The Audi Thread

Mike Hoxbig said:
Depends entirely on the relationship that you have with your dealership. Many of them will let it slide if you have a good relationship with them, and inform them before doing so...
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Yep it will depend on the dealership. I know some are more willing to work with it if you are willing to include them in what you are doing, but just simply getting modded without notice and then showing up for maintenance would likely not end well.
 
TehStranger said:
"Marginally" :whistle: Up here you'll slap a IS350F-Sport like it's a [-]redhead[/-] N/A stepchild, at the cost there is something like 0.7 or 0.8 seconds to 100. So it's no S4, but it sure as heck ain't slow. Lexus' usually come fully loaded with very few optional extra, which is also a plus all things considered.

It was released last year, so not many of them running around.



Ah yes, the reduced it to 6 months, initially it was a year AFAIK. My father works for Toyota, make use of the same company vehicle scheme. What division are you in?
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That would be saying too much now would it....anyways IT division☺
 
Sent Audi Airport an email this AM asking them to find me an A6 and take the A5 back if possible. Salesman is having a chat with his manager to see what they can do.

I honestly won't be upset if they can't do this. The A5 is a good car. After 8 or 9 years across 2 x A6's, I am missing the drive though. First prize if I can get another A6.
 
Mike Smit said:
Sent Audi Airport an email this AM asking them to find me an A6 and take the A5 back if possible. Salesman is having a chat with his manager to see what they can do.

I honestly won't be upset if they can't do this. The A5 is a good car. After 8 or 9 years across 2 x A6's, I am missing the drive though. First prize if I can get another A6.
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Suggestion, perhaps look at a GFV (guaranteed future value) deal? You buy a new car, spec it as you want, put down 10%, then you repay it over 3 years, after which you trade it in for a guaranteed % of original price (usually 60%) and pay nothing more, or you can keep it and your payments are adjusted accordingly.

So let's say a car of 500k, 50k deposit, and over 3 years at 10% interest... That works out to around 4,800 a month. Might be another option if you don't find any pre-owned cars that suit your taste, and it fits into your plan of trading in every 3 years while also removing much worry about depreciation since you are guaranteed a certain amount.
 
Debeer165 said:
Suggestion, perhaps look at a GFV (guaranteed future value) deal? You buy a new car, spec it as you want, put down 10%, then you repay it over 3 years, after which you trade it in for a guaranteed % of original price (usually 60%) and pay nothing more, or you can keep it and your payments are adjusted accordingly.

So let's say a car of 500k, 50k deposit, and over 3 years at 10% interest... That works out to around 4,800 a month. Might be another option if you don't find any pre-owned cars that suit your taste, and it fits into your plan of trading in every 3 years while also removing much worry about depreciation since you are guaranteed a certain amount.
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Sounds like a plan. Never knew about that. And I am paying R4.8k PM already so kinda suits the budget too.
 
Debeer165 said:
Suggestion, perhaps look at a GFV (guaranteed future value) deal? You buy a new car, spec it as you want, put down 10%, then you repay it over 3 years, after which you trade it in for a guaranteed % of original price (usually 60%) and pay nothing more, or you can keep it and your payments are adjusted accordingly.

So let's say a car of 500k, 50k deposit, and over 3 years at 10% interest... That works out to around 4,800 a month. Might be another option if you don't find any pre-owned cars that suit your taste, and it fits into your plan of trading in every 3 years while also removing much worry about depreciation since you are guaranteed a certain amount.
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Just beware of the mileage limit... and you never get your deposit back, so start saving for the next one.
 
Mike Smit said:
Sounds like a plan. Never knew about that. And I am paying R4.8k PM already so kinda suits the budget too.
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Quantum Theory said:
Just beware of the mileage limit... and you never get your deposit back, so start saving for the next one.
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Yep, you do have to stick to a certain mileage and the deposit is not coming back out. You basically finance the % of the amount which isn't the GFV. It would work out more than 4.8 though due to the current prices of the models themselves.
 
Debeer165 said:
Yep, you do have to stick to a certain mileage and the deposit is not coming back out. You basically finance the % of the amount which isn't the GFV. It would work out more than 4.8 though due to the current prices of the models themselves.
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A Mercedes salesman was set to get me on one of these plans recently. They call it Agility... He said he can do me a no deposit deal, with a 40000km/year limit over 3 years, with very low interest rate, on a new C200 Edition C. They also would not settle my Jeep completely, in fact, they offered me R20k under everyone else, even though it was bought from their sister dealership. He came back to me with a ridiculous R8500/month offer. I laughed and walked away. Idiots... Love the car though.
 
Quantum Theory said:
A Mercedes salesman was set to get me on one of these plans recently. They call it Agility... He said he can do me a no deposit deal, with a 40000km/year limit over 3 years, with very low interest rate, on a new C200 Edition C. They also would not settle my Jeep completely, in fact, they offered me R20k under everyone else, even though it was bought from their sister dealership. He came back to me with a ridiculous R8500/month offer. I laughed and walked away. Idiots... Love the car though.
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:wtf: one second... let me work this out quickly. What was the actual value of the car new? That is madness!
 
Debeer165 said:
:wtf: one second... let me work this out quickly. What was the actual value of the car new? That is madness!
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Obviously the higher mileage changed the future value, so their residual would be smaller. No deposit would increase the premium. Then the ridiculous shortfall would be loaded onto the +/- R350k value. Think it was actually a very low mileage demo of the outgoing model... Around 5000km's, or something.
 
Quantum Theory said:
Obviously the higher mileage changed the future value, so their residual would be smaller. No deposit would increase the premium. Then the ridiculous shortfall would be loaded onto the +/- R350k value. Think it was actually a very low mileage demo of the outgoing model... Around 5000km's, or something.
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That is madness... My A3 Sedan was ~330 and costs 5k a month, would be about 6.5 to 7 without the balloon payment taken to reduce current budget strains. No idea how Merc calculated your payments honestly.
 
Debeer165 said:
That is madness... My A3 Sedan was ~330 and costs 5k a month, would be about 6.5 to 7 without the balloon payment taken to reduce current budget strains. No idea how Merc calculated your payments honestly.
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What's your term? Those deals are 36 months usually...
 
Debeer165 said:
That is madness... My A3 Sedan was ~330 and costs 5k a month, would be about 6.5 to 7 without the balloon payment taken to reduce current budget strains. No idea how Merc calculated your payments honestly.
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Maybe the ridiculous short fall he mentioned?

I had a shortfall of R110k when I bought my car and loaded it - but luckily this took the car to normal retail
 
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