alandrill

p.s thanks for your input

The seller bought the car in Sept 2019 with extended warranty from non-Audi dealership. Oil warning fault occurred within a couple of months. The total repair bill for the engine was £4500 including fitting and was paid for by Autoprotect , not the seller. Its an S line , 185bhp, £7500 ish. My concerns are that the car may have skipped a service around 40,000 which might mean gearbox/DSG oil issues? If it was a new engine then maybe worth a punt as the warranty is transferable?

Gareth, it’s a private sale. Nice guy selling it, very open. It was in dealership for 6 weeks having engine replaced. No doubt time required for warranty involvement, source engine, fit engine. I guess if it was my car I would be rightly sick of the hassle and want shot of it. More reason to walk away?

I'm looking to buy a particular 2012 A1 TFS 1.4 185 model. Car had developed an engine oil light end of 2019, engine then replaced under warranty March 2020, new engine number CAVG 19453. I suspect the car (55,000 miles approx) might have missed a midlife service or at least the dealer (Evans Halshaw) might have just ticked the service book as having had all oil changes done Sep 2019? Excuse my cynicism. I'm sure the right thing to do is walk away from the car but other than this it has all the options and right colour etc. What are your thoughts on this? Would be my first Audi and would appreciate any input. The engine cost was £2536. Will this be a new engine or reconditioned at that price, seemed cheap to me. Thanks, Alan