Really good deal!!!! - people just very sarcastic and jealous when a real luxury item comes on here with a really good price, yes its not for you look, turn the page and move on. well found this , by the way its outa my price range but can actually appreciate a good deal and real potential saving.
Chaznik
19 Jan 16#199
It's an amazing vehicle. Would recommend!
SCOUSEKEVIN
19 Jan 162#198
Being successful at any Career /Profession makes work a pleasure, my son is an Lift Engineer , my youngest daughter is a Nurse and my Eldest Daughter is a Police Officer, they love what they do. I was a Technical Rep for decades, from Elgin down to Southampton and Northern Ireland. All of my Children own their houses NO MORTGAGES helped by the Dad bank, am I successful, YES, I have a great family and I enjoy helping them and my grandchildren. I drive a wee Hyundai, we downsized to a modest 2 bedroom house. Could I afford the High Performance vehicle, YES but even when the kids were growing up we preferred to tithe some of our income to help those less fortunate then we are. Successful people are those who enjoy what they do and are good at it, even if the financial reward isn’t as good as some others Career`s.
royals
19 Jan 16#197
5 wheels? costs more than a flat?
some people like driving or spend a lot of time in their cars, so a little comfort is not an ego boost. That's the difference between here an the USA. In the USA they celebrate success whereas here people will drag successful people down at every opportunity
royals
19 Jan 161#196
Agreed that's odd, better to buy a property yourself and let it out and get a cheaper car. Then buy the nice car when you can genuinely afford it eg after buying your second or third BTL
mc11
16 Jan 16#7
If I had the money I would go for it. I have always wanted the A4 3.0 litre Quattro but always out of my price range. I am getting there, another 10 years maybe. Just got to make sure my next car holds its value for a deposit.
Toon_army to mc11
16 Jan 16#25
My advice to everybody is never buy brand spanking new car if you hate the depreciation value lol. Touch wood, in past 10 years I've only lost out on one car but I knew from day one I'd lose on it!
Give me 2 years and I'll have an Audi R8, they've halved in value since new but are holding value now. 3-4 years is where they'll lose the most.
royals to mc11
19 Jan 16#195
Its why most audi, bmws, jags, mercs and any other luxury car are either leased or on pcp. Few people can afford to pay for it outright and even those that could wouldnt as theyd use the capital for investment instead
Besford
18 Jan 16#194
So true. Used to be known as 'brickies' cars'; after The Chairman had his three years out of 'the Jag' it got sold on cheap to a labourer with a live-for-today attitude to fuel consumption. Of course, these days the brickie could earn nearly as much as the chairman (and quite right too!).
SCOUSEKEVIN
18 Jan 16#193
Modern media promotes the modern dream as being fancy this or fast that, pointless.
monkeyhanger75
18 Jan 16#192
It's not ego when you're earning enough for a car like this to not put a dent in your disposable income, or if your car is your one extravagance - why else be a big earner and likely do a job with big responsibility and stress.
Some people earning big money like to spend their earnings on things they enjoy. Not everyone needs to be driving around in a mundane 70ps car that will get you to 70mph eventually.
By your logic, owning a house when a cheaper flat will do would also be a waste of resources. Earn your money and enjoy it whatever you spend it on....without the hippy guilt trip.
philbr4m
17 Jan 162#69
I have a suggestion, that is that anyone hypocritical enough to be on here using a smart phone or similar device in their heated home watching their bought TV(probably sky) should not be banging on about food banks and third world countries, I dare say most people including myself contribute enough to charity and it's about personal choice , so let's not get to high and mighty as the air is thin up there and wouldn't want anyone to pass out
effingandjeffing to philbr4m
18 Jan 16#191
this should be the new audi advert
effingandjeffing
18 Jan 161#190
IRONY!
effingandjeffing
18 Jan 16#189
the best way for VW to ensure it's future is to really concentrate/monopolise on/in emerging markets. Forcing higher costs must force lower sales.
No corporation is too big to fail remember BritishLeyland? but that's only IF judges award massive payouts, corps never lose in court. they have the best lawyers and the best politicians
SCOUSEKEVIN
18 Jan 16#188
No I would not, my family need a house to live in, we need a sensible car for transport one with 5 wheels that starts when its supposed to and gets us from A _ B what I do not need is a car that costs more than some flats and that will be limited to a Legal Max 70 MPH in the UK. If someone needs one of these to feed their ego that is their choice, but what a waste of Resources.
jgsdesai
18 Jan 16#187
Not sad at all!!! Take your time, you'll be applying for one of these soon. Had you done an Engineering course, you'd make the smarter move and apply for a BMW instead :smirk: But this is ok too.
jgsdesai
18 Jan 16#186
I completely agree with you about that :smirk:
I was simply letting you know light heartedly that nobody would see this car as an investment, that's why i wrote THIS in capitals in my last message. Supercars and Classics/Collectibles aside.
