lookin to buy one, 2 questions
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hey guys, I'm lookin to buy a cheap A8 for long distance trips (500 miles every month or so) cuz flying is gettin old!
i've had a couple of older audis and am currently audi-less becuase when i moved to the states from canada, i wasn't allowed to bring my minty fresh 93 UrS4 with me (best car i have ever owned). i'm thinking about an A8 now because i am blown away how cheap some of them are here! (sub 10k is unheard of in canada) i took a look at my first A8 today and i have couple of questions.
pre and post facelift....what's the difference? i've been searching the site to see if i can get at least a description but i suppose i'm not looking the right way.
the other question is to do with the transmission. i understand they have issues and i'd like to get a better idea of the symptoms. the one i just drive did the following: acceleration and decceleration were fine but small throttle inputs caused it to kick down a gear but then it was like it realized i wasn't going to accelerate hard and it shifted back up. upon upshift, there was a slight jerk. the whole episode would last maybe 2 seconds.
is this an indication of a trans that will fail eventually? i'm not too sure because i've never owned or looked at owning an automatic before, i mean, it could very well be my driving style....
i'm hoping to see another one on monday night that is even cheaper than the one i just drove but has recently rebuilt trans in it. wish me luck and thanks for any help you can give me.
i've had a couple of older audis and am currently audi-less becuase when i moved to the states from canada, i wasn't allowed to bring my minty fresh 93 UrS4 with me (best car i have ever owned). i'm thinking about an A8 now because i am blown away how cheap some of them are here! (sub 10k is unheard of in canada) i took a look at my first A8 today and i have couple of questions.
pre and post facelift....what's the difference? i've been searching the site to see if i can get at least a description but i suppose i'm not looking the right way.
the other question is to do with the transmission. i understand they have issues and i'd like to get a better idea of the symptoms. the one i just drive did the following: acceleration and decceleration were fine but small throttle inputs caused it to kick down a gear but then it was like it realized i wasn't going to accelerate hard and it shifted back up. upon upshift, there was a slight jerk. the whole episode would last maybe 2 seconds.
is this an indication of a trans that will fail eventually? i'm not too sure because i've never owned or looked at owning an automatic before, i mean, it could very well be my driving style....
i'm hoping to see another one on monday night that is even cheaper than the one i just drove but has recently rebuilt trans in it. wish me luck and thanks for any help you can give me.
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Where are you finding them? I am looking to buy one and have the same questions. I live in Virginia. Oh and I read about the transmission- you have to have a vag com and then you can switch the tranny from standard to sport mode and from what I have been reading it is a big difference.
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Pass on that unless its REALLY cheap. go to audipages.com for more info on the A8.<ul><li><a href="http://www.audipages.com">http://www.audipages.com</a</li></ul>
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it turned out that the car was programmed in "old man's mode", basically it would not hold 1st gear and would only hold 2nd ever so quickly which I thought was "hunting". I had the transmission programmed to "sport" mode and it made a HUGE difference.
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and at 9k i certainly wouldn't call it REALLY cheap!!!
the one i wanna look at this week i think i could get for 7 and has a 2.5yr old tranny in it.....too bad it'd be ANOTHER silver audi for me if i got it.... did they may audis in any other colour?!?!?!?!
the one i wanna look at this week i think i could get for 7 and has a 2.5yr old tranny in it.....too bad it'd be ANOTHER silver audi for me if i got it.... did they may audis in any other colour?!?!?!?!
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i would do ebay again but the first time was nerveracking enough thank you very much....besides, i did EXTREMELY well on the ebay purchase, don't wanna push my luck to make it 2 in a row!!!!
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