Pre-owned Audi A3 for 12 k VS leasing ?

[Bagpuss]

I've got an A3 and I like it. Bought second hand a couple of years ago and hasn't given me any major problems - I think I've had to spend about £300 on fixes. Hope this helps the OP.

Well the A3 looks very flashy - low profile tyres , angry face , etc , etc - the boys at the gas station can't take their eyes off. Too flashy now I realize. It gives me an image of what I am not...But the feeling , oh the feeling of driving. And stop comparing the A3 to a Golf . Golf had their days , now they look like Grandma s shopping car.

You are a wind up merchant. The A3 is a pretty but overpriced golf for girls. They are not rare or a drivers car, just a rebranded mid range golf

[Clippy]

Well the A3 looks very flashy - low profile tyres , angry face , etc , etc - the boys at the gas station can't take their eyes off. Too flashy now I realize. It gives me an image of what I am not...But the feeling , oh the feeling of driving. And stop comparing the A3 to a Golf . Golf had their days , now they look like Grandma s shopping car.

He, He.

Looks like the car is helping you pull.

Well done.

[Bumfluff]

I got an A3 couple of years ago still got it, I looked at equivilant golf as well with the same engine, niether really handle but the Audi 'looks' alot better and interior is nicer IMO, plus you get the halo effect of the R8 with the Audi these days, I would take Audi over the Golf

[shelby68]

You are a wind up merchant. The A3 is a pretty but overpriced golf for girls. They are not rare or a drivers car, just a rebranded mid range golf

I have to agree with the saggy cat on this one its just a rebadged golf with a bit more kudos, to be honest I can't tell the difference when sat inside even the dials look the same and the interiors aren't that great for a "premium" brand. 12k for a 4 yr old hatch back! they're only 15 new on the audi web site (for the pertol version) and I'd bet with the finance offers at the mo it would work out cheaper than a 12k second hand one,

[unemployed]

i have an a3 it is the s-line version with the dsg box and the padle shift,
as previous comments it is very similar in driving feel to any smallish vw hatch
golf octavia leon etc, but the quality of the interior is undeniably better in the audi i paid 15k for mine at 18 months old and it has every conceivable extra ,sat nav everything.

if you do go for the a3 try and get an s-line spec one as they hold there money better and look far better.

http://images.forum-auto.com/mesimages/89102/mya3_4.jpg

[Ardesco]

I can't belive you blew 12k on it, my god....

You must have fallen for the patter of the greasy Audi salesman...

An A3 does not look mean or cool, it's an A3 FFS. The only A3 I have driven that was any fun was a 2.0 TD FSI model in canary yellow. It went like tulip of a shovel buck sucked down deisal so far it really wasn't worth the trouble.

For 12K you could have got so much more...

[DimPrawn]

Good to see the credit crunch isn't stopping IT Contractors from wasting large sums of money on a car that offers very little value for money.

Boomed!

Get an Aygo and stick the other £10K into Gold. Next year sell the Gold and buy a better car outright. Probably some City traders Porsche 911.

[gingerjedi]

Current Audi A3 and BMW 1 models have the best looks in the class IMHO. Plus it is classy - not Focus or one of these Japanese/Chinese cars that look like I have created the design.

I used to have an Audi when they marketed their cars as understated and took the pi55 out of flashy BMW types, nowadays those same flash types are buying Audis so the brand has lost appeal to me.

I now drive one of those awful Japanese cars which has better value, performance and reliability than anything Audi has to offer... Audi do have nicer interiors though.

[SueEllen]

As a woman this thread is really funny.

If the OP is 6ft got a nice body and isn't a complete w***er to talk to then he should have no problem getting the girls.

[Bumfluff]

As a woman this thread is really funny.

If the OP is 6ft got a nice body and isn't a complete w***er to talk to then he should have no problem getting the girls.

Are you a fit women then with a nice body, generally IT doesnt attract that kind of women