Hi!</P>


As my family may shortly be moving to the Emirates, Dubai to be more precise, we've been considering buying a a fairly nice car. We've been looking some at the 7 series, for instance, but I'm kind of intrigued by maybe getting an A8. </P>


I was kind of wondering if anyone had an idea about the second hand value of these cars, especially, of course, in that specific area, but whereever you live is appreciated, for the sake of the knowledge, I suppose. :P Also, how doe the S8 compare to the A8, in your opinion. I realize that since you are on these forums, you must think it's a fairly good car already, but even so, I'd like to hear your views on it, if you feel like expressing any.. :D Maybe if you've tried both the A8 and some 7-series versions, how do they compare?</P>


Sorry of this is a stupid question, but it is galvanized (that the correct word for it?) against rust, right?</P>


Thanks for having the paticence to read through all of this. :P</P>


-DM</P>

You lucky bastard, all those arabs have such nice cars, they buy Lamborghinis like they're shoes. Unfortunately I can't compare the cars, I haven't driven any of them.

I aint no arab! :PI'm Norwegian, so when you consider the insane amount of money we have to pay for cars up here, you can probably imagine why we're drooling at cars like this when moving for a while. :D</P>


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-DM</P>

I said <U>those</U>, I see you are form Norway, in the United Arab Emirates there are Arabs. I got nothin against either.</P>


galvanized iscoating metal with zinc, I think?? Rust proofing is not the same.</P>

*cough* Forgive me for wakin' up and not quite smelling the morning coffee then. <img border="0" src= smileys/smiley11.gif></P>


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As for the galvanization, I would not know, that's why I'm asking.<img border="0" src= smileys/smiley9.gif></P>


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-DM</P>

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<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Before buying my A8, I did test drive a two year old BMW 740 (old shape), and I was going to buy it before being persuaded to test drive the A8.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The BMW was a nice drive, it did have everything you would want on a car, but the A8 had something extra.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">You cannot put it into words; you have to drive them both to know what I mean.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Its little things, its how it sits on the road, its how it turns, its how it feels under your backside, its everything.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The A8 is not </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB>galvanized, but the whole car is aluminium, so it will not rust, just be careful in car parks, as the slightest bump will be expensive. </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB>I don’t know what car prices are like in the Gulf, but I bet they are a lot cheaper than The UK or </SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Norway</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN lang=EN-GB>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Hope this has helped a little, like I said, get out there and do some test drives.</FONT></SPAN></P>

Appreciate your comments, Derek, and again, sorry BoostedA4 for kind of so totally misreading your post.. <img border="0" src= smileys/smiley11.gif></P>


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-DM</P>

It's no problem, I didn't take any offense, don't worry about it.</P>

We know somebody who ownes a porsche 911 and he had a testdrive with an S8... He said it was just unbelievable andperformes like a porsche.</P>


The S8 is just more exclusive then all the "normal" A8's driving around.</P>


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We know somebody who ownes a porsche 911 and he had a testdrive with an S8... He said it was just unbelievable andperformes like a porsche.</P>


The S8 is just more exclusive then all the "normal" A8's driving around.</P>


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</BLOCKQUOTE>In the UK, the "normal" A8's are just more exclusive than all the 'ten a penny' porsche's you see everyday.

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thats a pretty loose corellation. that's like saying Dodge = Jeep because they are both Chrysler companies..

ORIGINAL: norcaltrojan

thats a pretty loose corellation. that's like saying Dodge = Jeep because they are both Chrysler companies..

You do realize you posted your response to an 11 month old post, right?

;)