wyliss Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 I am currently looking for an A4 cab 2003/4 1.8T Sport and was wondering if any of you guys have used the like of DEKRA or the RAC to do your inspection before you buy.....Thinking of a private sale as it may be cheaper than the stealers......Also how about the hpi checks etc... Any advice greatly received... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabboy Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 I'm not mechanically minded and none of my friends are either - if it's a private sale I'd go for both of those options simply for peace of mind. I guess the whole lot will be £150-200...surely worth it for something costing 50-100 times that which you NEED to be safe and reliable. It might also flag up any issues with the car - if the seller is reluctant to allow the inspection that tells you a lot in itself... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I am currently looking for an A4 cab 2003/4 1.8T Sport and was wondering if any of you guys have used the like of DEKRA or the RAC to do your inspection before you buy.....Thinking of a private sale as it may be cheaper than the stealers......Also how about the hpi checks etc... Any advice greatly received... [/ QUOTE ] I always get the buyer to get an Audi approved check on the car, if it goes through I pay for the check, if it doesn't then they have to foot the bill. If there is nothing wrong with the car that they know of they should have no problem with this, and if Audi do it and they miss anything they will cover repair costs. Don't bother with 3rd party one, the Audi one is under £100 and well worth it for piece of mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Are you buying cash or using finance? If it is the latter ask the finance company to do an hpi, they will do it for free mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyliss Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Thanks for the info gizze...really useful. I have never heard of Audi doing a approved check before particularly on a vehicle which they are not making cash on. Do all the dealers offer this service?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted September 20, 2006 Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Yeah, it is called their multi point check or something like that, I was quoted 1 hour, so £85+vat I think it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyliss Posted September 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2006 Will call the stealer tomorrow to see what the price/details are....Keeping my eye peeled for one off her really !!!!! fingers crossed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyliss Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Blimey, called Lancaster Audi in Liverpool this morning and they want £185+vat to do a multi point check !. The DEKRA inspection is £199 and that comes with an AA car data/hpi report !. What do you think....anybody used DEKRA before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Use Audi!! Ask the Audi dealer to do an hpi check for you too, and give you a print out of the vehicles history. The Audi one will tell you exactly what, if anything, is wrong with the car, but also what will need doing and when. Third party ones will just come back and say everything looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickfrog Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 No.The DEKRA inspection is very good - Used it before, picked up quite a few things. Audi dealers don't seem to know much about Audis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyliss Posted September 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Bit controversial there nickfrog..lol....What were dekra like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickfrog Posted September 21, 2006 Report Share Posted September 21, 2006 Old bloke who sounded like he had gone round the industry quite a few times - Paid £150 for the cheapo version. He emailed me a very very detailled report within 12 hours of inspecting the car. He identifies a tiny oil leak from the engine block (not really a leak, more like a stain). He then called me to discuss the car. We talked for about 30 minutes as I bored him to death with questions. He was very sharp and precise in his answers. The inspectors might not all be like that though and I guess some Audi dealers know quite a lot about Audis in fairness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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