[s-cars] RE: 1996 S6 going for $21000 Canadian

[Bruce]

Records can not and do not "disappear" in entirety from the computer. If
they got killed in a local dealer's office, they are still kept by AofA (or
AofC in this case). So you can always take the next step and contact Audi
corporate, and tell them the problem and let them dig a little. That VIN#
did not get wiped off the face of the earth, so it still exists, with its
records, somewhere.

Also, if any recalls were done, Audi corporate would have a record of that
with date and mileage.

In spite of the quest for a great deal, this one is unfortunately beginning
to sound like the old adage "if it sounds too good to be true.........."

Good luck!

Bruce


----- Original Message -----
From: "jeff posto" <jpostup at yahoo.com>
To: "James Murray (LMC)" <James.Murray at ericsson.ca>; "'William Noland'"
<wenoland at pacbell.net>
Cc: "Audi S Car List" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 10:29 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] RE: 1996 S6 going for $21000 Canadian


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 James,
It does sound suspicious. Disappearing records? come on!
I can tell you from experience (Uncle's/Father  in the Car sales biz) that
it's imperative to move cars. Profit comes from sustained cash flow. Even if
that means selling at wholesale to another dealer. Simply the dealers have
to churn inventory, or once stale on the lot, a car won't sell to the
public.
Still once you get under the car some truth can be found in the inspection.
Over spray, bondo on the frame, rippled bodywork all indicate a quick buff
and sell methodoly.
I am a highly devoted car fan, but I never allow myself to get too attached
to any particular car. It's a machine after all.
There are many many fine examples. Particularly in used car markets, follow
you intuition. And wait for the right price and right car and you won't go
wrong.

JPosto
  "James Murray (LMC)" <James.Murray at ericsson.ca> wrote: I did a bit of
quick checking, the curiosity was killing me...

PO, was supposedly a wealthy woman driver, who may not have noticed the lack
of power... possible. The mileage, I checked with Audi of Canada, and last
warranty fix was in 98 at 29,000. So that's 15K a year, at that rate the car
should be at 90K not 53K...but it's possible. I was told the car was only
serviced at the dealer, and to speak to a specific dealer rep, so I did, but
all service records miraculously disappeared from the computer the day I
called due to a screw up with the PO new car and her old car...strange but
possible. The warranty seems legit on the surface, but would take some
looking into to ensure another possible variable doesn't turn up...

A few too many variables for my skeptical paranoid mind... I guess the best
would be to spend some time, put the car on the lift and thoroughly check
the car out, that's really the only way to know for sure. I'm always
skeptical when a dealer sells a car to a wholesaler rather than directly
themselves, specifically when it's an Audi dealer and the car is an Audi. I
get the feeling somebody's hiding something, I wouldn't be surprise if the
car previously had major damage, but quick inspection didn't reveal
anything, although that wasn't in my frame of mind at the time...

Cheers, /James.

BTW: CARFAX doesn't work with Canadian cars, a friendly lister tried this
for me yesterday.

-----Original Message-----
From: William Noland [SMTP:wenoland at pacbell.net]
Sent: May 24, 2002 8:49 AM
To: James.Murray at ericsson.ca
Cc: Audi S Car List
Subject: 1996 S6 going for $21000 Canadian

James -

One wonders why, if the extended warranty covered all the mechanical
items, the PO didn't have them fixed? Hmmm. You may want to look into the
company providing the warranty.

Bill Noland
94 S4



Now the kicker is that the previous owner spent $3000 CAD on
an extended
warranty! so the car is covered until May 2003 or 113K km.
So effectively
there should be no issue with the mechanics as it should be
covered? Right?


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