As for buy to let landlords, that's a discussion for another day :man:
logohigh
18 Jan 16#184
Yet another cut price Audi
Half price in fact
Tells you one and / or both of two things !
monkeyhanger75 to logohigh
18 Jan 16#185
This is the kind of car not many people buy with their own money - it is a high end company car, other Audis have far better depreciation, the kind people do buy with their own money privately, like A1s and A3s. Once you start getting into company car territory the residuals drop because they are disposed of in bulk through auction at 2 and 3 years old.
osiris
18 Jan 161#183
People buy Ferraris as an investment. But the old saying "A Fool and his Money are soon Parted" applies here. I see many people with expensive cars usually on hp paying rent to "buy to let" landlords.......they have not got a clue. Car dealers, finance companies and buy to let landlords are laughing all the way to the Bank.
rohitmkiller
18 Jan 16#182
Good on you to be honest. Do you mind me asking what job/work you do?
rohitmkiller
18 Jan 16#181
Yes, I still don't really know, as sad as that situation might sound. I did a degree in Physics, as I knew it might keep more doors open than some other degrees I could've chosen.
rohitmkiller
17 Jan 16#180
Okay, I didn't realise people on this forum would be uptight about grammar. That is, of course, unless you are currently offering jobs.
jgsdesai
17 Jan 16#179
Would be nice if you accepted your mistake but anyway...
The 3 top definitions of "INVESTMENT" as you claimed:
1. The action or process of investing money for profit.
2. A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future.
3. An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.
Clearly nobody will buy THIS car as an investment under its true definition. (No idea what your definition is:{)
qbs
17 Jan 16#178
Another example of strange heat. There's no stock anywhere yet people are voting hot. Be as well posting 20p Lear Jets at Tesco. :smiley:
118luke
17 Jan 16#177
More to it though.
example:
Tesco are selling 42" Sony TVs in Inverness for £50, but only have 10 in stock. everyone sees this and votes HOT, soon raising the temperature to 2000 degrees.
Shortly afterwords, Amazon are selling the same TV for £100, but the temperature is only at 82 degrees - yet have lots of stock. Worse yet, some are voting cold on the amazon deal because it is cheaper at Tesco (even though its a one off in Inverness)
That means the majority of the site have seen the Tesco tv that only 0.01% of the site can viably access, but miss the deal that they can actually get. Which is why i use the voting method i described earlier. Joe Bloggs and Dolly pat in Inverness have their own vote and can vote HOT since they have access to it, but if its only a very small handful that can get it then its not much use to many people is it, and people would miss genuine deals.
kidrock123
17 Jan 16#176
awesome....would love one but i'm kinda short by £46,400
118luke
17 Jan 16#175
This 100%.
My first car was a 1.4 Peugeot 306. It wasn't fast (though it felt it at 17 year old!) nor the best built car out there - but my god, for character, soul and fun - it knocked the socks off the VW Golf work car i currently have!
One of the reasons i dislike the majority of German boxes out there - they are just Soulless, have no passion about them and built to be as clinical as possible.
Staypuff
17 Jan 16#174
You make it sound like someone buying this car can't afford a bmw?
cobrastang
17 Jan 16#173
Or are they both Seat?Doesnt matter its not a BMW
ezzer72
17 Jan 16#172
Only the 'more money than sense' occupants of the World.
If you had to drive to the Arctic Circle, take a Range Rover - if you plan to come home again, take a Toyota Land Cruiser.
WBRacing
17 Jan 161#171
Or winter tyres. :smirk:
WBRacing
17 Jan 161#170
I remember it the first time around which is now 30+ years ago, which is quite depressing!
Hopefully in another 30 years time I won't still be reading "Cheers OP, bought 3" on threads like this.
mickrobbobmw
17 Jan 16#167
Great Car but prefer it in non LWB. Massive saving against say a BMW 530 at £70k and that won't move in an inch of snow!
Tyranicus66 to mickrobbobmw
17 Jan 16#169
If you have a genuine need to worry about "snow" and have got 70k to burn buy a range rover like the rest of the world.
Tyranicus66
17 Jan 16#168
A6 still the pick of the bunch! This is basically an air-port car.
lehappymerchant
17 Jan 162#89
if I had a spare 50k, do you think I'd be browsing hotukdeals?
RustySpoons to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 162#97
Yes absolutely, would be daft not to.
Askrulous to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 164#108
Yes, being careful with money increases the amount I have spare.
Kez64 to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 161#131
Well I am!
Change_Me to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 163#140
Rich people stay rich by living like they're broke. Broke people stay broke by living like they're rich.
monkeyhanger75 to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 161#158
I would - to make sure i'm not overpaying for whatever I blew it on.
poopscoop to lehappymerchant
17 Jan 16#166
I think most of the UK use credit.
rohitmkiller
17 Jan 16#111
who on HUKD can afford this?? if so, I'm a young graduate career hunting. please tell me what work you do so I can follow route.
monkeyhanger75 to rohitmkiller
17 Jan 161#150
If you did a Sociology degree you won't be able to get a job as a Veterinary Surgeon without further study. Your route will depend very much on your field of study - get yourself on Linked-in and be prepared to be paid relatively poorly while gaining early experience in your chosen field.
delboyd to rohitmkiller
17 Jan 161#155
Wait you graduated but don't know what you want to do in life? :confused: What did you do a degree in if you didn't know what you wanted to do?
Besford to rohitmkiller
17 Jan 161#165
Best advice anyone can give you: go back to school and learn some grammar. However bright you may be if the first impression is of a semi-literate kid then you aren't going to get in many doors. Seriously!
snagzie
17 Jan 16#164
FWIW, the older Audi's are still a force to be reckoned with.
Wouldn't buy an A8 (ever) especially a LWB, but A6's are a great alternative to a 5-series or E-Class.
