Why the hell is the only 8k
 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...1501?logcode=p

why is this so dam cheap i have never seen a W12 at this price

Thats a lot of car for 8 grand +++

I don't know.. but if it's clean on a scan, and mechanically it's a bargain.

LWB though, so I'm out :)

150k miles, maybe someone thinks there's almost zero market for it and the previous owner was ripped off.

Great car
 

Check the engine and go for it!!!!awesome car....

That looks really nice for the money and it is pretty well specced - fridge, rear electric and heated seats, auto close doors and boot, rear table footrests and screens etc looks very clean for the miles and has only had 2 owners and full service history so probably a well looked after chauffeur car hence the high miles. I'd jump at it as long as you're ok with long wheelbase :D

I'm also very wary if a trader that doesn't advertise a landline number

Well, a car with > 100000 miles is not really liked by the trade as they're hard to shift.

A car with nearly 150,000 on the clock, they very rarely bother with.

It could simply be that it was traded in, and given the mileage they paid next to nothing for it, but if it was very well presented inside they might decide to retail it instead of auctioning it off straight away.

Their website looks ok, their domain name was registered in 2005 by a guy in Hampshire. Its not like a scan set up last week.

Personally, if you really want a W12 and dont mind LWB, then its got to be worth a phone call at least.

Under offer according to their web site.

Given the mileage the drivers seat looks like new! Plus the wooden steering wheel rim should hide the miles too

If it hasn't definitely sold it's got to be worth a look if you're prepared to pay what they're asking and the cats etc are all OK

I agree - seems just like a poor AT advert - I googled the company and found the website, which looks okay, so why spend all the money on that showing you're an Audi specialist, then not link to it on AT?

I wouldn't have bothered trying to google them usually, would have just walked on by.

All in all, definitely worth a phone call.

well i will be on the case tomorrow and see what the crack is, only thing is i may have it for myself rather than for the company and that means trading in my beloved D2 at the peanut price they like to offer its sad but may at least bring the price down by a couple of grand

fairly minor issue for me but not sure I could live with that colour of wood, and on the wheel too just seems to make it even worse:-(

i have to agree, the only factors putting me off are the wood and the colour of the car over all, yea i could respray it black as i have with my current D2, and i guess if i had a chat with A8 parts or some one maybe they could change the wood for me, i wander how difficult it is to change the trim, i rather like the dark wood inlay not sure if its oak or something, ? any idea's

Depends what you want really, but LWB cars really do eat the juice more.

Really ? i did not think that it would use more fuel, are they much more heavy than the SWB then ?

Yes mate, not massively but it makes a difference.

well im getting 24mpg out of the 4.2 and i would guess the 6.0L would be around the 19-20mpg mark so with LWB is it more likely to be 18mpg ?

Darrenjoe what is your avarage MPG and conditions ect,

i can live with 20 my V1 wrx sti only did 17mpg and i had that for 18 months was modified quite highly though fully forged engine ect

Expect around 16-17mpg on a W12 on average with an at best 20mpg on a run. The S8 V10 is on average 18-19mpg and 23mpg on a run.

I've had 27 from my V10 S8, on a run, on motorways.

But you don't buy these kind of motors to stress over the economy do you

You may not like the sound of it but in truth i am getting just over 14 mpg but that is all short journeys of about a mile at a time. On a run on the motorway i get about 20 mpg but i dont like to drive slow ;)

WOW thats umm well mmmm 14 mpg i see some one is smuggling lead off the church roof in ones shoes again Tut tut,
No i totally agree that you dont buy this kind of car for the fuel econ, even though there is a V12 thats on satins fuel by audi that makes no sense, why not a petrol V12, strange but who am i to critique

Petrol V12 wouldn't fit in the spaces it needs to fit in. And the V10/V12 diseasels were mince :)

just wandering as the Q7 had a V12 with over 700ftlb's of torque

No mate and we like to get to places. That was a healthy 80mph give or take coming from the M62 back up North. So very pleased with 23MPG.

What was the verdict on the 'cheap' W12?

Did anyone go see it or know anything about it?

Just curious...

-=Glyn=-

Sort of answered my own question...rang up this morning and apparently I'm about the 70th caller on the car which was sold about a month ago to the first person who saw it!

According to the guy I spoke to they have tried to get the advert removed but it keeps returning to pad out the For Sale section of PH!

Aah well it was a nice thought while it lasted...:ROFL:

-=Glyn=-

haha they said the same to me, but i managed to get a nice one in the end,

its relisted again !!
bet hes getting fed up now

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3616937.htm

12,151
23,652
34,890
44,937
64,148
82,931
101,000
119,096
138,239


Typical as the car gets older the service schedule gets longer

interior is awful IMHO, not sure I would want to touch a W12 with these miles, given the complexity of the beast, and the lack of space in the engine bay I believe means its engine oot for a lot of things:-(

It's a 'risk'..but at 8K.... put 2k aside and you're 'good to go'. Guessing professionally driven, and maybe mostly motorway as interior looks good. As a second car, a definite good un... From a cost perspective, glad I went on the sootchucker over the W12, just need a chance to properly 'test' it against a W12 on a private road, etc.. *ahem*. Shame I can't make GTI (though watch this space Darren!).

glad I went on the sootchucker over the W12, just need a chance to properly 'test' it against a W12 on a private road, etc.. *ahem*. Shame I can't make GTI (though watch this space Darren!).

i was tracking my 3.0tdi at ADI and a W12 was behind me and could'nt get past.
the 4.2tdi will be awsome on the track.
i had one for a short while it was remapped by sharkperformance.
it was very,very impressive almost S8 like.:)