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Hello everyone,
First of all I just want to say thank you to anyone and everyone out there. I'm glad to have found this place via a friends referral.
Introduction: I have been in love with the Audi series for a long time. I'm only 23 (come may, '06) but I work full time and finally decided that I am ready to buy a real car (I was driving a '78 ford thunder bird before). I'm not a car guy; I've never done a lot of reading and I've never worked on my own cars before. I never had the money to buy a car worth staying on top of and I am really a simple guy. I like things clean and stock; out speeding the guy next to me isn't an issue, he can win for all I care. I just want my car to be simple, stock, clean, sexy, and fun for me to drive.
Car Info: On the way home from a job interview I stopped by the Audi dealer; I went in to drive a passat and tripped head over heals for my old friend the A4. They have a 2001 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro, 43,206 miles, clean CARFAX (they faxed a copy to me), a sexy blue with leather etc etc etc. They are asking $17,995 and said "we can work on it".
Inside/Insight Info: The sales rep was super nice to me; really understood I wasn't looking to buy that day but was still selling (as he should be; it's his job). I drove the passat but couldn't stop thinking of the audi. He knows I'm really into the car but he also knows that I can just as easy walk away from it (being that I did that day). Now I hear it's bad if the dealer knows the buyer wants something really bad; so I lost that advantage to a certain degree. I asked the dealer if I could take the specs home and do some research so he gave me his list of used cars on the lot and the features each had. I think the sheet has all the specs the asking price and the day they got the car. I don't know if this helps the cards I have in my hand but I am pretty sure I have the date they bought the car and got it on the lot. In any case the car has been on the lot for "about 100 days/3 months" according to the dealeer but the sheet says 10/'05.
Questions/Advice:
1: Is the 1.8T really as bad as the reviews say and is the 2.8 any different? I couldn't find many reviews on the 2.8; they either didn't say the type or they said 1.8T.
2: What would be a fair price for this car? (WAUDH68D91Ao62073/Vin #) I really don't have a problem walking right up the dealer and telling him that they can sell me the car for $14.5K out the door and walking if they say no. But I would like to know what is a realistic price for this car.
3: What is maintenance really like for these cars? I can afford monthly payments but cars are more than the $300 a month + insurance and I realize this.
4: Does anyone have any idea what insurance is like for a 23 year old kid with 2 california stops on his record?
5: What is the avg. miles per gallon (mpg?). Again I'm not a fast driver but every now and again I do like to take it up a knotch on the free way.
I do apologize about the length of this message but this is my first big car buy and this would be my first ever Audi; mom taught me how to play it safe but big bro taught me how to have fun too, haha. If anyone has any words of advice good or bad please help; I would truely appreciate it.
Sincerely and thank you in advance
Gabriel Z.
Santa Rosa Ca/north of the bay area.
First of all I just want to say thank you to anyone and everyone out there. I'm glad to have found this place via a friends referral.
Introduction: I have been in love with the Audi series for a long time. I'm only 23 (come may, '06) but I work full time and finally decided that I am ready to buy a real car (I was driving a '78 ford thunder bird before). I'm not a car guy; I've never done a lot of reading and I've never worked on my own cars before. I never had the money to buy a car worth staying on top of and I am really a simple guy. I like things clean and stock; out speeding the guy next to me isn't an issue, he can win for all I care. I just want my car to be simple, stock, clean, sexy, and fun for me to drive.
Car Info: On the way home from a job interview I stopped by the Audi dealer; I went in to drive a passat and tripped head over heals for my old friend the A4. They have a 2001 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro, 43,206 miles, clean CARFAX (they faxed a copy to me), a sexy blue with leather etc etc etc. They are asking $17,995 and said "we can work on it".
Inside/Insight Info: The sales rep was super nice to me; really understood I wasn't looking to buy that day but was still selling (as he should be; it's his job). I drove the passat but couldn't stop thinking of the audi. He knows I'm really into the car but he also knows that I can just as easy walk away from it (being that I did that day). Now I hear it's bad if the dealer knows the buyer wants something really bad; so I lost that advantage to a certain degree. I asked the dealer if I could take the specs home and do some research so he gave me his list of used cars on the lot and the features each had. I think the sheet has all the specs the asking price and the day they got the car. I don't know if this helps the cards I have in my hand but I am pretty sure I have the date they bought the car and got it on the lot. In any case the car has been on the lot for "about 100 days/3 months" according to the dealeer but the sheet says 10/'05.
Questions/Advice:
1: Is the 1.8T really as bad as the reviews say and is the 2.8 any different? I couldn't find many reviews on the 2.8; they either didn't say the type or they said 1.8T.
2: What would be a fair price for this car? (WAUDH68D91Ao62073/Vin #) I really don't have a problem walking right up the dealer and telling him that they can sell me the car for $14.5K out the door and walking if they say no. But I would like to know what is a realistic price for this car.
3: What is maintenance really like for these cars? I can afford monthly payments but cars are more than the $300 a month + insurance and I realize this.
4: Does anyone have any idea what insurance is like for a 23 year old kid with 2 california stops on his record?
5: What is the avg. miles per gallon (mpg?). Again I'm not a fast driver but every now and again I do like to take it up a knotch on the free way.
I do apologize about the length of this message but this is my first big car buy and this would be my first ever Audi; mom taught me how to play it safe but big bro taught me how to have fun too, haha. If anyone has any words of advice good or bad please help; I would truely appreciate it.
Sincerely and thank you in advance
Gabriel Z.
Santa Rosa Ca/north of the bay area.