Have an 08 Audi with a dash lit up like Christmas, sitting in the driveway over a puddle of various juices, after I hung the previously droopy bumper on a curb stop to add variety to the prodigious but elusive oil leak. But I am so envious of all that room under the hood, of which our driveway ornament of a V10 has none. The trunk sleeps 6, but the engine bay can maybe hold your breath, if you spread it around a lot.
Yeah, here in texas we get a ton of morons that tailgate… then I just go slower. I had one guy tailgating me last night that flipped on his high beams several times driving on a backroad.
Pre-purchase inspection. Great thought, but ALL mechanics say that. There are several problems with this:
1. You assume that the seller would allow a buyer to take a used car for half a day. 2. How does one 'schedule' a pre-buying inspection? 3. What mechanic would take the liability of 'certifying' a used car? Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Based on this advice, one would think there would be a whole chain of 'Inspection Service' stations… but I think the Liability issue alone prevents that…
You can get the BMWs, Audis and all the other higher end cars cheap on the used market because the repairs are ridiculously high. Old used luxury cars are usually bought by people who don't know any better.
I take cars out for a 'ride' and then i put them through their paces, I park them temporarily to visually inspect the engine bay, brake pads and other goodies. I find a lot doing that. Not many places i've dealt with will permit a formal third party inspection, so I do my own.
If I had a pound for every time I've had to say to some schmuk 'Why didn't you call me before you bought this pos?' I'd be able to retire. Just today, looking at a motorcycle hoarder's latest piece of junk I didn't even bother, my soul just died a little more.
Front end smack that has been bodge repaired. Such things are illegal in the UK! Any body can buy Categorised cars and attempt repairs but only a few people have the equipment to do it properly!
HPI/Car Fax/Car Vertical check anything before you buy
I wouldn’t touch a used German made vehicle with a 10’ pole! Any vehicle being held together with drywall screws is definitely NOT gracing my driveway!!! 🫢🤢🤮
Basic stuff really dpf regeneration should clear the catalytic converter code. Bulbs gone. Tpms system as with Volkswagen the sensor is part of the abs/ wheel speed system so could have had tyres fitted that weren’t recommended for the vehicle. Air bag codes easy same problem with Volkswagen depending which air bag usually the ones that give trouble are the little yellow plugs under the front seats a spray of electrical contact cleaner in them usually fits them. Also sounds like comfort control module is busted. Lots of codes but pretty easy repairs. I’m guessing the crash caused most of the problems
Happy to say I've never bought a pup as I always use my own personal check list. I also take a mat and a powerful torch to look underneath. You get some funny looks from the sellers but I always get the last laugh by not buying neglected examples 🤣
I usually buy one owner cars that have been garaged. Well worth paying over the odds for these 👍
I never do a pre-purchase inspection cause the people are always in a hurry to sell eith multiple buyers wanting it and you have to know a place or make an appointment to get one of those done
Interesting – Why I drive Volvo..:) I have two Volvo XC70's – one 2005 5 speed auto and one 2008 6 speed auto. Both with Volvo's 5 cylinder D5 Diesel engine. Neither of them have anything like these problems – 15K over two and a half years with the 2005 – 4K over a year and a half with the 2008. They look like new inside and out, drive like new and ownership has been non-eventful with regular service only. The 2005 has 204K and the 2008 has 162K.
I'm kind of guessing the new owner's guide dog isn't very familiar with Audis? Anyone with half a dozen brain cells would have spotted the bodywork issues, at which point I'd have walked away. Pre-purchase inspection:- absolutely essential.
You talked about safety inspection, but you didn't pull the wheels and check the brakes. I would sure like to know what all those codes meant and if they are major or minor repairs. For example, replacing burned out bulbs should not be a big deal. And, the tire pressure sensors may just need reprogramming, but even if they have failed one can always go back to checking the tire pressure like we did for more than 100 years with a $10 gauge. Lastly, how can it have a code for the battery being wrong? Also, Consumer Reports and others rate all the European car brands as having poor reliability and high repair costs.