Moonwolf1976
17 Jan 16#72
Not impressed at all by anybody that drives a souless dull Audi car it has nothing at all to do with being jelouse of them, i think i feel sorry for them it must make them depressed its utter dullness it projects to all must effect them!
mitcheto to Moonwolf1976
17 Jan 161#118
Thanks for that valuable contribution...
monkeyhanger75 to Moonwolf1976
17 Jan 162#163
Most modern cars are soulless - handling and refinement has come so far with most marques that cruising at 75mph doesn't raise the pulse at all. Doing 75mph in an old Nova SRI that shook like a dog ****ing razorblades had far more of a thrill to it than anything i've driven in the last 10 years.
Askrulous
17 Jan 162#162
It's also a discussion site, otherwise they'd only be a hot/cold button to click on. A lot of comments in threads may be useless self indulgences, but amongst them there are sometimes little gems, which help voters decide on the true value of an item.
monkeyhanger75
17 Jan 16#161
No, within 14 days you will not pay the arrangement fees or exit fees, just the interest accrued for the days prior to the day you announced cancellation to the finance company. Most dealerships will not want you to do this as they'll not get their kickback from the finance company.
monkeyhanger75
17 Jan 16#159
If you settle within 14 days, you pay the interest accrued in that time e.g. you entered into a 5% APR deal on a £20k loan, you'll be charged £2.73 per day for all the days within the 14 days that passed before you asked to settle. After the 14 days, there'll be penalties for settling early - usually a calculation along the same lines as above + 2 months "penalty" interest.
TazzzD
17 Jan 16#160
Cheers OP, ordered 2
CoolElectronics
17 Jan 165#157
It seems after reading this thread - 33% of Hukd members are bullcrappers another 33% are fantasists, 33% are poor and the remaining 1% like myself already have 2 of these :smirk:
muffboy
17 Jan 16#156
So you don't have to pay the full interest over the whole term even if you settle within 14 days?
osiris
17 Jan 16#154
" Also worth noting that the depreciation on these is awful. Car will be worth £20000 after 3 years and 30000 miles"
monkeyhanger75
17 Jan 161#153
And they will all drive with the refinement of a 1980s Fiat Panda.
oliytinktiger101
17 Jan 16#77
Audis are seriously stunning cars, whether you like it not they make everybody's head turn <3
ezzer72 to oliytinktiger101
17 Jan 16#152
Or stomach.
Topper1900
17 Jan 16#151
Don't you still have to pay the, rip off, charges to set up the agreement or are they waived as well?
monkeyhanger75
17 Jan 161#149
No usually about it - you have 14 days to cancel your finance (but not the car - you have to find the money elsewhere) and pay nominal interest with no other penalties. This is a good way to score for finance deposit contributions. Did this to snag the £500 contribution on my wife's A1, settled in full after ringing Audi finance for a settlement, £500 saved in lieu of £4.27 interest accrued.
Bikerdanny
17 Jan 161#148
What a pointless feature apart from it may look cool to some ! Self closing boot is a okay idea, but this is proper useless.
Chiptivo
17 Jan 163#122
Good result for Man Utd today, Klopp and his jokers are a laughing stock.
bd1981bd to Chiptivo
17 Jan 16#147
... and some people on here thinking Audi drivers are idiots!
SCOUSEKEVIN
16 Jan 1610#13
No matter how much money I had I could never own an expensive car, the cost of the tyres on this would feed a family for YEARS in some of the poorer areas of the World.
davep69 to SCOUSEKEVIN
16 Jan 168#30
What like Liverpool ?
Graham1979 to SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 16#51
Like Liverpool?
I agree with you dude. If I won the lottery maybe though
ktm666 to SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 162#58
You can't have that attitude. How much did the smartphone or laptop you just used to write that post cost? I'm sure that could have fed a few families.
thfcpad to SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 161#94
Why not cancel your phone and broadband contracts and donate the savings to help the cause if you are that passionate.
DarkBat1 to SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 16#119
lol
monkeyhanger75 to SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 163#146
And your house would probably feed them for many lifetimes - so are you going to live in a tent and donate the proceeds of your house to Oxfam? :stuck_out_tongue:
watcher456
17 Jan 16#145
The back is the best bit! It's basically a hatchback. So easy to get access to it.
pauljcarr
17 Jan 16#144
That's the key factor. If you have no interest in buying something, it doesn't mean that NO-ONE will. There isn't too much available for sale that has NO market, at least not for long anyway. It should be remembered that this isn't a review site - it's a deal site.
cobrastang
17 Jan 16#116
Still a lot of money for what is essentially a Skoda
rebel to cobrastang
17 Jan 161#143
Oh, right, I thought Skodas were essentially Audis.
118luke
17 Jan 161#142
Its about all of the above.
If someone sells a turd for £10 and someone sells a turd for £1 - its still a turd their selling!
If a product is badly designed/made in the first place - then even if it is reduced by 50%, it will still be a bad product.
Personally i factor in 3 things when i vote.
1. Can i get the product in the first place/is it even available to me?
2. Is the product good/high quality & value?
3. Is there a significant reduction in price from its standard price?
Remember, its how voting works - you vote for things that affect you, not Joe Bloggs that lives at the other side of the country
turbo_c
17 Jan 161#141
Great, wonder what defeat devices are installed on this one.
