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Old 12th March 2019, 08:36 PM
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Will be interesting although I get a gut feel from the advert (just reading it is enough) that it's nowhere near as well looked after as mine, previous owner to me was a Doctor who owned it for many years.

Can understand the "too much" view - and maybe I need to manage my expectations... we will see, I'm a realist rather than someone that gets offended

The car is being used as a deposit for my wife's replacement car - the A8 is great but too long and low for the country/village lanes she uses all day - so a good offer wouldn't be refused in reality.

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Old 12th March 2019, 08:37 PM
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The car IT was referring to...let's see what it's worth then.
Pretty sad watching this. I missed out on buying this from Oli when he had it up for sale at £9.5k. It has now been listed four times by the current owner. The first reached £6.5k but didn't reach the reserve. There were no bids when listed at £7k and then £6.5k, and now it's on without a reserve.
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Old 12th March 2019, 08:44 PM
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Pretty sad watching this. I missed out on buying this from Oli when he had it up for sale at £9.5k. It has now been listed four times by the current owner. The first reached £6.5k but didn't reach the reserve. There were no bids when listed at £7k and then £6.5k, and now it's on without a reserve.
That's interesting as mine has really good provenance and an independent people could call to verify - yet as is (with bumper scrape and alloys needing a refurb) if someone said they'd give me £7500 I'd take it. I know full well it's better than that blue car

That's the problem with eBay - it's not a good place to sell cars with decent provenance.
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Old 12th March 2019, 08:48 PM
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Oh I also have VCDS for it
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Old 12th March 2019, 10:17 PM
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Without doubt you need to add some photos of the car.

That will make the difference between a good car that may not have been loved in recent months on eBay and yours.
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Old 13th March 2019, 07:53 AM
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I will get some up over the weekend
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Old 13th March 2019, 10:49 AM
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That one went to £6.5K last time and didn't hit reserve. Personally if I was the seller i'd have bitten the highest bidders hand off!!!
It then went up at £7k and obviously didn't do much......I'd expect high fives, low six.

I've been loosely in the looking for an upgrade market for a year or two and haven't seen anything to make me that excited!

High priced S8's are in decent D4 territory and High priced A8's are in S8 territory. There are a lot of decent A8's out there for not much money because a lot of people don't want the high running costs or big barges once they get higher mileage and older.

My PF A8 sport petrol (lpg) 4.2 with OK spec (175k) is probably not worth much (£2k-£4) and much as i'd like B&O....
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Old 15th March 2019, 10:21 PM
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Good to get some advice pushing the price down on an ad... thanks

Maybe recommend it’s only worth 3 grand and that way it’ll completely kill the ad

Joking aside, it’s a great spec, not an ok one, fabulous engine, and very few people keep their cars as well maintained and serviced as I do so here’s hoping someone sensible comes along that can see the value..... I’m realistic so will take a good offer.
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Old 18th March 2019, 05:13 AM
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well ollies car went for £5600
thats usually a good ball part figure on ebay
and some good pics on here will help
im in the same boat as you really with my car, its so nice and well spec'd but worth nowt
if i were you id just keep it £5k or so would buy you an A3 and not a good one

a friend of mine in my village i see quite often keeps offering me £10k for mine
what can i buy with £10k nowt

use it for a summer car as i do now with mine...
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Old 18th March 2019, 10:32 AM
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I missed out on buying this from Oli when he had it up for sale at £9.5k.
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well ollies car went for £5600
Wow! Sale price from £9.5k to £5.6k in under 18 months, with just one additional owner.
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My DIY jobs - Replaced alarm horn, Replaced Coolant Temp sensor, Updated RNS-D firmware, Installed Reversing Camera and Digital TV, Dashcam Installation, Retrofitted Rear Blinds, Auto-Dimming Rear View Mirror, Chrome Boot Struts

Sold! 2008 S8 D3 5.2 V10 - Engine: BSM, Gearbox:KLW, Colour:LY7F Suzuka Grey Pearl Effect, Interior:Black/Black with Silver/Black valcona leather with carbon atlas inserts, Bang & Olufsen, Heated windscreen, Soft-close doors, TV, DAB, AMI, Quad Zone, Auto Boot, Auto dim Mirrors, Keyless entry, PDC with rearview camera, AFS II Headlights

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