neat stuff at the local dealer

[David Head]

The only better bargain Audi than the A8 is the 95-97 A6. AOA leased a bunch of
these at great rates to move them and they are flooding the market now. Yeah,
they are a slug in comparison, but still a nice car overall.

Mike Veglia wrote:

> In a message dated 8/7/2002 David writes:
>
> << They had a low miles '97 A8 for $24K and change. I've seen some A8s in
> the 20s at other places, but this is the dealer which typicaly marks the
> used cars up a bit. For a car that was in the 60K range, isn't this
> depreciation pretty steep? >>
>
> The used car market is truly a buyer's market, at least out here in the SF
> Bay Area. I was warned of this by my local ovloV servicer who sell a small
> assortment of used cars. When we found a super-clean pearl white 1995 A6
> quattro Avant for $9995 the point was hammered home. (Just a few months ago
> that would have been a mid-teens car.) The used car dealer we just bought
> the A6 from last Sunday has a ton of high line cars, mostly WMB. For
> example, super clean M3, 17.9k, 528i wagon 12.9k, Z3 roadster 12.9k. His
> inventory was huge and everything there was priced at, or below, wholesale
> blue book.  (And yes, we did get hosed on the trade-in for the ovloV 850
> turbo wagon...but good riddance, I did not want to have to sell that car
> myself, and I really couldn't in good conscious).
>
> That is a huge depreciation hit, but it is a (nearly) 6 model year old out
> of warranty used car. I have seen WMB 850s that cost over $100k new in that
> price range too. Da bargains are in the used stuff...especially these days
> when new car makers are offering so many incentives (for example, Mitsu are
> advertising Lancers with zero interest and no payments for a year right
> now). I too have seen a number of A8s in that mid-20s range and they sound
> like a bargain. FWIW, I had never seen a used Boxster priced for less than
> $30k before and the other day a used '99 shows up in my local paper for only
> $22k...
>
> Mike Veglia
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