Hi, new here looking for reassurance hopefully. I recently listed my 2023 rs5 almost mint apart from a small scratch on motorway auction site. The winning bid was a car showroom from Harrogate. Upon inspection they wanted £1750 off the price for 2 front discs. They claimed were badly deteriorating. There is a tiny half millimetre ridge to the outer and the vented holes are slightly clogged. I’ve had the car from 450 miles and covered 16300 now. Always easy on the brakes and never charge at junctions. Also passed a mot 2 days prior to sale. Is the garage trying to con me or should is the brakes genuinely needing replacing

It’s a typical tactic, no different to webuyanycar. The auction winning bid is a bit of a fallacy, as the winning garage then start deducting anything that they would consider they would need to replace in order to resell. It’s down to you if you want to accept or refuse. You could also find that the winning garage could plug in VCDS on collection to see if any outstanding DTC codes need further investigation. At the end of the day it’s a performance car and RS genuine OE parts aren’t cheap, so they’re just covering themselves.

If discs are as good as you say with small lip based on mileage, then they could be skimmed to remove the lip, and unclog the holes, as long as they are within spec. You’d have to cancel the sale though, so not sure if you’d still have administrative fee with Motorway?

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