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Someone has just mentioned this to me on fb ... I suppose it's easy to forget how covid literally brought everything to a halt and shut companies down for many months... which I guess you'd have to factor in when looking at this service schedule - if you consider it might have been on the Audi Long Life Service Schedule also... "VAG cars can be set up for either standard or long life servicing, if set for long life then it’s every 2 years or 20k which on this one is probably what’s happened in my opinion and then late due to covid" The Audi LongLife Service "These engines use built-in sensors that continually monitor the oil quality, making it possible to enjoy maintenance and service free intervals for even longer. Flexible service intervals of up to a maximum of 19,000 miles* or 24 months (whichever occurs first)."

Hi Gareth I was thinking it might be a good idea to get a warranty regardless of which A3 I might buy, as they're likely to be as recent as 2018 and with circa 50k on the clock, and I don't mind spending £30 per month for peace of mind if something should go wrong. But the point you raise is an interesting one and something I've read about - "wear and tear" - I was reading the Audi list of exclusions from the warranty where this was mentioned. It's interesting because to me, technically surely anything can be considered wear and tear on a car. I mean literally anything ever invented by man kind is subject to wear and tear so surely Audi could just say to anyone regardless of what the component is "sorry, that's a wear and tear item" .... s tronic gear box... every component in it is subject to wear and tear surely! An interesting post I read was about how someone insisted on his Dad buying the extended warranty on a used car purchase and was grateful he took it up as not long after he had a repair item worth £1,700 covered by the warranty.... As for the car, I'm being cerebral about it - not trying to convince myself to buy it, just trying to ascertain the facts to paint the fullest picture I can, but it does like there are oil changes missing. I even said this to the seller - perhaps the previous owner has records of oil changes which aren't listed on that service record I was given, but heard no reply anyway. Presumably what I have been given is just the service record which any authorised Audi service department has for the car, so there if work has been done outside of the VAG group it would not be documented? Regardless I'd still need to see that before considering buying. There are 2016-2018 A3's with FSH so it's no problem anyway.

This is what I can find on the MOT Date Result Details 28 Oct 2023 Pass Mileage: 51,004 miles Advisory Notices Offside front tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e)) 27 Oct 2022 Pass Mileage: 43,078 miles 07 Sep 2021 Pass Mileage: 29,965 miles

Just looking at the service record again, surely the car must have been elsewhere other than Audi dealership for servicing or MOT as the first MOT is 2021... 3 years after the car's inception?? So if it has been MOT'd elsewhere, as the ones in 2019 and 2020 aren't showing, it's most likely been serviced elsewhere too...?

I suppose I could take out an extended warranty with Audi, with a £250 excess it would be £492 a year, I think that would probably be a good idea anyway for peace of mind.

Thanks Gareth, I've said to the seller I'd like to see all the service history and any documentation regarding servicing etc. and that's all I have been given so either the seller doesn't have access to any other service records than what's shown or that is the actual service history in full. I'm the same really - I can't spend over £10k on a car which has missed routine maintenance schedules, I just think it would be irresponsible. I'm looking for an automatic 2018+ Audi A3 and have read that the 1.5 TFSI engines should be avoided because they're jumpy etc. but on Autotrader I can't seem to see any 1.4 TFSI engines. Either the 1.0L or 1.4 sound good. Have you got any advice about this?

Hi Gareth, Many thanks for your reply. The car is being sold as FSH. When I asked for the service record the seller emailed the latter part of the service first, which I realised only started in 2021 so I had to ask if there was any earlier service record hence the second smaller and first part... and I did think that seemed a bit off. I also think the same as yourself - surely a service should be done every year or 10k on most cars and like you say it looks like the first service was done at 26k! I was really interested in the car so it wasn't what I wanted to hear but I'd much rather not buy a car which hasn't been maintained properly. Thanks very much for your advice.

I'm looking at buying my first Audi. Does this service record look ok? You might have to click on each photo to see it all. Thanks for any advice