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Velocity said:
No offence meant to you, I like the A3, and I think you have a good deal.. I was just using the figures as an example.. if Phate had bought your Audi with a similar discount (not that anyone could get that deal any easier).. sorry about the insinuation..
I just saw, A3 2.0T FSI with the Sline pack and a bunch of options.. the list on that as a base car is £19100.. I think yours is more being the sline model, I just can't find the list price on that!!
I think you have make a bit of a mistake in counting the options in on the retained value, this applies only to the list price of the vehicle, options rarely recoup anything near the retained value %, and in most cases only add a marginal amount on at resale, they do however differentiate the car, and make it easier to sell for a good price..
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Fair Comments Demon, no offence taken - It's S-Line Special Edition which comes with extra stuff like full leather at no extra cost 
That's why after speaking to Audi Used Cars they have advised of the options to choose which are good when you come to re-sell..
There is only a total of £600 pounds worth of options on the car anywho.
Anyway enough about me we can talk about this in my thread, this is about Phate and his Astra.
That's why after speaking to Audi Used Cars they have advised of the options to choose which are good when you come to re-sell..
There is only a total of £600 pounds worth of options on the car anywho.
Anyway enough about me we can talk about this in my thread, this is about Phate and his Astra.
makes a good read. ![[TW]Fox](/data/man-of-honor/2009.png){kind=avatar}
Phate said:lol dude, you really don't like em do you?
They are fine... as cheap cars.
I wouldn't like my car if it was purchased at its original price of £20,000 either. It was a ripoff for £20k. But at under £3k, it makes loads of sense.
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his money
his choice
and unless i'm mistaken this members PREVIOUS thread asked for opinions on buying from new or not...not THIS one.
let him/her have his new toy....if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything.
his choice
and unless i'm mistaken this members PREVIOUS thread asked for opinions on buying from new or not...not THIS one.
let him/her have his new toy....if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything.
Phate said:Well, about 6 weeks ago when i made a thread about buying a new car and you lot all told me not to. i still went and bought one
got one quick question though. whats usually the best amount of miles before you can err.....go for it. so to speak? its an Astra 1.6 16V engine. i always thought it was about 1000
nope it will still be tighter than virgin at 1,000miles. play it safe, no more than 3500rpm for ~4-6000miles then after that it will no doubt have its first oil change and should be fine for 4500-5000rpm. i most definately would not be thrashing it whilst its still on its first lot of engine oil, think how much swarf there is going to be in it from the engine wearing itself in!!!!!
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unless i'm mistaken doesn't the car arrive with "running in" oil in the sump?chopchop said:
this used to be standard practice but i don't know if it still works this way.
The_Dark_Side said:
dunno, i assumed it was normal oil that used to get changed at 1500-3000 miles, to remove the swarf from running in. but nowdays they seem to leave it untill the first service interval. the engines not at its best untill about 10,000miles, where it isnt so tight anymore.
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unless it's a Golf GTI mk2 in which case it's not loosened up until 70 or 80k miles.chopchop said:
if anyone remembers the top gear ep where they raced 2 identical cars down an airstrip....the one with 100k miles slowly pulled away from the one with 50k miles....really surprising stuff.