Staypuff
17 Jan 16#139
Must remember to get a remap evens out at 4 then far better.
Ross81
16 Jan 162#20
what's the emissions like on this one?
blazindata to Ross81
17 Jan 161#64
Depends what you've had to eat.
quidstretchy to Ross81
17 Jan 16#113
like the aroma of rose petals on sandalwood
uktottys to Ross81
17 Jan 161#138
2 rain forests per week.
N1Andy
17 Jan 163#105
Lovely motor!
Staypuff to N1Andy
17 Jan 16#136
At least you spelt Audi right, lacking in artistic talent to be critical. Oh your street looks lovely
Staypuff to N1Andy
17 Jan 16#137
Oh so sorry this is your home............looks er rustic.
striker33
17 Jan 161#130
For only £46k*, you too can show the rest of the world just how much of a **** driver you are, in style.
*5% discount for BMW owners.
Staypuff to striker33
17 Jan 16#135
Oh your hilarious, should do standup
Chaznik
17 Jan 161#132
An awful lot of vehicle for the money, less than I paid for my SQ5 that's for sure. If some wish to put down a small deposit and pay per month for a vehicle they like then I can't see the issue with the OP putting up a decent reduction on a new vehicle. Because some people disagree with spending so much, or cannot afford, it doesn't negate from the fact a 23% discount on a new vehicle is strong.
Staypuff to Chaznik
17 Jan 16#134
Would love an SQ5, looking to be my next buy tbh but second hand as new lol can't afford it.
Chaznik
17 Jan 16#133
£23k not %
darthvader666uk
16 Jan 16#34
wow this is the same price as my house :/
poing to darthvader666uk
17 Jan 161#74
Yes but does your house have power doors, air conditioning, cruise control, central locking, sat nav, a reversing camera and heated seats? :wink:
ELVIS_THE_PELVIS to darthvader666uk
17 Jan 161#129
Welcome to Wales?
londonguy
17 Jan 16#128
the house does the same if its windy outside
pauljcarr
17 Jan 166#127
This thread is a perfect case in point of how many HUKD users do not seem to understand the basic concept of the site. It is about posting deals - i.e. where a product or service has been found to be available at a better price than elsewhere, and/or previously. It isn't about whether or not it is a product that you want or like. Not too much evidence on this thread that that very basic concept is understood.
I note also that the lack of wisdom evident is matched also by the lack of wit.
spaceinvader
17 Jan 163#125
German car, unreliable, cold. After my friends legal battle to have his Audi engine replaced under warranty and Audi being one of the worst manufacturers on the reliability index... I'll stick to my Japanese cars.
Tallyho to spaceinvader
17 Jan 16#126
Carry on.
backinstock
17 Jan 161#124
That will be the whole world though! :stuck_out_tongue:
backinstock
16 Jan 1639#9
Does it have a heated rear window?
It's a must for me as you can warm your hands when you push it in the winter.
aforumac to backinstock
16 Jan 168#35
guess you don't know what Quattro means?! Would've been a good joke otherwise
shamus1975 to backinstock
17 Jan 161#109
Its not a BMW
deeky to backinstock
17 Jan 164#123
31 likes? That means 31 people in the world haven't heard that joke?
Deeco
17 Jan 16#121
Does the £46,450 include indicators? If not, cold from me
bountyhunter53
16 Jan 1614#1
Don't vote it cold just cause you can't afford it, it's actually a massive saving.
qbs to bountyhunter53
17 Jan 16#44
"The HUKD temperature gauge (the little red and blue arrow next to each deal) is used by members to show their opinion on the deals, competitions, vouchers and freebies on HUKD. Members vote "hot" for those offers that seem pretty special. Enough hot votes and the deal will go front page."
".........opinion on the deals..........." Affordability doesn't come into it. "Don't vote it cold just cause you can't afford it" For balance, you should also be saying 'don't vote it hot unless you can afford it'. :smiley:
benjai to bountyhunter53
17 Jan 162#120
I was going to vote hot, then saw this comment so voted cold.
mitcheto
17 Jan 16#117
Great cars... Have had my A8 for about 5 years now, it's by far the best car I've owned, very comfortable and refined. Air suspension system is great, you can either waft around in comfort mode or drop the suspension (dynamic mode) and throw it round the country lanes! This is a great deal, basically saving the first years depreciation (which is a lot!)
mitcheto
17 Jan 16#115
Soft close doors is a better description. Basically pulls the door closed onto the latch rather than having to slam the door closed. Nice option if you don't like waking the neighbourhood up at 2am, but not sure it would the first option is go for.
linhhoang503
17 Jan 16#114
Cheers OP, bought 5 to sell on ebay.
Rickardo
17 Jan 16#112
If only they could have out an extra row of seats in the LWB. Damn kids!
snack_attack
16 Jan 162#15
'The above quoted price includes a £7,000 contribution towards AUDI PCP finance.'
So a cash buyer can't get it for the quoted price in the title? More like £50000+ when accounting interest. I guess you could buy it on a pcp deal and pay off the finance within the first few days. Also worth noting that the depreciation on these is awful. Car will be worth £20000 after 3 years and 30000 miles.
