As someone who knows not much about cars....

First Aid Ireland

...Could anyone tell me if the price for this Audi A3 looks right. It's 4450.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A3/1.8E-Aut/813258389845360/advert?channel=CARS

SteppingStone

First Aid Ireland wrote: »

...Could anyone tell me if the price for this Audi A3 looks right. It's 4450.

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A3/1.8E-Aut/813258389845360/advert?channel=CARS

Looks about right. I would only offer 4k though;)

SteppingStone

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A3/1.8E-AUT/201147205744226/advert?channel=CARS Just seen this. It's a 01 though and in Cork. Last updated 127 days ago.

First Aid Ireland

SteppingStone wrote: »

http://www.carzone.ie/search/Audi/A3/1.8E-AUT/201147205744226/advert?channel=CARS Just seen this. It;s 071 though and in Cork. Last updated 127 days ago though.

Thanks for that. Says 2 owners in the blurb, but 4 owners in the entered details bit, which is a bit odd.

SteppingStone

First Aid Ireland wrote: »

Thanks for that. Says 2 owners in the blurb, but 4 owners in the entered details bit, which is a bit odd.

Yeah I seen that could be a mistake or worth giving a call about Best of luck in your search

First Aid Ireland

SteppingStone wrote: »

Yeah I seen that could be a mistake or worth giving a call about Best of luck in your search

I'll follow it up. Thanks for your help. Much appreciated.

SteppingStone

No prob. Your welcome :-)

MuppetCheck

Xenons and aircon on it are nice extras. Rare on A3s, although autos do seem to be of a higher spec.

First Aid Ireland

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Xenons and aircon on it are nice extras. Rare on A3s, although autos do seem to be of a higher spec.

Excuse my ignorance but what's a xenon? Sounds like a type of photocopier :P

MuppetCheck

It's a headlight type. Better quality light and an excellent feature to have.

bazz26

Seems like crazy money to me for a 9 year old small hatchback.

Nissan doctor

bazz26 wrote: »

Seems like crazy money to me for a 9 year old small hatchback.

Your paying for the auto union rings on the grill.

delly

The 2001 is gone according to the motortax site.

Leonard Hofstadter

To be honest OP, you can do way better than an A3, they have a nice interior granted, but they're the same car as a Skoda Octavia or a Seat Leon or a VW Golf - the only diffence (apart from the classier looking interior and exterior) is the badge on the bonnet!

To be fair, the first car you linked to has a good spec and a great engine, but you have to have an automatic, I'd look elsewhere. Four grand is mental money for a tarted up Skoda Octavia to be honest, especially one as undesirable as that car, the "large" engine and the automatic gearbox mean there won't be too many people looking for it, sadly. I would much prefer one of these to the average poverty spec Paddy spec 1.6 with no air con and no anything, but that's not what sells, so really the first car should be a lot cheaper than that.

Also, that A3 is nearly two generations old now, the current model came out in 2004 and there is a new one on the way in the next few months as well, so that's another reason the first car is way overpriced.

First Aid Ireland

That's really helpful info. Thanks very much everyone.

Can anyone tell me why there's such a big price difference between these two cars, which look pretty much the same to me....

http://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=761293&r=s.php%3Fl[]%3D10&e=7000&nx=11&t=2&yn=2003&yx=2009&g=6&fb_source=message

http://www.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=773010&r=s.php%3Fl[]%3D10&e=7000&nx=11&t=2&yn=2003&yx=2009&g=0&fb_source=message

Difference is about 2000 euro

bazz26

Without seeing both in the flesh and judging their condition it's hard to tell. Also remember these are asking prices, the seller of the more expensive one could offer a larger discount than the other seller. In theory the €6k might be bought for €4,500/€5,000 with alot of haggling whereas the seller of the €4k one might not give any discount on it.

So you really need to compare condition, spec and bottom line prices of each car in order to decide which one is better value for money.