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My wife is putting her A6 on eBay soon. 98 R reg, 1.8T, 145000 miles. FSH, mainly Audi but 2 more recent specialist services. Interior excellent, 7 months MOT, recent decent tyres all round. Has the smaller size alloys which were reconned about 2 yrs ago and now starting to look slightly tatty. A few stone chips and a couple of scrapes to the bumper. Small area of rust re-appearing by front wheel arch base, probably from previous bad repair ( 10p sized, we had it fixed before for about £150) Small ding with small paint crack on rear. ABS and hand brake warning lights come on for a second or two sometimes. Silver with air-con and electric sunroof. Anyone care to guess what it might fetch?
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Glass, thru the Vauxhall site says
Note this is 4 a 99 S not a (* R
Audi A6 T
1.8 Petrol 4-door Saloon
5 Speed Manual Front Wheel Drive
Year: 1999 S
Mileage: 146,000
Part-exchange Price:
Excellent condition:
£1940
Average condition:
£1700
Below average condition:
£1450
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First thought and a glance on the Trader seems to confirm it as reasonable is an asking price of £2,700 in excellent condition with no faults that you wouldn't consider wear and tear, i.e., T-cut the scrapes on the bumper and any rust would be wholly unexpected on an Audi of this age.
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What Car says
PRICES
Dealer £4,045
Private £3,095
Part exchange £2,695
Trade £2,495
Cost new £24,470
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The Whatcar valuations presumably are for a motor in decent nick, personally I wouldn't fancy paying more than a bag for a leggy, tatty A6. If it was an estate it would be vaguely attractive as a load lugger but a saloon has little in the way of being attractive.
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Just another thought with regards the ABS and handbrake light coming on - both are potential hefty bills and there is a fair chance that other work will be required in the not too distant future, all of which mean you could quite conceivably spend a sum equal to the purchase price keeping it on the road safe and legal.
Yet another reason to knock the value down further.
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We were expecting\hoping for about £1000. We've had it 2 years and paid about £2600 at auction so that seems that it might be about right. The rust is a mystery-it had a mark on the paintwork when bought as if it had been scraped which soon developed into a bubbly patch which we had fixed but has now started to return, possibly a bad repair originally. The scrapes wont't T-cut out either, we've tried. Overall the car looks OK and rides and runs very nicely but we're certainly not over-optomistic about the price.
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I would say that ebay is your best bet - there is often strong bidding on things like this.
Give the car a thorough clean and valet (maybe even pay for a pro job) then take lots of good quality photos, write a detailed but honest description then list the car on a thursday night and let it run for the full 10 days. This way you get maximum exposure, plenty of time for people to view the car and it ends on a night when most people are in.
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Just as an end (assuming buyer turns up tomorrow as promised, with cash) to the above story, it fetched bang on £2000. We were quite pleased.
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Not seen this thread before but I had your car in my EBay watch! Possibly a month or so off changing and wanting to get a feel for A6 prices. I thought you did OK.
So was your ownership experience positive?
David
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lordwoody.
Thanks for coming back with an outcome. It is always interesting to read the results of intentions and problems but unfortunately very few bother.
Really appreciated.
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The A6 experience has been a pretty pleasant one and not hugely costly. ( it was bought as an ex-company car 2.5 years ago for about 3600, including auction fees)There have been unexpected expenses ( suspension and drive-shaft ) and it needs money spending to bring it up to scratch, but it's by no means a banger. It's still tight and solid and a nice car to drive. We already have a Saab 9-5 so decided to down-size one of the cars and the Audi, though older and with much higher mileage, was worth more than the Saab and thus raised a larger deposit towards the most economical and cheap-to-run small car. Current fave is Toyota Aygo 5dr. with 3 years free servicing and a years free insurance, ins. group 1 and big MPG. Basically the cheapest car to run bar none, according to What Car. A sort of latter-day 2CV with modern style and Japanese reliability and residuals. As recommended by Honest John.
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Buyers turned up at 8 this morning, having left Leeds at 3.30am! Very pleased with car , took them to the bank and paid the cash in, and they've left with the car and very happy.
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Mr Woody,
Forgetting the fact you don't need such a big car again, and forgetting fuel consumption, would you buy one again?
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