Audi A6 Avant, Audi A4 Avant or Mercedes Estate?

ShaneMc2012

I seem to be in a bit of a dilemma here! I've always had Audi estates except a recent stint with a Mercedes and I think I want to go back. At the moment my three preferences would be an Audi A4 Avant, Audi A6 Avant or a Mercedes-Benz E Class Estate. However with all three being roughly the same price, importing from the UK at least, Im not sure which one to get.
Particularly between the A4 and A6, they seem to be the same price despite the A6 being more expensive brand new? Are residual values something to be worried about?
Anyway, through experience or otherwise which would you chose?
These are the three I've narrowed down at the moment anyway!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311250128403/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_4_years_old/maximum-mileage/up_to_35000_miles/page/2/body-type/estate/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/postcode/bs43qb/model/e_class/radius/1500/make/mercedes-benz?logcode=p


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201401171107607/sort/default/usedcars/maximum-age/up_to_3_years_old/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/make/audi/radius/30/fuel-type/diesel/postcode/l59xn/page/1/body-type/estate/maximum-mileage/up_to_35000_miles?logcode=p


http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201312100450584/sort/default/usedcars/keywords/leather/transmission/manual/model/a4/body-type/estate/make/audi/fuel-type/diesel/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/maximum-mileage/up_to_40000_miles/postcode/bs43qb/maximum-age/up_to_3_years_old/page/1/radius/1500?logcode=p

Satanta

Out of those I'd pick the A6. But personally if I was going back to an estate I'd be looking hard at a 5 series. I drove both the A6 and 5er and much prefer the 5.

Lex Luthor

Satanta wrote: »

Out of those I'd pick the A6. But personally if I was going back to an estate I'd be looking hard at a 5 series. I drove both the A6 and 5er and much prefer the 5.

agree

Truckermal

Lex Luthor wrote: »

agree

I was going to say the same but that Merc is pretty! !!

ShaneMc2012

Truckermal wrote: »

I was going to say the same but that Merc is pretty! !!

That's what I thought aswell! However after a quick check the VRT on the E Class is almost €12,000 while the Audi's are around half that.. So it looks like its between the Audi's!

Truckermal

ShaneMc2012 wrote: »

That's what I thought aswell! However after a quick check the VRT on the E Class is almost €12,000 while the Audi's are around half that.. So it looks like its between the Audi's!

I would actually hold off until the 2012 model comes into your budget that's what I am doing albeit a saloon wife hates estates..:mad:

cabb8ge

ShaneMc2012 wrote: »

That's what I thought aswell! However after a quick check the VRT on the E Class is almost €12,000 while the Audi's are around half that.. So it looks like its between the Audi's!

Also the mpg of the Audi are better, significantly to my surprise, it add up over year or two.

A6 look very old now though I think.

Old diesel

Does this buying from the Uk thing actually still work out.

And what price are we looking at for that A6 landed home

ShaneMc2012

Old diesel wrote: »

Does this buying from the Uk thing actually still work out.

And what price are we looking at for that A6 landed home

It really depends on the car it seems, I only really do it for lower mileage and better extras. However with everything included (€21,000 for the car, €7000 for the VRT and €1000 for ferry etc.) it comes to at most €29,000.
Compared to cars here you get a better car and less mileage for €4000 less.

Soarer

That Merc is faptastic.

ShaneMc2012

Soarer wrote: »

That Merc is faptastic.

Thats what attracted me to it in the first place! Realistically I think the A6 is the best bet though!

Kaiser D

ShaneMc2012 wrote: »

It really depends on the car it seems, I only really do it for lower mileage and better extras. However with everything included (€21,000 for the car, €7000 for the VRT and €1000 for ferry etc.) it comes to at most €29,000.
Compared to cars here you get a better car and less mileage for €4000 less.

€1k for ferry?

I got over and back to the UK from (Holyhead>Liverpool>Holyhead) for about €300, if even.

ShaneMc2012

Kaiser D wrote: »

€1k for ferry?

I got over and back to the UK from (Holyhead>Liverpool>Holyhead) for about €300, if even.

I've never done it personally so I was being conservative just in case of unforeseen extras, €300 seems reasonable enough though