for 2.5k
I took a punt on my 8, after looking at one other that was local to me and realising it was a nail I walked away jumped into my car and drove 2 hours up the road, had a good look round it with the audipages guide and decided I have a go, I gave less than 2k for it 60k miles ago she’s a bit rough around the edges and would have the purists running away from it, but I park it where I want, stones pinging off the front of it on the motorway don’t make me want to cry, I’m not too frightened to have a look at any issues myself with no history to keep up to date, and I’m never going to lose more than 2k on it. But then it's never going to be a show car or something that draws attention but that suits me. As for running costs of 2.8 v 3.7 or 4.2 you can’t really buy the biggest Audi they make and wonder why it’s ****e on fuel. It’s ****e on fuel full stop the end. Do you gas it do you find one gassed? If this is a huge issue then spend the 1k you’d pay for gas and buy a derv corsa or similar instead drive that ****e around for fuel economy and then just go back to realising why you bought the 8 in the first place. A friend has a derv Golf, he rode with me to work and back home around 400 miles I put £100 a week in the tank, he went on to tell me that he could drive up and back twice on that, but then he has to sit in a Golf, clattering away road and tyre noise, seats that I’m sure I took out my Land Rover, plastics creaking and rattling, I could go on but it’s probably alright for running around town in, to the shop but it’s not a car that puts a smile on your face or urges you to keep driving it. Sitting in a car for 3 hour solid I’d rather spend the extra few bucks and ride in a bit of comfort get out the other end not feeling like you’ve been beaten up. A lot of it comes down to luck doesn’t it? You could find a car with low mileage full service history been garaged and loved, but it still might throw something costly at you or it might not.
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7th July 2012, 08:38 AM
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Which 1 have you gone for?! I remember the excitement of the journey (heavy snow and lots of rail disruption!) to collect mine and the bum clenching drive home from the South coast......
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===SOLD===2002 Audi S8 D2 Final Edition (yes, really) in Avus Silver with purple extended leather===SOLD=== 2011 S5 Sportback in Phantom Black with black Super Sports leather, 9x20s, tech pack high, adaptive xenon plus, intelligent key, memory seats pack, sunroof, B&O, Audi Drive Select & quattro Sports Diff, DAB, parking system plus 2015 VW Golf GTI Performance Pack in Carbon Grey with black Vienna leather, tech pack (Discovery Pro nav & Dynaudio), DCC, factory towbar and retrofit RVC
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#18
7th July 2012, 12:34 PM
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Hes now the proud owner of my Project A8 4.2 D2.
The combination of high spec, sensible miles, recent cambelt change and having had so many regular niggles sorted by me proved a winner. It turned out to be a real nice car that one. I hope it proves as comfortable and reliable for him, as it has for me
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