OT: Why are Audis so cheap?, (used) |
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OT: Why are Audis so cheap?, (used) |
TonyAKAVW |
Feb 14 2005, 06:27 PM
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My wife is looking for a car to replace the nun-mobile that we sort of inherited (1990 Toyota Camry). Our choices at the beginning were BMWs, Audis, and not much else. She really has her heart set on the TT, and I think a nice yellow one to match the 914 would be pretty sweet.
So the question is, why are used Audis so cheap? It seems like you can get a fairly early TT for $15-$18k if you shop around a bit. A4s can be had for around $10k or less. My wife doesn't care if it has Quattro or 250 HP, etc. Is there something wrong with Audis? Do they break after X miles, is their some major flaw with them? I just can't understand why comparable BMWs go for so much more. In many cases its a LOT more. -Tony |
BigD9146gt |
Feb 14 2005, 07:21 PM
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OCD member Group: Members Posts: 376 Joined: 24-January 05 From: Sydney, Australia Member No.: 3,502 Region Association: Australia and New Zealand |
Those of you who said "cost to maintain" are right...
Marketing isn't that big of a reason, cause Audi in the early 80's came out with the Ur Quattro that blew away a lot of the competetion. The all-wheel drive rally cars then were like the Mark Donahue 917, they won EVERYTHING. During the late 80's/early 90's they had a really hard hit from old, scenial, retarded automatic Audi owners before the brake/shift lock was introduced. What would happen is people would go to shift the car into reverse or drive, and instead of hitting the brake, they would slip and hit the gas, causeing the car to rev way up and once the gear engauged... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/fighting19.gif) they would run into whatever they were around. And since the old scenial retarded owners couldn't be at falt for doing such a stupid thing, Audi must have had a fault in the system that caused it. This is America, remember, the world leader in anti-responcibility/sue happy culture. Its easy to say Audi (and Porsche too) isn't noticable because if you arn't that big of a fan and don't pay attention to them, you'll miss it. Ford, GM, Honda, Toyata and BMW on the other hand blind you with their marketing. |
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