Car dealerships ( Audi )

[Pewit 970]

10 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

£12000 in discounts???

Fckin hell.....I've never had a car worth 12G never mind that much in discounts

I once drove 8hrs to the far north of Scotland in my 1 litre car sat 18" behind a wagon to ride his slip stream and get my fuel economy down even further......some of you c**ts have too much money  

We used to wind one of our railway gang lads something rotten. He must be near 55 now,  talks like Joe Pasquale and is as thick as bulls spunk. You could make a story up about him and he'd flip the lid thinking everyone believed it.

He bought a caravan one year and I made up the story that he started buying Caravan Weekly magazine and in one issue there was a tip for saving fuel and that was to get in the slipstream of a wagon whilst on the motorway. Well Steve did this and was concentrating that much he missed his turn off on the motorway by 50 miles. 

He was boiling red and screaming when I was telling all the other gang lads, raging! 

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

22 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Well I'm sure as hell not giving it to some smug car salesman

Cars are all over the place atm the newish Land Rover stuff is dropping in value at auctions , 

small cheap cars seem to be holding well . 
 
but stuff that’s around 10 years old and low mileage is fetching lot more than it should and would of a few year ago.

[Greyman 28,441]

53 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

Well I'm sure as hell not giving it to some smug car salesman

No offence to anyone caught up in this gravy train but I find it all very sad that people are willing to spend a year or two of there life grafting as that is what it equates to just for a stupid shiny car to look good in front of people that don’t matter, you never got £12000 in discount they just cut there profit margin a percent the only people benefiting are the big manufacturers and government because of new car tax, rather enjoy my life in the £200 swift that’s racked up over 200k trouble free miles and still going strong than live beyond my means with shiny things that you never actually own sorry to piss on everybody’s dream, just an alternative view lol 

[Lenmcharristar 9,792]

3 minutes ago, Greyman said:

No offence to anyone caught up in this gravy train but I find it all very sad that people are willing to spend a year or two of there life grafting as that is what it equates to just for a stupid shiny car to look good in front of people that don’t matter, you never got £12000 in discount they just cut there profit margin a percent the only people benefiting are the big manufacturers and government because of new car tax, rather enjoy my life in the £200 swift that’s racked up over 200k trouble free miles and still going strong than live beyond my means with shiny things that you never actually own sorry to piss on everybody’s dream, just an alternative view lol 

Man you need a bit of boost in your life.

strap a huge garret turbo onto your barge engine and watch it come to life.

[poxon 5,741]

Good story mate I love my Audis an vag group cars only thing I don’t like is the premium you have to pay for parts or maintenance on them at dealerships ita rip off! Ive got a little s3 black addition 8p2 model I’m a ex mechanic my self the dealership wanted to charge me £1100 to supply an fit rear discs an pads I nearly had heart attack when they quoted me I didn’t go with them in the end I went to a side street garage oem parts £650 all in supplied an fitted 

[Greyman 28,441]

3 minutes ago, Lenmcharristar said:

Man you need a bit of boost in your life.

strap a huge garret turbo onto your barge engine and watch it come to life.

I have one of these with a large Garret turbo attached cost me £800 worth around 10/15k now I like to make money not give it away 

[Pewit 970]

1 minute ago, poxon said:

Good story mate I love my Audis an vag group cars only thing I don’t like is the premium you have to pay for parts or maintenance on them at dealerships ita rip off! Ive got a little s3 black addition 8p2 model I’m a ex mechanic my self the dealership wanted to charge me £1100 to supply an fit rear discs an pads I nearly had heart attack when they quoted me I didn’t go with them in the end I went to a side street garage oem parts £650 all in supplied an fitted 

I did until about a year ago until my Passat started lighting up like a Christmas tree with warning lights. Always serviced it regularly as well.

[Pewit 970]

Just now, Greyman said:

I have one of these with a large Garret turbo attached cost me £800 worth around 10/15k now I like to make money not give it away 

No good being the richest man in the sea bed..... 

