VAG fool
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Hi All,
Bought a 52 plate 1.4 SE in black pearl - for the good lady I have to admit - a blind purchase off ebay but the price seemed fair for the spec and the seller was in a bad way after a nasty RTA so I didnt haggle, it would have been right.
7 previous owners but it has got FSH and the book is well stamped up until 8k ago (not all Audi, but hey ho) and the condition is probably best described as "well loved" for its 88k mileage.
Its got the odd scuff and a few Devon stripes, some may well polish out, fingers crossed.
Pardon me if I don't use all get all hung up about the car or its originality, I have other automotive diseases!
Its a nice bit of late 90's design that reminds me of my old 52 plate Allroad and returns amazing mileage, so it's an ideal small car for our purposes.
It has almost all the toys: dark red leather, climate, cruise, Bose audio, glass roof, 5 seat(belts) and the toolkit has never been touched.
Whilst everything electrical works it appears to have all the usual faults too: a wet boot well (already mopped out), no end on the dipstick (although the PO had helpfully included a new one, but the end of the tube is blocked. I'll drop the sump) and its fitted with Audi 18" wheels and rubber band tyres which do nothing for the ride quality imho. I'm sure that a couple of the rims are dented judging by the cyclic vibrations, they will have to stay as the tyres are nearly new...PO warned me off opening the sunroof too because it's a bit sticky/intermittent in operation?
Front door window frames need adjustment too, they aren't quite flush at the forward top corners, in fact the nsf door needs re-hanging tbh.
Broken cup holders and chopped head unit wiring (left in the boot. Some people eh, but at least it hadn't been binned) and a baggy headlining make up the minor irritations. Should it have a CD changer under the boot floor at this spec? There is an empty vertical slot by the looks of it.
Anyway, I drove it 130 miles home (shhh!) on about £10 of petrol without incident in the pouring rain other than a slight misfire at idle, it flagged up the engine check light early doors so I'll have to plug in my code reader then pull the rear bumper asap I guess.
It's a great little car, we'll have it for years I am sure.
Bought a 52 plate 1.4 SE in black pearl - for the good lady I have to admit - a blind purchase off ebay but the price seemed fair for the spec and the seller was in a bad way after a nasty RTA so I didnt haggle, it would have been right.
7 previous owners but it has got FSH and the book is well stamped up until 8k ago (not all Audi, but hey ho) and the condition is probably best described as "well loved" for its 88k mileage.
Its got the odd scuff and a few Devon stripes, some may well polish out, fingers crossed.
Pardon me if I don't use all get all hung up about the car or its originality, I have other automotive diseases!
Its a nice bit of late 90's design that reminds me of my old 52 plate Allroad and returns amazing mileage, so it's an ideal small car for our purposes.
It has almost all the toys: dark red leather, climate, cruise, Bose audio, glass roof, 5 seat(belts) and the toolkit has never been touched.
Whilst everything electrical works it appears to have all the usual faults too: a wet boot well (already mopped out), no end on the dipstick (although the PO had helpfully included a new one, but the end of the tube is blocked. I'll drop the sump) and its fitted with Audi 18" wheels and rubber band tyres which do nothing for the ride quality imho. I'm sure that a couple of the rims are dented judging by the cyclic vibrations, they will have to stay as the tyres are nearly new...PO warned me off opening the sunroof too because it's a bit sticky/intermittent in operation?
Front door window frames need adjustment too, they aren't quite flush at the forward top corners, in fact the nsf door needs re-hanging tbh.
Broken cup holders and chopped head unit wiring (left in the boot. Some people eh, but at least it hadn't been binned) and a baggy headlining make up the minor irritations. Should it have a CD changer under the boot floor at this spec? There is an empty vertical slot by the looks of it.
Anyway, I drove it 130 miles home (shhh!) on about £10 of petrol without incident in the pouring rain other than a slight misfire at idle, it flagged up the engine check light early doors so I'll have to plug in my code reader then pull the rear bumper asap I guess.
It's a great little car, we'll have it for years I am sure.