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1438 messages, Last post on Sep 17, 2008 at 9:08 PM
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 02, 2008 7:08 pm) MB has a similar limited warranty, but it's only 1 yr and up to 100k miles. Same E500 CPO, purchased in 12/06 would have its warranty expire in 12/11 or 100k miles. Interestingly, have owned the E500 and traded it in recently for my A8L. It was a very nice car, but the A8L is in a different league, as it should be. Cheers, PMMD
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Replying to: pmichaelmd (Aug 03, 2008 10:50 am) -mike
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ck auto week, my bible, for the A8 compared to the BMW 7 and MB 550. That's the different league. Harbo aka slvrfx  cox.net
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Replying to: harbo (Aug 03, 2008 5:56 pm) -mike |
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Replying to: paisan (Aug 03, 2008 11:30 am) The A8 (mine was not an "L") did a few things very well. First I had the Sport option with the paddle shifters and air suspension. It made the car a lot of fun as you could use the shifters to play with the power band. The car also handled very well, not just in messy weather but overall it was really fun to drive. It also has the nicest interior of any car in its class. The quality of the materials and their finish as well as the design was great. I had the Amaretto interior which was stunning with a black exterior. The final thing is that you don't see an A8 coming and going all day, it is a unique car that rewards the owner throughout the entire experience. I'll continue to drive audi's after the A8 expeience.
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Replying to: clembo (Aug 04, 2008 1:02 pm) For anyone shopping for an A8, I say seriously consider the standard wheel base model. Unless you are operating a limo service, why have an unnecessary 5" in the back seat and 200+ pounds of dead weight to carry around. My back seat passengers think they are in great luxury without it. The performance difference is noticeable.
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Replying to: ayyate (Aug 04, 2008 3:26 pm) I really like the Audis, but have read/heard/seen the reliability be pretty poor on em  That's really the only thing that would stop me from diving in. -mike |
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| Has any Audi owner with new car warranty up 50,000 miles been sold extended Audi warranty for up to 100,000 miles, and was not told that the term of the extended warranty does not run from purchase of the extended warranty but from January of the year when you first got the car, eg 2002. The Audi brochure was deceptive and the dealer told me I had six years from July 2005 purchase but in fact expired 12/31/07. I paid almost $3,000 for extended warranty that lasted one year past my original five years and less than 20,000 miles after my original 50,000 miles. | |
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for all infos. I actually prefer the 06 A8, since the big grille actually looks cool on it (unlike the A4's). but I was a bit shocked by the price difference, $44k for 06 vs $35k for 05. I'm thinking beige interior, but err... what's amaretto? I prefer dark blue exterior though, black 2nd. I'm aware of Audi's horrific reliability record, so do you recommend an extended warranty? I mean an 05 will have no original warranty left, logically. I'm about 3 months away from purchasing. Thanks |
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