666bandit666 to snack_attack
17 Jan 16#73
Settle your finance within 28 days. Keep the deposit and only a little interest.
jgsdesai to snack_attack
17 Jan 16#103
I know how much cars depreciate in the frst 3 years, and especially executive cars like this. But when I read your claim of £20k I thought NO WAY it must be £30k+ minimum!!! But quick bit of research tells me you are right, only £22k :confused:
3.1415926 to snack_attack
17 Jan 16#107
You can usually cancel the finance after a few days and pay it off with only minimal interest.
David_e to snack_attack
17 Jan 161#110
I suspect you can take out the finance, get the discount and then repay the loan ASAP. Friend did that with Ford and it worked.
Elysium
17 Jan 161#106
Thanks, just bought!
osiris
17 Jan 16#88
A £46,500 Investment in something that can only go down in value? .......No Thank You
jgsdesai to osiris
17 Jan 161#104
It's not an investment :man:
Staypuff
17 Jan 16#102
I am, cheers btw
jgsdesai
17 Jan 161#101
Haha oh please... People spend hundereds of thousands on new homes from builders, and guess how many months council tax is included? :wink:
Tap on the back if you guessed zero!
RustySpoons
17 Jan 16#100
I was replying to Halloway, no not bored at all :smiley:
Sir Charles
17 Jan 16#99
Very nice car. However I work at a dealership that sells used cars and most of the over age stuff is Audi and VW. The struggle is real! I would rather drop that amount on a used R35 and lose less money.
But I struggle to like anything built after 2005 unless it is a supercar so thats just me.
Staypuff
17 Jan 16#98
FFS, Would have loved the 330 when i bought my audi but only getting 4mths benefit out of that great road holding would be a shame with Englands weather. You've read so you know i already answered this statement, just bored doing some fishing?
RustySpoons
17 Jan 161#96
I have a BMW here that is 30 years old this year and the engine is going strong lol, oh hang on that's perfectly normal for most cars, other than anything from the VAG group :smiley:
Staypuff
17 Jan 161#95
It's not worth it man, Audi, Apple, Surface don't do well on here. It's a discount site after all so premium brands garner allot of negative attention from bitter, jealous small minded individuals. A deal is a deal no matter what and this is a deal on this model irrelevant of whether or not you feel its good value for the product, that's a whole different argument.
Sir Charles
17 Jan 163#93
Just because you are spending £46,450 doesn't mean they are making £46,450 profit.
Staypuff
17 Jan 16#92
Not what i meant, come on now, lots of hate towards audi from people who have never had one. Crawling hardly i was trying to make a social point that hating a car oh here doesnt reflect the car but the individual who is posting as hating is hating no matter what background and suggests bitterness on some occassions.
muffboy
17 Jan 161#91
Horrendous depreciation on Whatcar calculator
effingandjeffing
17 Jan 162#86
this is not an opinion this is from autotrader asking prices
put 4,000miles on the clock ask £35,000 in less than a year.
so i suppose if you are arguing this is great value you can just point to any price point/time
the constant drop in price really is horrendous depreciation
justified for the privilege of being first on the V5?
but there are lots that will, but not enough to keep future values high
bonzobanana to effingandjeffing
17 Jan 161#90
We don't know how depreciation will be effected in years to come by all the debt Volkswagen group is adding. That 20 billion bridging loan has to be paid back however much they use of it. Volkswagen group is having to maximise income, that maybe increased costs for parts, more kit moved to the options list, less friendly terms to their dealerships and generally cost cutting in parts used. It can effect residual values if the company is in financial difficulty. In the long term Volkswagen may be forced to sell some of their marques like Skoda possibly or be saddled with long term debt. As it is Volkswagen market share is falling as is their prices to compensate. We still don't know how much debt Volkswagen will be saddled with but I noted the US rejected VW's recall proposals a week or so ago and many legal campaigns for compensation are in the early stages around the world but especially the US.
There isn't a contract of sale with their customers because the product didn't actually meet the claimed specification. It was falsely declared and intentionally misleading.
panddda
17 Jan 16#87
I can't get the link to work, just out of curiosity what is the monthly payment and deposit required on the PCP deal on this? My husband actually really likes the A8 but never considered it as it should be way above our price range.
TheRatedSeller
17 Jan 16#85
Cold. You could get 9 Dacias for the price of one of these.
moffers
17 Jan 162#84
Who would pay that much for a Glorified Skoda?
Far better cars out there for the money...
118luke
17 Jan 16#83
Cold - Can have 8 Dacia sanderos for the money and still have change
:confused:
phil0502
17 Jan 161#82
On pcp the car would have a GFV of about £23000 in 2 yrs, great 'deal' on the price but I can hear the depreciation from here
sgtbarton
17 Jan 16#81
That said - the Darcia is looking hot as an alternative
sgtbarton
17 Jan 16#80
How about having a nice Sunday read of this deal / thread and don't vote at all if the car does not apply to you either way - saving everyone one once again having to skip the clone posts about "how do you know what I can afford" and small persons disease "why should I vote just cause you say so " blimey - booring! - I vote hot just because I can and whilst I would rather buy property securing my children's tough future ahead - that does not mean this deal is not for someone else.
999pez
17 Jan 162#79
That's a lot of money for an Audi. Much better brands out there for that sort of cash.
Graham1979
17 Jan 16#78
Does this car have a bathroom, bedrooms a kitchen and gardens? Ha ha your post made me laugh.
hu5sain
17 Jan 162#76
£46.5k for an Audi Diesel is not a good deal.
