Ah! Maybe you’re better off with an S after all! Keep us posted
Ah! Maybe you’re better off with an S after all! Keep us posted
Treat it like it`s the only one in the world.Post Thanks / Like - 1 Likes, 0 Thanks, 0 DislikesDan liked this post
That is a legendary S! I hope you find it has no problems. Good luck!
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When something like that feels wrong, I`d figure that it *is* wrong, so I like that "could hear Accumulator.."
That sounds better, assuming there`s no, uhm....story.And then what appeared to be the Unicorn appeared in CarMax inventory. A clean unpainted S550 with only 55k on it. It is now being transferred to my store. Very excited!
And MB is usually pretty good about parts staying available (driver`s door window switches for a LS400? Good luck with that, unless they`ve found some more..). I *would* make sure it doesn`t have some of those high-tech "features" that can`t be fixed when they go bad (I`ve heard some real horror stories about 6-figure Benzes with "little"/"minor" in-warranty issues that can`t be resolved, ditto for some Audis).
Yeah, hoping there is no story. We had the "buyer" at the remote store walk the car and it came back with zero paintwork, which is pretty important to me. I also pulled the carfax, looks like it was dealer serviced all its life. Waiting for a Mercedes VMI on it as well.
With the LS`s it was amazing to see how many of those were serviced at Jiffy Lube/Valvoline/etc.
Another interesting thing in my journey was selling the Volt. I gave Carvana a shot, they give you an offer based on your appraisal of the car, then if you agree to the price, they come to your house, inspect the car and then take it away. It was a cool process and I got $2800 more than Carmax`s offer.
Thats awesome!
I had a B7 A4 prior to getting a B8 S4. B6 and B7 S4`s sound great!
those B5`s are bad @$$ too!
I was looking hard at a B7 RS4 instead of a B8 S4, but ultimately the B8 S4 won out
I am going to start making some cosmetic changes very soon on it, as well as performance mods in the spring (starting with intake, exhaust, and stage 1 tune)
Dan- Ah, that Carvana deal sounds great. ?How to dispose? can be a headache if you`re not gonna DIY it (and I wouldn`t).
Hope that inspection was nice and thorough..."no paintwork" is, uhm...well, just one of those things you don`t put too much trust in 2nd hand, ya know?
Agreed, especially when the party selling it is making that determination. That said, having worked at, and bought several cars there, they do not systematically hide paintwork on cars, and the buyers are trained as well as anyone at any dealership to spot it.
The ultimate test, as always is when the PTG comes out. The numbers do not lie. Funny to see the looks on their faces when that comes out. The Mercedes dealer was especially fun in that regard.
the timing chain issues, and gas mileage kept me away from the B7RS4. After a stage 1 tune, I should be making more power with my B8S4 anyways
i know this sounds kinda dumb, but my biggest gripe with the B8S4 is the MMI, i hate that it is so integrated and pretty much unchangeable
When I had my B7A4 (and same case would have been with the B7RS4) I could put a state of the art aftermarket headunit. I had a awesome top of the line Kenwood Excelon Nav unit will all the bells and whistles in the A4 and my S4 has a lame Audi MMI that is the same as the 2009 cars lol......it doesn`t even allow for streaming blue tooth music (but there is an half @$$ aftermarket solution to that problem)
but I love the interior over all way more in my B8 over B7
A friend at work just bought a car through Carvana. The process in buying seemed to be pretty similar to your experience in selling: easy and fast. There was an interior issue he found which they paid to resolve without question. A couple minor paint blemishes were undisclosed, but I think even I could polish them out if asked without him having to fight with Carvana to hire a pro.
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