Hey there. I am looking at purchasing a new-to-me Audi TT Quattro. It is a 2000. Get this......the mileage.....ONLY 1800 kilometers. Thats only 1120 miles!! The owner of this car bought it, used it for the above mileage, backed into the garage and managed to dent/scrape the side of it and as a result of that, thinks the car is not the same any more and is now selling it. What would be a fair offer to make on this car. Obviously it is like having a brand new 5 year old car, but there is no warranty remaining and the small bit of damage is still there. The asking price now is around the $30,000CAD {$25,212USD}. Are there any major concerns I should look out for now since it is out of warranty? Hard to to pinpoint I guess with only 1000miles on it. It has the 1.8T 5spd. What mpg are people getting with this model? I plan to use it all year round, and we get our fair share of snow up here too!! Any info you can provide will greatly help me make my decision.

Cheers,
Mark

 

I have a 2000 quattro, bought it with 55,000 miles on it, and paid $15,500 US. While your milage is significantly less, I don't know if its worth an extra $10,000. NADA pricing, assuming a 6-disk cd, and the Bose stereo system, and giving a credit of $4225 for the extra low milage puts the average retail at $20,600. So, you're not too far off, but you could go lower.

Its a great car though, i waited way too long to get an alignment for the rear tires, and I now have completely smooth patches in some spots, and it STILL did excellently in our first snowfall (I'm in central NY). Got some looks from a couple of 4X4 trucks in the ditch as I drove right past them up the hill coming home from work. If you're foot is light, and you can avoid the 'spirited' driving, you can expect to see around 27mpg combined (city/highway). I cannot, and therefore see an average mpg around 23, and thats while TRYING to be light on the pedal. (I really have no control) ; )

Keep in mind, these aren't the cheapest cars to maintain, but with such low milage, at least you'll have a chance to just drive it w/o dealing with much maintainance yet. (DEFINATELY do your timing belt at 60,000 miles). And oil changes should always be full synthetic oil.

Other then that, good luck, and have fun!

 

Thats great info! Full synthetic oil..check. Timing belt in about 10 years ..check! achTTung, are you using premium gasoline or regular in yours?

 

I run premium (93) when I find it, I'll run 94, some places here have it, most dont. The dealer I got my car from was a little shady, he hid some problems the car had, and I told him I expected to pick it up with a full tank of gas. He did as good as 3/4 of a tank, and it was 87 octane. Best I could get was 18mpg on that tank of gas. While premium is a little more expensive at the pump, you can drive farther on it. So you're really not saving anything by using the cheap gas.

 

it also recommends 93 and up only on the gas cap