Save a few more quid and the S class or 7 series are much better options or even then Jaguar XJ.
667rog
17 Jan 16#75
Excellent, being a Quattro should cope well with the recent dusting of snow we've had. Just the colour I was looking for too.
lostwebb
17 Jan 161#71
Haha. Very good!
ewanyengi
17 Jan 161#68
The clever money would go on a 2nd hand A8 V8 4.2
ezzer72 to ewanyengi
17 Jan 165#70
The really clever money wouldn't go within 500 yards of any Audi!
jldiablo
17 Jan 161#67
the car is more than 2 meters wide.. does it actually fit the 6'6" width restrictions? is there any gps can help avoid those?
DemonIT
17 Jan 162#66
He means "one not being able to afford", not you personally!
Calm your tit.
SCOUSEKEVIN
17 Jan 16#65
Like Liverpool?
I agree with you dude. If I won the lottery maybe though[
No not UK as our prices are way to high, I was referring to some of the really poorer countries.
Liverpool and most other UK city's have numerous food banks which is an indicator as to how bad it is for some family's. I am fortunate enough to be a mean stingy person I buy a lot of passed the best before date food (freezes well) so I have enough to manage.
lexon123
17 Jan 164#63
The power door closure or clinch motor as it's describes by other manufacturers is quite handy. It means even small children can securely close a door without putting every effort to slam it shut - especially useful on bigger / heavier doors. All they need to do is draw the door close to closed and the motor sucks it in. It's a nice touch also if your hands are full and you have to lean against the door to shut it.
dannyboy 7
17 Jan 16#59
There really are some **** on this site you must all be jealous because you drive around in a **** car that you've paid 8 thousand for and think it's the Best Buy quality get quality like everyone said no point thread spoiling only because you can't afford it
liamwill83 to dannyboy 7
17 Jan 162#62
Take a breath
Staypuff
17 Jan 161#43
Great engine, still going strong at 6yrs old in my A5. This is a luxury model tbh so not for everyone. Shouldn't really post on hotuk though as a lot of scrotes bash any Audi deal. Look above lol makes me smile mind, I was raised on estates but managed to work earning descent money so never hate people buying expensive gear. Personally agree with some comments though could not buy new, but maybe that's just me keeping myself grounded.
qbs to Staypuff
17 Jan 166#46
"Great engine, still going strong at 6yrs old...." I'd be pretty shocked if an engine wasn't still going strong after only 6 years.
"...earning descent money...." What were you doing? One way lift operator? :smile:
joedredd to Staypuff
17 Jan 16#61
Anyone that can't afford an Audi is "a scrote"?
Well done on crawling out on an estate, shame the money is on the descent.
bonzobanana
17 Jan 164#60
Horrifically unreliable car and don't Audi have the worst dealers according to Auto Express.
Seems like a lot of money for a huge amount of potential stress and problems. Too much gadgetry I guess. BMW 5 series is twice as reliable as this and even that is 50% worse than average reliability;
Realise the Lexus may not be close in driving experience though but really don't see the point in the Audi. You could buy a practical estate car and a Mazda MX-5 for driving fun for less money than this one car and still pay out far less money maintaining them outside warranty than this one car.
owensmithmusic
17 Jan 16#57
aperfectm
17 Jan 16#56
If only I had won the lottery last night. Seriously good price.
pennyfarthing88
16 Jan 169#4
Ordered a couple!
Thanks OP.
Been searching online for months & talking to dealers nationwide without any joy and here you are with this deal!
Heat added :smiley:
MuhammadEi to pennyfarthing88
17 Jan 16#55
can you make them 3 please?
aabarcellos
16 Jan 16#3
I would buy but need money now as stocks are dropped and I overspent
What is power door closure
It's where it kind of shuts itself at the very last point, sucks it shut
backinstock
17 Jan 161#53
Don't tell me, the heated rear window heats up four times faster than a 'normal' car?
effingandjeffing
17 Jan 161#52
so this or 7 & half dacia sandero's
montana78
17 Jan 16#50
I don't like the back of the a7. looks like a spade. Everything else is amazing on it. Especially the mpg
qbs
17 Jan 165#49
What Quattro doesn't mean;
1. Car will always start
2. Car will not run out of fuel
3. Car will not get stuck in snow, mud
4. Car will not breakdown
etc etc,
What Quattro does mean in some, but not all cases
Car will be driven by moron who doesn't understand either their or their car's limitations. :smiley:
Obstinate_Person
17 Jan 16#48
Some great tech in this but I'll be going for an xj when I'm bored of my seven series
civic13
16 Jan 1620#22
Cold, the savings made would need to be spent on it when it fails the first MOT on emissions
B4LKN to civic13
17 Jan 16#47
It doesn't fail the MOT. I am an Audi owner my car passed the Mot without a problem even if it was recalled for the diesel scandal. Don't make a comment if you are not properly informed.
Halloway
17 Jan 166#45
Your engine has lasted SIX YEARS? Bloody hell, I'd frame it if I were you, it's clearly utterly remarkable.
ezzer72
17 Jan 16#42
Eh?
msmith23178
16 Jan 16#41
Good price for this car , however if you were spending this sort of cash I'm pretty sure you would want a choice of paint colours and interior spec, still a good deal if silver is your colour....
enemi
16 Jan 161#40
Hot! Got a couple for gifts this year :smile:
Biggunspaul
16 Jan 16#39
How do you know what I can and can't afford ?
