Run Away? Car is a 2014 3.0T motor Auto Trans.
It is a copar auction car that is local. Sold with no damage just normal ware and tear (it looks really good) It is an off site sale runs and drives.
It has a starting bit is just over 4K. This seems to be a bit to much for me to consider. However I looked up NADA and clean retail is at 13K. Rough trade in is at 7K with that millage.
It just seems like to much $$$ for that car. Maybe as a parts car?
I have really liked the A7. I have no need for this car and no space at the moment for it however I am always looking at interesting stuff on the cheep and this caught my attention.
A full sized AWD sedan that doubles as a big hatchback? Who does not want one!
If anyone else wants to look at it it is copart lot # 30450050
They are pretty robust, but there is a limit to everything. They eat wheel bearings and watch the oil level carefully.
i only buy high mileage vehicles if they have service history which a copart car likely wont have.
One foot in the grave, and the other one is on a banana peel.
Personally, I would assume that if it's at the Copart auction with no visible damage, then it must have some other major underlying/hidden issue(s). But that's just my assumption. At the auction, potential buyers can't test drive the car and the auction company listing it as Run & Drive doesn't tell you much about the mechanical condition since it really just needs to move forward and backward a few feet for them to list it as Run & Drive.
Sometimes CarFax has maintenance records, especially if it was serviced at a dealer. Might be worth the $50, it would likely give you some insight into the history.
I'd buy and drive and only then consider parting if it gives you good reason to consider that. If it made it past 150k then it was decently well taken care of.
untchabl said:
Personally, I would assume that if it's at the Copart auction with no visible damage, then it must have some other major underlying/hidden issue(s).
I'm not auction savvy, but does copart only get insurance cars? I could see a dealer taking this on trade and putting it in auction because of the mileage.
-Rob
rob_lewis said:
untchabl said:
Personally, I would assume that if it's at the Copart auction with no visible damage, then it must have some other major underlying/hidden issue(s).
I'm not auction savvy, but does copart only get insurance cars? I could see a dealer taking this on trade and putting it in auction because of the mileage.
-Rob
Many dealers will not touch anything with over a certain amount of mileage no matter the condition.
I remember a tearful story of a dealer that scrapped an immaculate RX-7 GSL-SE that had 200k on it, which is just broken in for a GSL-SE, and the guy could not convince them to sell it to him for any price. Its fate was sealed when it was traded in instead of sold private party.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
I remember a tearful story of a dealer that scrapped an immaculate RX-7 GSL-SE that had 200k on it, which is just broken in for a GSL-SE, and the guy could not convince them to sell it to him for any price. Its fate was sealed when it was traded in instead of sold private party.
Scrapped rather than wholesaled?
In SoCal a lot of higher milage trade-ins wind up going over the border into Mexico.
The A7 looks like it sold within an hour of getting posted here -- someone want to 'fess up? :) As modern Audis go, that 3.0T (T is for "supercharged") with that automatic is pretty decent for reliability.
The A7 looks like it sold within an hour of getting posted here
Yeah because a 3.0t a7 for 4-7k is 'it doesnt matter how many miles it has' price because it's literally the only running/driving one you will see at that price point. For now.
That late is a better bet than an earlier one. You couldn't GIVE me a 98-03 Audi with 25k miles.
You're talking about a car that someone put 42,000 miles a year on. Accounting for holidays and a 5-day work week, that's almost 200 miles a day. That's an oil change once a month. Do you really think they did that?
As a car to drive around, that Audi will likely spend way more time in your driveway waiting for FedEx to bring you parts from Rock Auto.
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:
As a car to drive around, that Audi will likely spend way more time in your driveway waiting for FedEx to bring you parts from Rock Auto.
It's hard to put 42K a year on a car if it's broken that often. :)
codrus (Forum Supporter) said:
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:
As a car to drive around, that Audi will likely spend way more time in your driveway waiting for FedEx to bring you parts from Rock Auto.
It's hard to put 42K a year on a car if it's broken that often. :)
And at VWAG oil change intervals, that is like 2 or 3 oil changes per year. Heck, a vehicle that gets 42k per year is probably the best case scenario for that kind of extended interval. The early V8s sure did not like that, the acids building up in the oil would eat the coating on the aluminum bores.
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:
That's an oil change once a month. Do you really think they did that?
I do. Religiously.
There is a different mindset when you are a high mileage commuter. As much as I hate paying $70 a month for an oil change, I am also VERY aware of the cost of down time for my truck. I drive 50K per year. I will never have a low mileage vehicle- it only takes a couple years for me to make it high mileage.
If I fail to change the oil frequently, then I get to buy a new engine, and put it in a 250 K chassis. That math doesn't work.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:
codrus (Forum Supporter) said:
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:
As a car to drive around, that Audi will likely spend way more time in your driveway waiting for FedEx to bring you parts from Rock Auto.
It's hard to put 42K a year on a car if it's broken that often. :)
And at VWAG oil change intervals, that is like 2 or 3 oil changes per year. Heck, a vehicle that gets 42k per year is probably the best case scenario for that kind of extended interval. The early V8s sure did not like that, the acids building up in the oil would eat the coating on the aluminum bores.
Acid build up in the oil comes from not driving a car much and or not getting it up to temp and shutting it down. I don't think this car had that problem.