Most dealerships have a 7-day, money-back, policy. Carmax has a 30 day money back policy. It’s actually a bit easier to get the inspection done after the purchase and just return it to the dealership if you don’t want to keep it. But you’ll want to make the appointment with your mechanic before hand, just so they have time blocked out for you.
BTW, matching silver paint (red is the hardest color to match), even by a high quality body repair shop is nearly impossible. Even with a car that's not been repainted, the body parts that are horizontal will fade faster than the vertical parts. A body shop will buy paint the exact color from the manufacturer and it still doesn't match. We had a very high end auto paint shop near my dad's shop and they told me they actually sent a painter to Germany trying to find out why they couldn't match the paint with a new model silver Mercedes. Turns out they painted each car one at a time and the painter would pour the clear coat in the spray gun and apply the first coat of clear after pouring out but not cleaning the silver top coat from his spray gun, while the final base coat was still wet. Apparently there was no way the paint job would match without repeating the exact process.
Here I come to wreck your day😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Have a great day!
Pre purchase inspection = 👍✔️. Post purchase inspection = 👎🧟♂️.
Looks like a Daytona Beach car. You know, the car that never gets the salt washed off UNDER the car. Rust buckets….
Hey, wait a second. Go back, I want to see the horses!
Finally get to see you.
Did he buy the car
Have an 08 Audi with a dash lit up like Christmas, sitting in the driveway over a puddle of various juices, after I hung the previously droopy bumper on a curb stop to add variety to the prodigious but elusive oil leak. But I am so envious of all that room under the hood, of which our driveway ornament of a V10 has none. The trunk sleeps 6, but the engine bay can maybe hold your breath, if you spread it around a lot.
This video should be watched by anyone considering the purchase of a used car.
The new phrase that pays so to speak is now " Pre- Owned" not " Used"……..LOL
Good from far, but far from good
you can’t own any car permanently in Florida…the state just slowly disintegrates all cars to the point that they collapse 😂
That's what you get for buying an Innie.
Yeah, here in texas we get a ton of morons that tailgate… then I just go slower. I had one guy tailgating me last night that flipped on his high beams several times driving on a backroad.
Ze Krauts indeed deliver fine cars for fine responsible owners with cash on hand. Well I hope they got a good deal on this one…
What the owner said? I'm curious, what's she going to do? What people do in such cases?
Audi, strike 1.
Pre-purchase inspection. Great thought, but ALL mechanics say that. There are several problems with this:
1. You assume that the seller would allow a buyer to take a used car for half a day.
2. How does one 'schedule' a pre-buying inspection?
3. What mechanic would take the liability of 'certifying' a used car? Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Based on this advice, one would think there would be a whole chain of 'Inspection Service' stations… but I think the Liability issue alone prevents that…
Get well fast Ray…. watching this because of situation and I just felt the need to say, wear gloves when touching "gross" objects.
You can get the BMWs, Audis and all the other higher end cars cheap on the used market because the repairs are ridiculously high. Old used luxury cars are usually bought by people who don't know any better.
I take cars out for a 'ride' and then i put them through their paces, I park them temporarily to visually inspect the engine bay, brake pads and other goodies. I find a lot doing that. Not many places i've dealt with will permit a formal third party inspection, so I do my own.
If I had a pound for every time I've had to say to some schmuk 'Why didn't you call me before you bought this pos?' I'd be able to retire. Just today, looking at a motorcycle hoarder's latest piece of junk I didn't even bother, my soul just died a little more.
Ahh yes. Good from far, but far from good.
Front end smack that has been bodge repaired. Such things are illegal in the UK! Any body can buy Categorised cars and attempt repairs but only a few people have the equipment to do it properly!
HPI/Car Fax/Car Vertical check anything before you buy
I wouldn’t touch a used German made vehicle with a 10’ pole! Any vehicle being held together with drywall screws is definitely NOT gracing my driveway!!! 🫢🤢🤮
Beware of buying Used Cars from some Used and Some New car dealerships in IL !!!! Get from your car Shop to inspect the car !
