Bargain or Moneypit

factor in an lpg conversion?

50, 000miles motoring for 2k cost?

Bargain. Considering most cars drop 1k a year over 10, 000miles use.

nosedive – Member
Stunning. I bet a set of tyres is closer to 1200 than 700 though.

£515 for a set of four Michelins for an A4 with similar performance. Same top end, Phaeton is marginally faster to 100kph. Guess the VW weighs more though, so that might add a few quid.

Keep us posted, OP!

Will do, I will be viewing/testdriving this weekend. A mate is a local independant volvo specialist but knows his cars and has serviced/looked after mine(he would be servicing this).I called him last night and he just laughed at me when I told him what I was going to look at. He said big money would be cambelt/exhaust system/brakes but no worse than top end BMW or Audi.

Worldclassaccident once told us new discs and pads on his big Merc were £1,200…

My whole car only cost alittle more than that 😀

The much more sensible diesel, again a bit of a bargain

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/cars-for-sale/details?id=34961038

🙂

Saw an S8 the other week, kept hoping the owner would turn up so I could have a listen to the V10, went for a coffee and it had gone when I came back. 😐

I’ve also got a bit of a thing for near fully depreciated luxobarges. I’ve considered a Phaeton before, as well as the C6.

I doubt I’ll ever do it, but I like your chutzpah monkeysfeet..!

Always had a love for big cars. I grew up in Southport, the local motorbike dealer had a Lotus Carlton (1988 i think) then he bought a Tickford Capri. Amazing cars. Between me and my younger brother we have had a couple of Volvo s60’s, vauxhall Senator 3.0, Nissan Maxima to name a few…

monkeysfeet – Member
… he said big money would be cambelt/exhaust system/brakes but no worse than top end BMW or Audi.

Cam belt on A4 3.0 V6 quoted to me as about £500 from my local independent garage (whom I completely trust to look after my car).

hora – Member
Worldclassaccident once told us new discs and pads on his big Merc were £1,200…

Front pads and discs on mine were £200 fitted from the same garage. The Phaeton is a heavier car to stop, so maybe add a bit onto that – but surely not a grand!

WCA must have used a main dealer.

I was a bit concerned about the running costs of a bigger engine than I’ve ever had before, but apart from 28mpg (= ~22p per mile) it’s all been good so far.

Good luck!

Still waiting for the test drive update…..