Am I allowed to vote cold for the power door closure ? i would be ashamed that I would require help to shut a car door.
Halloway
16 Jan 16#38
Brilliant deal. I've been looking for a new runaround for the au pair and I could afford this out of the money I'd find down the back of my sofa.
Proveright
16 Jan 165#37
Want to know how to make an easy £25,000 in a years time ?
Buy one of these for £46,000 now and them sell it in a years time, that is all it will be worth!
pops1975
16 Jan 161#36
Get it remapped - much more fuel efficient and loads more torque.... saying that, you may not save money on fuel cos you'll want to nail the throttle everytime you get in.... grin factor will increase though.
Toybhoy
16 Jan 16#26
Brilliant deal! Paid more than this for my A7! Heat!
MazingerZ to Toybhoy
16 Jan 16#32
A7 is better.
GAVINLEWISHUKD to Toybhoy
16 Jan 16#33
My condolences. :disappointed:
:laughing:
MazingerZ
16 Jan 16#31
diesel + wrap = that's awful lol
royals
16 Jan 16#29
r8 is nice, been in and driven a few. No good for me as need four seats and four doors. Get the v10 as it sounds so much better. Real issue is they aren't suited to UK roads or car parks. Lane restrictions are a big issue
MazingerZ
16 Jan 16#28
Good car, not as good as it's rival but a bloody good price. I don't think many on here will be getting it though.
rudey
16 Jan 16#27
panoramic roof ?
pricebustme
16 Jan 1623#24
Don't vote cold if you can't afford it?
The kind of comment that will get people's backs up. Cringeworthy..
androoski
16 Jan 161#23
Hot
because it's a hot deal, and this is HotUKDeals.
bountyhunter53
16 Jan 164#21
I'm not forcing you to vote hot, the button is on your screen not mine. But a reason of you not being able to afford is not a valid reason for voting it cold. That's like saying everything out of your budget is rubbish, you know that ain't true.
ezzer72
16 Jan 16#19
They're £70,000 with 12 months tax...
I doubt Drive the Deal get these cars for nothing, weirdly.
Cold though, Audi.
sofiasar
16 Jan 161#18
or buy a flat instead, kidding
this is a beast of a car
vulcanproject
16 Jan 166#17
I'm not quite dickish enough to buy an Audi yet, but I have ambition. :stuck_out_tongue: Seriously though there is a guy who lives near me with one of these chrome wrapped (it's diesel) and I'm like....yeaaaaaaaaaaa. Audi owner.
Rys_Ochodzki
16 Jan 1621#16
LWB - when you drive it, everyone thinks you are a chauffeur...
japes
16 Jan 16#14
Only the LWB version available?
CRM2
16 Jan 163#12
Quidco or TCB?
Milko13
16 Jan 162#8
Fantastic deal ... as the op says, don't knock it coz it aint for everybody
Biggunspaul to Milko13
16 Jan 166#10
So everyone has to vote hot because the op says so
HamanBasher
16 Jan 164#6
they will also include exactly enough fuel to get to the 1st pump in the petrol station down the street and round the corner. woe to u if someone is using that pump!
Zuulan
16 Jan 1623#5
Spend £46,450 with them and they only give you 6 months tax. :confused:
Will it only be a litre of fuel too?
tanked
16 Jan 165#2
I'd love an A8. Voted hot. However the £70K list price was always OTT imho
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Opening post
Metallic Floret silver with Black Valcona leather
This stock vehicle has the following factory options: Power door closure and 20” 10 parallel alloys
The above quoted price includes a £7,000 contribution towards AUDI PCP finance.
We include 6 months road tax as standard. Car must be delivered by 31st March 2016 to qualify for this price.
List price: £70,250
Offer price: £46,450
Saving: £23,800
Top comments
It's a must for me as you can warm your hands when you push it in the winter.
Will it only be a litre of fuel too?
The kind of comment that will get people's backs up. Cringeworthy..
Latest comments (203)
http://www.driving.co.uk/car-reviews/the-clarkson-review-audi-sq5-3-0-bitdi-quattro-2013/
some people like driving or spend a lot of time in their cars, so a little comfort is not an ego boost. That's the difference between here an the USA. In the USA they celebrate success whereas here people will drag successful people down at every opportunity
Give me 2 years and I'll have an Audi R8, they've halved in value since new but are holding value now. 3-4 years is where they'll lose the most.
Some people earning big money like to spend their earnings on things they enjoy. Not everyone needs to be driving around in a mundane 70ps car that will get you to 70mph eventually.
By your logic, owning a house when a cheaper flat will do would also be a waste of resources. Earn your money and enjoy it whatever you spend it on....without the hippy guilt trip.
No corporation is too big to fail remember BritishLeyland? but that's only IF judges award massive payouts, corps never lose in court. they have the best lawyers and the best politicians
I was simply letting you know light heartedly that nobody would see this car as an investment, that's why i wrote THIS in capitals in my last message. Supercars and Classics/Collectibles aside.
As for buy to let landlords, that's a discussion for another day :man:
Half price in fact
Tells you one and / or both of two things !