Basic stuff really dpf regeneration should clear the catalytic converter code. Bulbs gone. Tpms system as with Volkswagen the sensor is part of the abs/ wheel speed system so could have had tyres fitted that weren’t recommended for the vehicle. Air bag codes easy same problem with Volkswagen depending which air bag usually the ones that give trouble are the little yellow plugs under the front seats a spray of electrical contact cleaner in them usually fits them. Also sounds like comfort control module is busted. Lots of codes but pretty easy repairs. I’m guessing the crash caused most of the problems
Happy to say I've never bought a pup as I always use my own personal check list.
I also take a mat and a powerful torch to look underneath.
You get some funny looks from the sellers but I always get the last laugh by not buying neglected examples 🤣
I usually buy one owner cars that have been garaged.
Well worth paying over the odds for these 👍
quit looking at the camera weirdo
EuroTrash!
I never do a pre-purchase inspection cause the people are always in a hurry to sell eith multiple buyers wanting it and you have to know a place or make an appointment to get one of those done
Interesting – Why I drive Volvo..:) I have two Volvo XC70's – one 2005 5 speed auto and one 2008 6 speed auto. Both with Volvo's 5 cylinder D5 Diesel engine. Neither of them have anything like these problems – 15K over two and a half years with the 2005 – 4K over a year and a half with the 2008. They look like new inside and out, drive like new and ownership has been non-eventful with regular service only. The 2005 has 204K and the 2008 has 162K.
Hope they didn't buy that one! It should be totalled out.
Pull the wheels?
Here I come, to wreck your day…
Rain Man Ray, is on his way!
Can't fix them later on. They will be sorry sooner or later.
Ten foot pole rule engaged.
I'm kind of guessing the new owner's guide dog isn't very familiar with Audis? Anyone with half a dozen brain cells would have spotted the bodywork issues, at which point I'd have walked away. Pre-purchase inspection:- absolutely essential.
I severely hope this Audi was not a private sale, Ive seen some of these used dealerships and and a lot of them are complete jokes
eww a stupud audi…set it on fire n push it off a mountain
When my cat starts to go out I'm just gonna remove it hahaahaha
I dont feel sorry at all for the dunce that bought this car.
The "Look at me!!!" culture is the reason Audi even exists.
Stay gold.
You talked about safety inspection, but you didn't pull the wheels and check the brakes. I would sure like to know what all those codes meant and if they are major or minor repairs. For example, replacing burned out bulbs should not be a big deal. And, the tire pressure sensors may just need reprogramming, but even if they have failed one can always go back to checking the tire pressure like we did for more than 100 years with a $10 gauge. Lastly, how can it have a code for the battery being wrong? Also, Consumer Reports and others rate all the European car brands as having poor reliability and high repair costs.
Most dealerships have a 7-day, money-back, policy. Carmax has a 30 day money back policy. It’s actually a bit easier to get the inspection done after the purchase and just return it to the dealership if you don’t want to keep it. But you’ll want to make the appointment with your mechanic before hand, just so they have time blocked out for you.
was build in home depot east Germany
BTW, matching silver paint (red is the hardest color to match), even by a high quality body repair shop is nearly impossible. Even with a car that's not been repainted, the body parts that are horizontal will fade faster than the vertical parts. A body shop will buy paint the exact color from the manufacturer and it still doesn't match. We had a very high end auto paint shop near my dad's shop and they told me they actually sent a painter to Germany trying to find out why they couldn't match the paint with a new model silver Mercedes. Turns out they painted each car one at a time and the painter would pour the clear coat in the spray gun and apply the first coat of clear after pouring out but not cleaning the silver top coat from his spray gun, while the final base coat was still wet. Apparently there was no way the paint job would match without repeating the exact process.
State Inspection would have fixed or found those Lights,
Great video's……
Looks badly repaired, the bonnet to wing alignment's poor.