Omg Some Guy Offered Me An Audi A8

[messi]

Yes I'm looking for an Ls430, but some guy offered me an Audi A8 Quattro for my x reg ls400, hmmmmm

[cruisermark]

i thought you had an ls430 and sold it because you hated it?

[messi]

Hi

I may not be able to drive again due to having an op in my leg and left arm due to nerve damage that was caused at the gym last year, I kept thinking the numb feeling would go away, but it hasn't and I can't feel my arm and abit of my leg, so thought to give my car to my brother, he drove it and thought yep it's nice but preferred the ls430, maybe because of the toys, I don't want to be driven about to my appointments in another car like the Audi or anything else, so this is the only reason I'm looking for an ls430. But if I don't find one, I'm going to force him to keep this ls400 somehow.

[The-Acre]

Yes I'm looking for an Ls430, but some guy offered me an Audi A8 Quattro for my x reg ls400, hmmmmm

I wouldn't.

[jpjsavage]

No, l wouldn't either. But I think you know that this is the answer you will get from LOC members!

[messi]

Yes I know, I'm gonna force him to take me around in the ls400, you can't go wrong with an ls400

[lordturns]

Messi,

I quite like the A8 D2 and test drove a 2.8 sport quattro with all the trimmings - as usual I had done my research and was aware of the gearbox problems with these cars and a few other niggles....I have always fancied an S8 though ever since I saw the film 'Ronin' which also happens to have another few favourites of mine - E34 M5 and Merc 450SEL 6.9 :outforcount:

[messi]

Audi are nice but they do have that dreaded gearbox issue, which of course Audi deny, I used to have an S4 6 speed manual, when I sold it, it had 233000 miles and it was mint, only problems it gave me was abs module needed replacing and control arms and the usual wear and tear brake pads etc and that's it

[messi]

Audi are nice but they do have that dreaded gearbox issue, which of course Audi deny, I used to have an S4 6 speed manual, when I sold it, it had 233000 miles and it was mint, only problems it gave me was abs module needed replacing and control arms and the usual wear and tear brake pads etc and that's it

[G_man]

I had a D3 Audi A8 4.2 LWB 2003 a few years back and whilst it spanks my current LS430 ( 2001 ) in the looks dept, the audi was awful for reliability, Mine had the finger print scanner that doubled as the keyless start button. The car was in @ Bristol audi within a month of me buying it because the whole system was in german and the comfort settings for the fingerprint scanner didn't work. ( £980.00 billl ) cost me £70 as a warranty I had on it actually covered this which i was suprised about. The system for setting up all the memory settings for seats etc which worked off the scanner worked for about a month and then cocked up again. Bristol crap audi said it was to do with the screen module in the car and not the work that they carried out, Over the next year my audi had a tendancy like S class mercs of the same era to drop on the suspension if the car wasn't driven much. Royal pain in the ***** and another was the fact that I replaced the Battery on the car and didn't realise that the Battery had to be coded to the car? I mean come on! I bought the correct replacement and did this because the car would die again if it wasn't used within a week, I jumped the car off my other car I had and low n behold it sparks ( I connected it correctly but I didn't connect the positive first ) and BOOM the car is dead. ( Audi in all the wisdom didn't put terminal points under the bonnet for you to jump the car ) You had to connect straight to the Battery on the positive in the boot and a earth that was on the body of the car just above the Battery.

Anyway car had to be low loaded to audi Tetbury ( didn't want to use Bristol ) and they diagnosed a authorisation module had died and one would have to be flown in from germany, week later car was fixed after a raping of £990.00

I had the car 2 years and covered less than 8 thousand miles in it ( bought @ 93k, got shot at 101k ) and the car cost me 9.5k back in feb 09

I would only recommend a audi if you can get a decent warranty that would pay out, because whilst there nice looking car their definatly not reliable on the electrics front - and their no were near as comfortable as the LS430, the seats on my LS430 are so god damn comfortable it's unreal and on my old A8 they were ok but after a long drive on the motorway they were very hard on the back side.

[Chris Skelton]

OUCH!!!! ^^^^