The 3 top definitions of "INVESTMENT" as you claimed:
1. The action or process of investing money for profit.
2. A thing that is worth buying because it may be profitable or useful in the future.
3. An act of devoting time, effort, or energy to a particular undertaking with the expectation of a worthwhile result.
Clearly nobody will buy THIS car as an investment under its true definition. (No idea what your definition is:{)
example:
Tesco are selling 42" Sony TVs in Inverness for £50, but only have 10 in stock. everyone sees this and votes HOT, soon raising the temperature to 2000 degrees.
Shortly afterwords, Amazon are selling the same TV for £100, but the temperature is only at 82 degrees - yet have lots of stock. Worse yet, some are voting cold on the amazon deal because it is cheaper at Tesco (even though its a one off in Inverness)
That means the majority of the site have seen the Tesco tv that only 0.01% of the site can viably access, but miss the deal that they can actually get. Which is why i use the voting method i described earlier. Joe Bloggs and Dolly pat in Inverness have their own vote and can vote HOT since they have access to it, but if its only a very small handful that can get it then its not much use to many people is it, and people would miss genuine deals.
My first car was a 1.4 Peugeot 306. It wasn't fast (though it felt it at 17 year old!) nor the best built car out there - but my god, for character, soul and fun - it knocked the socks off the VW Golf work car i currently have!
One of the reasons i dislike the majority of German boxes out there - they are just Soulless, have no passion about them and built to be as clinical as possible.
If you had to drive to the Arctic Circle, take a Range Rover - if you plan to come home again, take a Toyota Land Cruiser.
Hopefully in another 30 years time I won't still be reading "Cheers OP, bought 3" on threads like this.
Wouldn't buy an A8 (ever) especially a LWB, but A6's are a great alternative to a 5-series or E-Class.
I agree with you dude. If I won the lottery maybe though
If someone sells a turd for £10 and someone sells a turd for £1 - its still a turd their selling!
If a product is badly designed/made in the first place - then even if it is reduced by 50%, it will still be a bad product.
Personally i factor in 3 things when i vote.
1. Can i get the product in the first place/is it even available to me?
2. Is the product good/high quality & value?
3. Is there a significant reduction in price from its standard price?
Remember, its how voting works - you vote for things that affect you, not Joe Bloggs that lives at the other side of the country
Lovely motor!
*5% discount for BMW owners.
I note also that the lack of wisdom evident is matched also by the lack of wit.
It's a must for me as you can warm your hands when you push it in the winter.
".........opinion on the deals..........." Affordability doesn't come into it. "Don't vote it cold just cause you can't afford it" For balance, you should also be saying 'don't vote it hot unless you can afford it'. :smiley:
So a cash buyer can't get it for the quoted price in the title? More like £50000+ when accounting interest. I guess you could buy it on a pcp deal and pay off the finance within the first few days. Also worth noting that the depreciation on these is awful. Car will be worth £20000 after 3 years and 30000 miles.
Tap on the back if you guessed zero!
But I struggle to like anything built after 2005 unless it is a supercar so thats just me.
put 4,000miles on the clock ask £35,000 in less than a year.
so i suppose if you are arguing this is great value you can just point to any price point/time
the constant drop in price really is horrendous depreciation
justified for the privilege of being first on the V5?
but there are lots that will, but not enough to keep future values high
There isn't a contract of sale with their customers because the product didn't actually meet the claimed specification. It was falsely declared and intentionally misleading.
Far better cars out there for the money...
:confused:
Save a few more quid and the S class or 7 series are much better options or even then Jaguar XJ.
Calm your tit.
I agree with you dude. If I won the lottery maybe though[
No not UK as our prices are way to high, I was referring to some of the really poorer countries.
Liverpool and most other UK city's have numerous food banks which is an indicator as to how bad it is for some family's. I am fortunate enough to be a mean stingy person I buy a lot of passed the best before date food (freezes well) so I have enough to manage.
"...earning descent money...." What were you doing? One way lift operator? :smile:
Well done on crawling out on an estate, shame the money is on the descent.
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/13
Seems like a lot of money for a huge amount of potential stress and problems. Too much gadgetry I guess. BMW 5 series is twice as reliable as this and even that is 50% worse than average reliability;
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/26
A Lexus is 8x more reliable;
http://www.reliabilityindex.com/reliability/search/123
Realise the Lexus may not be close in driving experience though but really don't see the point in the Audi. You could buy a practical estate car and a Mazda MX-5 for driving fun for less money than this one car and still pay out far less money maintaining them outside warranty than this one car.
Thanks OP.
Been searching online for months & talking to dealers nationwide without any joy and here you are with this deal!
Heat added :smiley:
What is power door closure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF1tMuTd3NE
1. Car will always start
2. Car will not run out of fuel
3. Car will not get stuck in snow, mud
4. Car will not breakdown
etc etc,
What Quattro does mean in some, but not all cases
Car will be driven by moron who doesn't understand either their or their car's limitations. :smiley:
Am I allowed to vote cold for the power door closure ? i would be ashamed that I would require help to shut a car door.
Buy one of these for £46,000 now and them sell it in a years time, that is all it will be worth!
:laughing:
The kind of comment that will get people's backs up. Cringeworthy..
because it's a hot deal, and this is HotUKDeals.
I doubt Drive the Deal get these cars for nothing, weirdly.
Cold though, Audi.
this is a beast of a car
Will it only be a litre of fuel too?