[Stavross 15,666]

5 minutes ago, Greyman said:

No offence to anyone caught up in this gravy train but I find it all very sad that people are willing to spend a year or two of there life grafting as that is what it equates to just for a stupid shiny car to look good in front of people that don’t matter, you never got £12000 in discount they just cut there profit margin a percent the only people benefiting are the big manufacturers and government because of new car tax, rather enjoy my life in the £200 swift that’s racked up over 200k trouble free miles and still going strong than live beyond my means with shiny things that you never actually own sorry to piss on everybody’s dream, just an alternative view lol 

The 12k isn’t all discount, it’s a number juggling exercise to get to where you are happy with the payment, going through the numbers with her yesterday most people wouldn’t of been able to buy a 2 year old car from them for what she is paying for the S3, you never want to own cars like this, because once they are out of warranty they just become a headache if they go wrong. If you have a lot of money you might as well spend it on as many shiny things as you want because you can’t take it with you, she’s in a very good position, we have no real debt, no kids and she has a very well paid job that gives her the average man’s wage at the end of each month just too spaff on whatever she wants after everything else is paid for, live the life you want, not the one you dream about 

[iworkwhippets 12,596]

live the life you want, well said that man, ive tried to do just that most of my life, and still do,  at this very moment im watching the midwife,  i knows how to rck n roll i do 

[Pewit 970]

1 minute ago, iworkwhippets said:

live the life you want, well said that man, ive tried to do just that most of my life, and still do,  at this very moment im watching the midwife,  i knows how to rck n roll i do 

Live birth fetish?

[Stavross 15,666]

2 hours ago, poxon said:

Good story mate I love my Audis an vag group cars only thing I don’t like is the premium you have to pay for parts or maintenance on them at dealerships ita rip off! Ive got a little s3 black addition 8p2 model I’m a ex mechanic my self the dealership wanted to charge me £1100 to supply an fit rear discs an pads I nearly had heart attack when they quoted me I didn’t go with them in the end I went to a side street garage oem parts £650 all in supplied an fitted 

We never used to take her cars to Audi even for service, we have a local independent that specialises in Audi’s so they used to service them and it wouldn’t affect the warranty, Audi are charging between £130 and £150 an hour now so we just go for the service plan at £12 a month works out miles cheaper and everything else is covered by the warranty 

[Aussie Whip 4,100]

I believe we should have what makes us happy while we're here if we have the means. Why not? I've always driven old bangers but bought a second hand Toyota Hilux 5 years ago for $23 000 Oz dollars. I'll have it until I die, unless I hit an old man roo or a truck, lol. 

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

I wouldn’t have another vag group car after the one owner from new 2005 touran sport  I bought with 54k on the clock in 11 months of ownership the  turbo went then the engine shot diesel into the sump at 64k I was £5250 out of pocket I sold it for £400 scrap that was in 2022 , I replaced that with a Audi A4 sline petrol with 70k on clock that went into garage twice with engine management lights got fed up with that an bought a 13 reg fiat panda 1.2 petrol , I’ve smoked that around 18 months been good as gold only problem was windscreen got bullseyed  by piece of tarmac . Today I just bought a 2013 Toyota Rav 4 2.0 D4D one owner from new 48,000 miles on clock , hopefully should get few years out of this , I wanted something higher up , it was 8 miles away yeah I overpayed for it but it’s payed for no loans or payment plan an I’m  happy with it .

[Aussie Whip 4,100]

15 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I wouldn’t have another vag group car after the one owner from new 2005 touran sport  I bought with 54k on the clock in 11 months of ownership the  turbo went then the engine shot diesel into the sump at 64k I was £5250 out of pocket I sold it for £400 scrap that was in 2022 , I replaced that with a Audi A4 sline petrol with 70k on clock that went into garage twice with engine management lights got fed up with that an bought a 13 reg fiat panda 1.2 petrol , I’ve smoked that around 18 months been good as gold only problem was windscreen got bullseyed  by piece of tarmac . Today I just bought a 2013 Toyota Rav 4 2.0 D4D one owner from new 48,000 miles on clock , hopefully should get few years out of this , I wanted something higher up , it was 8 miles away yeah I overpayed for it but it’s payed for no loans or payment plan an I’m  happy with it .

Should be good for many years if you keep the 10 000km services up.