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Originally Posted by Adrian E
if I decide to advertise the car in the next 12 months without the belt done it's going to knock the value fairly considerably, I would've thought?
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Maybe, but by as much as it costs to do the work?
Not a thing I would do yet, and if I was selling I'd research the market first. You may find a potential buyer like Ainars who will be planning to do the work themselves and would prefer NOT to have recovery of third-party labour costs factored in to your price expectations. 
I bought my current S8 knowing it needed all this doing and discounted the price appropriately, both buyer and seller were happy. But it did allow me to run the car for quite a a while first to decide what else needed doing, before confirming that it was worth spending all that money on it.
In fact I did get the gearbox fluid & filter changed relatively quickly (serviced by Audi so obviously never touched) but left the major service for a while longer.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
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".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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!
Last edited by HPsauce; 7th May 2016 at 09:16 AM.
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