thanks for the help

Edited by urgurinder on 12/11/2017 at 18:32

thanks for that Manatee... i'm hoping it to go very cheap.. there arent many used audi a6s with all the bells and whistles but this one has.. the option list alone can add 30% to the new car's bill... thats the only reason really i'm considering it.. it's being sold by lex's autolease if that means anything... but yes, like you say, if you want a good one, buy a good one.. may just have to cough up.. i got time on my side so trying all the options atthis stage...

Thanks SLO76 for very good advice.. this vehicle is 3 years old, just out of warranty but only 14k miles on it and with loads of bells and whistles (adaptive cruise control, audi lane assist, parking camera sensors etc etc)

do you know if ripples mean ripples in paintwork or ripples in the metal sheet of the body...

It's likely to have been involved in a relatively light accident (as the panel has been repaired rather than replaced) and instead of having it fixed properly via their insurance they've repaired it on the cheap. Poor quality paint repairs like this deteriorate quickly and kill the value. I wouldn't touch it. Buy a good older example from a large dealer, preferably an approved used car from a main dealer instead. Remember, these are complex prestige cars that will never be cheap to maintain, do so on a shoestring budget and you'll suffer.

I work sandwiched between two franchised dealers. One German "prestige" the other French. They have all their approved used cars smart repaired by exactly the same guys in a van all the independents use as well. If I want something done he pops around the fence.

Major repairs they may do a better job of but for the minor pre-sale prep stuff they paint bumper scuffs, minor dings, creases, craked plastics etc. by the same people as anyone else in exactly the same way so I'm far from convined an approved use will get you anything special in that department.

they must.. it is neither cat c or cat d

Could be an easily repareable bargain, or it could be a moneypit.

Without a careful examination by someone who knows both exactly what they are doing and looking for its anyone guess.

Its a desirable high end low mileage car. If the bodywork was a cheap and easy fix I would expect it would have been snapped up within the trade.

I am getting a picture of a trade in that is hiding something major.

""Qtr Panel nsr; Poor Previous Repair; Rippled UpTo 30% & Bumper Front; Dented; With Paint Damage...." And 14,000 miles in 3 years.

I'm getting a picture of an elderly owner, 80-in-the-shade, always driven big cars for 50 years, using the car for short trips, with a hands-on approach to parking in the supermarket car park. Had it repaired by a back-street cowboy so as not to have to tell their insurer.

Unless you can get information that that's not the case, the low mileage is possibly more of a risk than the body damage.

Since when do 80 year olds get cars from Leaseplan? More likely a company perk awarded to a Director who never has to drive anywhere so it sits at home and is used by wife/husband for shopping and picking the kids up hence low miles with dings.

fair shout, thanks