I drive alot for work approx 30-40k per year and have been doing so mostly in my 1998 A3 1.8T Sport which is now at 269,000 miles. I have now decided I need to change this car as I dont want to spend the needed £700+ on repairs/maintenance, since it has to be on its last legs now anyway.
After looking into used A3s, A4s, A6s and not really finding much I was happy with for the price, I had a look at A8s and could not believe how cheap you can get a 2003-2005 plate for, with under 100k mileage going for between £4000-£7000! The standard spec on an A8 is amazing (so no need to keep trying to find a car that has leather AND bose AND heated seats AND quattro!).
Also being their flag ship car, the frame and build is of the highest standard/quality/finish - I'm assuming there will be less going wrong, breaking, snapping, wearing over the years. Plus the design of this particular D3 model is much better to me than any of its younger siblings.
My questions to you A8 owners, is based on my worst fears with owning this car:
1) How much was your biggest repair bill?
2) The size of the car is really big, worried about multi storey car parks, supermarket car parks (which is job related so use often), narrow city roads etc. I have driven the family 240GL Volvo estate around years ago and wasnt really that bad. But have you had any horrible incidents based on the huge size of the A8?
Thanks in advance,
zahg
After looking into used A3s, A4s, A6s and not really finding much I was happy with for the price, I had a look at A8s and could not believe how cheap you can get a 2003-2005 plate for, with under 100k mileage going for between £4000-£7000! The standard spec on an A8 is amazing (so no need to keep trying to find a car that has leather AND bose AND heated seats AND quattro!).
Also being their flag ship car, the frame and build is of the highest standard/quality/finish - I'm assuming there will be less going wrong, breaking, snapping, wearing over the years. Plus the design of this particular D3 model is much better to me than any of its younger siblings.
My questions to you A8 owners, is based on my worst fears with owning this car:
1) How much was your biggest repair bill?
2) The size of the car is really big, worried about multi storey car parks, supermarket car parks (which is job related so use often), narrow city roads etc. I have driven the family 240GL Volvo estate around years ago and wasnt really that bad. But have you had any horrible incidents based on the huge size of the A8?
Thanks in advance,
zahg