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    A3
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    1999

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  1. Steve, Yes, I am fairly sure a brake light bulb was changed not long ago. I also recollect that at the same time the second reversing light worked - I am sure we only had one for years. A post made here in 2015 also referred to "a 21w bulb instead of a 5/21w being installed". Did the poster actually mean 21/5w? 5/21w does not appear in Google. Maybe our normal servicer used the wrong bulb. Gareth. Yes it is brake light and not brake pad. But you could be right about one of a pair of bulbs not working. I am taking our other car to another service garage next week. When they have done what is needed I will ask them to look at the Audi. The place who we normally take the Audi are now suggesting a replacement 'instrument cluster' and I cannot believe that is where the fault lies. When we took the car out so we could take that photo the warning only came on after my wife had used the brakes several times. Tony
  2. 1999 low mileage A3 1.5 coupe. This warning keeps coming up with an annoying bleep. As you can see the car was not even moving. Our local garage who have serviced this car for twenty years are defeated. They have checked everything they can think of. Has anyone come across a similar problem and found the solution. Tony Gamble London SW6
  3. Thanks Gareth, As always an interesting observation. My view is that there is also a lot of luck in matching the right buyer with a seller. When we bought our Bentley Turbo R in 2001 a lot of luck was involved. Finding the right service garage. Finding a good negotiator. Finding the car that continues to serve us well at minimal cost. Golfers tell me that the more you play the luckier you get. With that in mind, as I am not in a rush to trade our Audi for an EV, the more research I can do into what this sort of car can command the more likely I am to be lucky and find the right buyer. I've already got two people interested and I have only been chatting around for about a month. Yes the dealers and some of the auctioneers say I'll only get the few hundred that AutoTrader suggests. Maybe neither of my two potentials will come good - but I only need one! Tony
  4. eBay is also a great resource for getting a feel of value. Lots of the ads for low mileage cars of a similar age are from dealers. I don't think I want to open my life to a world of tyre kickers so may end up selling to the trade. But, if I build up a spreadsheet of what is and has been on offer I can be more realistic about my expectations. I'll also, by then, have a list of dealers who show they are prepared to take a punt on my sort of car - and who knows it might lead to them selling me my BEV so they'll make two profits. T
  5. Fair comment Gareth, I have a friend who is in the top end of the auction business. Always looking for business and angles. Which is why he is 'rich'. I got the impression that the folk I spoke to at H&H and Brightwells were children. No initiative. No lust for a deal. If my pal were employing them I wonder how long they would last. Luckily we have two years to find a buyer for this car. Chatting here and elsewhere is part of the learning curve. £14.99 for an ad on eBay is a snip. And thank you again for your interest. It is much appreciated and great to hear some fresh suggestions. T
  6. Spoke to both H&H and Brightwells who only wanted the car with no reserve. For me that would be madness as I could be unlucky and be on a day when next to nobody went to the auction. I had not realised that one could use eBay as an advertisement. There is a 1998 Audi A3 on there but without the normal eBay bidding process. Tony
  7. Thanks Gareth, I'm Tony - not the owner of the car in this thread. I started the thread about the 29,000 mile A3. Lots of people have looked at it but with no comments. I spoke to those Classic Car Auction folk and for my car it would certainly be worth the auction process based on what they think it would fetch. I'd want to have a retainer as the danger of that sort of auction is that something might happen the same day and the number of attendees/bidders drop unusually - the possible General Election for example. I looked at the mag you suggested and there they want me to put in a price. At the moment I don't have one I am certain enough about. I am learning as I talk and luckily in no rush. Probably the next thing is to talk to some more auction folk. It is a ULEZ driven swap. We'll move to electric. But we have two years before the axe falls. In the meantime the A3 will go up in value and electrics come down. Tony
  8. Looked at the mag and then came across these folk. https://www.classiccarauctions.co.uk/ Are there any experiences around here from people who have used them? Tony
  9. Click to choose files This unusually low mileage A3 will be offered for sale shortly by owner living in the potential Greater London ULEZ zone. Owned since new in January 1999. Maintained regularly and in near to immaculate condition. Genuine 28,793 miles. For more detals contact tony at tonygamble dot org
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