S8 Cat D on Ebay

[Teffers]

Appreciate the insight chaps.

Man maths finger in the air value of one of these back in 2007 could have been what, £15k? Trying to reconcile how extensive any damage could have been to write it off (if indeed it was body damage!)

Adrian E - tracking bothers me too, for the exact same reasons.

[pete-p]

Originally Posted by Teffers

Trying to reconcile how extensive any damage could have been to write it off (if indeed it was body damage!)

Adrian E - tracking bothers me too, for the exact same reasons.

The ad mentions

slight bubbling on rear arch where i suspect it was repaired

so worth spending some time looking there and under the carpet in the boot etc. It doesn't take much for the insurers to write these off, partly because the engineers often under value them from the book price

[Teffers]

It looks lovely though!

Always wanted an S8 - they're cool as .....
It would be a second/third car, and whilst it's not a life changing amount of money if it turns out to be a dog - that doesn't necessarily mean I want to lose the asking price

Tough call. Suppose I need to go see the car - and arrange a Hunter alignment at my cost as a precondition of sale.

[HPsauce]

My old (PF) S8 had to have MAJOR body repairs when it was stolen and crashed. It was still relatively new so they did agree (reluctantly) to do it, at Audi.
Eventually I got bubbling too, but that was almost 10 years later....

[Goran]

Their value had tanked already by 2008. I paid £10k for mine in early 2008 and that had only 70 ish k on the clock and was very clean, 2001 S8.

"30mpg on the motorway" seller must have been dreaming

[David's8]

Originally Posted by Goran

"30mpg on the motorway" seller must have been dreaming

I get over 60mpg on the motorway. Its the section on the M6 where it descends from the top of the fells towards Shap. So he's not really lying.

[Ameiseuk]

Anybody notice that its on a W plate in the exterior shots and a nice dateless northern ireland plate indoors?

If you got it with the NI plate thats worth a few £££

[47p2]

It's on W908 ULE

LEZ 2500 is on a Peugeot 407GT

[Architex_mA8tey]

Originally Posted by Teffers

It looks lovely though!

Always wanted an S8 - they're cool as .....
It would be a second/third car, and whilst it's not a life changing amount of money if it turns out to be a dog - that doesn't necessarily mean I want to lose the asking price

Tough call. Suppose I need to go see the car - and arrange a Hunter alignment at my cost as a precondition of sale.

I would be tempted to pay for an AA/RAC inspection as that normally clarifies any major issues and also gives you bargaining power for discount due to anything that they find. . .

[Cornershop]

Is that a fair price for a cat D?