Chris_B Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 C5 allroad 2.5 TDI Tiptronic, with winter pack (heated front seats & mirrors), in Volcano Black, on a 55 Plate from late September 2005, and under 6000 miles on the clock. First off, like to hazard a guess at the price the dealer offered, and secondly, what's it really worth? No prizes, it's just for fun kids! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted March 10, 2008 Report Share Posted March 10, 2008 Offered £14-15k for them to retail at £18-20k I would guess?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 My god, I'd have fainted at that! Nope, I thought £19750 was a fecking slap to be honest. It's got under six thousand miles on it, and it's as near to mint as a 2.5 year old car can be. Feck me, it cost me £22k plus an A2 that was worth £7.5k, so I've really thrown away a whole A2 (which was also low mileage and within 24 hours of being traded it in, before it had even been washed!) to have an allroad for 6000 miles? Sheesh. I bet they try to retail it for well north of £22k. The annoying thing is, if my new car hadn't taken to fecking long to turn up, I might have benn able to get rid of this allroad before they dumped too many C6s on the market, killing C5 residuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2008 Looking at the used car search, there's loads out there with over 20k miles on that are retailing for £20k to £22k. There's a 24k miler up for £25k in Rayleigh, perhaps I should offer them mine for £22k? I swear, there is so little to do to this car, it's not true - tyres are great (with under 6k miles on, so they should be), it's been serviced at 12 and 24 months, it's had new brake discs and pads all round about 1000 miles ago, there's a tony scratch on the Tip surround, a tiny ding in a rear door (would pull out) and a small scuff on the dark grey plastic inset in the rear bumper, and genuinely one lady owner. It's a bargain. Anyone want it for any better than £20k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Oh, I thought you said "under 60000 miles" not 6000. I would say nearly £20k is pretty good isn't it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 Probably, but that's not the point - I wanted more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamb Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 [ QUOTE ] it's had new brake discs and pads all round about 1000 miles ago [/ QUOTE ] Why? I'd be very suspicious of the real milage if the brake discs and pads needed to be changed in 6000 miles from new. Has the car been hammered for 6000 miles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Nope, genuinely driven 80%+ of the time by the wife, mostly round town and within the speed limit. It has been far from hammered! C5s have never been great for brakes IMHO (I used to have a 2.7T that had the worst brakes I've every had on an Audi), and these must have just been a bad batch of discs, as they'd warped very slightly, and were changed under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Sounds like gibberish - 5000 miles for brakes - no way!! 20K for a C5 is very good. Take it - doing low mileage in new cars is an expensive business! ...especially when new model then comes out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I know - the timing is terrible. A couple of months ago there were not many C6 allroads used about, but all of a sudden there's loads, and C5 values have taken a dive. I suppose I should consider every car an outright purchase with no residual value, then I can be pleasantly surprised when I get a small portion of its value back after a couple of years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Oh, but they're bound to forecourt it for a premium because it is low miles, after telling me that miles are immaterial at that age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alera Posted April 3, 2008 Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 You never get the money for low mileage cars it dosnt add much to the value at all really. I lost a simliar amount on a 2 year old fully loaded z4 3.0 which had only done 6000 miles.. This was with no new model in place either... It did have read leather though, love or hate it thing... Its why I dont mess with new cars any more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_B Posted April 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2008 I was just thinking about this thread this morning - odd eh? Anyway, I ended up with £20,200 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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