This is my car

Aiming for some cheap motoring, bought the car cheap with some work needing doing, hopefully will get a year or more out of it and part-exit for something once I can afford it!

Car

Audi A4 (B5) Avant - dark metallic blue - P-plate - 92,000 miles on the clock - £600

Engine

Standard 1.8 20 valve Turbo (AEB code)

Transmission

Standard 5 speed gearbox

Suspension

Standard shocks and springs

Brakes

Standard

Wheels & Tyres

16" OEM alloy wheels with some Ditchfinder™ Specials

Styling

Some scratches, chips, and dents.

Interior

Standard interior, nice seats, leather wheel.

ICE & Security

Standard cassette player with Magic Tape™ and iPod

Performance

Standard 0-60 of 8 seconds-ish?

Currently averaging 31mpg

Already Done

Oil/filter change - £15

Taxed - £100

Procured log-book - Free

Replacement panels for back end, in blue (thanks auoran!) - £25

Cam-belt changed - Preston Audi - £323

Clear side repeaters - £5

Boot sill cover - £17

Get interior cleaned - £40

Refurbished wheels £140

Short Term

Sell it!

Total spent (excluding running costs) - £1150

Edited 21 August, 200916 yr by Babs

Deja Vu.

Where did your last thread go ..............:O:O:O

I do apologise my icthy finger slipped and I hard deleted it by mistake. I couldn't have done any worse if I tried.

Well... it's back now anyway!

I now have tax!

Next on the list will hopefully getting the interior steam cleaned.. anyone know anyone in the north west?

Great car and having owned one, well it was my girlfriend's, they can look pretty good with a few subtle changes:

(De-badged, Clear side repeaters and 17" Skoda Solid's).

Look forward to seeing the updates mate..............

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............Didn't know road signs in Preston were also in Welsh..Nice looking Motor

Lol

Was taken at my Dad's house.

Like I said, I'm gonna attempt to address the bodywork imperfections, and will even attempt to repspray the rear bumper and tail gate. It's my project for the summer.

Your girlfriend's B5 is very nice, Baker! I'm confident with some practise I can achieve nearly that sort of finish on this one

Your girlfriend's B5 is very nice, Baker! I'm confident with some practise I can achieve nearly that sort of finish on this one

Girlfriend and Avant is long gone now mate but look forward to seeing your work........

Ah, sorry!

Won't get a lot done till the Summer I think, when they're more lenient with time off from work.

Edited first post with some new jobs to do!

Bettws....

Interior cleaning North West? Can recommend a place in Manchester if that's any good to you? It's where I take mine when they need doing.

Steve

Girlfriend and Avant is long gone now mate but look forward to seeing your work........

Yep, I ran the motor for a year after buying it. It's now has a fair few bits missing from it .....

Babs, any parts you need to replace broken ones let me know and I may have some.

Yep, I ran the motor for a year after buying it. It's now has a fair few bits missing from it .....

Babs, any parts you need to replace broken ones let me know and I may have some.

:(

'96 Audi A4 2.6 Avant (Breaking - Check out eBay Seller: auroan: Cars, Parts Vehicles items on eBay.co.uk)

Simon you'll be shocked if I post picks of it's current state.

Log book arrived today

And thanks to Auroan I should hopefully soon have a fully blue car

Bits picked up, muchos thanks!

No problem mate. The PDF I mentioned will be with you very shortly.

Cheers

Bettws....

Only just saw this!

And yes, it is I'm sure you know the street, too lol

Got my car back from getting the cam belt changed at Preston Audi, they gave me a "vehicle report" of what they deemed to be wrong with the car, the vast majority was entirely fictitious even going so far as to invent problems non-existent suspension components!

I had a fresh MOT two weeks ago and I was actually going through the test with the guy, only problem was excessive play in the front-most suspension lower arms, which I replaced, nothing else picked up, not even an advisory.

Audi said the rear wheels bearings are showing excessive play, the front control arms on the rear suspension (interesting, since my car has a swing axle!) needed replacing, the front brake flexipipes need replacing, the tyres all need replacing (but then they show at least 5mm all round thread depth), the wipers need replacing, and (this is the funny one) the hatch and the rear bumper are "incorrect". Hmm really? I would never have thought that green panels on a blue car would be incorrect.

The total to rectify all this?

£2367

I basically laughed, paid for the cambelt and walked out!

Was there a particular reason you went to a main dealer for the cambelt replacement? Was it an attractive price or something?

Price was the same as Awesome as Audi have got a fixed-price scheme for all cars over 3 years old, and the dealer is 2 miles from my house and gave a courtesy car.

Went back to Audi to get a "clean" copy of the invoice - service desk woman get quite shirty with me when I told them that all their "recommendations" were rubbish. I asked to speak to the After Service Manager, and eventually got an invoice that just says they've done the belt

Went back to Audi to get a "clean" copy of the invoice - service desk woman get quite shirty with me when I told them that all their "recommendations" were rubbish. I asked to speak to the After Service Manager, and eventually got an invoice that just says they've done the belt

Probably didn't like being told how it is by a hippy :P:P

Probably didn't like being told how it is by a hippy :P:P

Yeah, probably