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  • #902
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,479 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    galwaytt wrote: »
    indeed - if that's a maybe, this should be a shoe-in for this thread... http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/peugeot-607-2-9-v6-auto/4039674
    I thought a valid NCT was necessary for this thread though?

    Not your ornery onager



  • #903
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    I think that odonohues in enniscorthy had one of those for sale that had never been registered.

    Heard It's lying there rotting still.
    Apparently 50 k to get it on the road, and it'd have a 132 plate! :pac:


  • #904
    Scortho
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,871 ✭✭✭Scortho


    Esel wrote: »
    De look, or de feel? Do dey has de lumbar support?

    Don't know but from what I've heard they're very very comfy.
    The leather seats in the gt are meant to be comfier though!


  • #905
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭ofcork


    03 A8 on gumtree cork for 4950$(KGrHqN,!lEFJoGt)M4rBSc1WkiYk!~~48_35.JPG


  • #906
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,145 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Linky missing, ofcork :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



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  • #907
    ofcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭ofcork


    http://www.gumtree.ie/cp-cars-in-cork/look-audi-a8-538808781 this is the ad.


  • #908
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,145 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    That's the 3.7l. I would hold out for a 4.2l. More of them about, same to tax / insure but a lot quicker and more and earlier torque. Good find all the same :)

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #909
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    That GTA Most certainly wasnt the only one in Ireland!


  • #910
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    unkel wrote: »
    That's the 3.7l. I would hold out for a 4.2l. More of them about, same to tax / insure but a lot quicker and more and earlier torque. Good find all the same :)

    Serious car for the money shame about the tax.


  • #911
    lomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭lomb


    The 3.7 is probably the pick due to the chocolate gearboxes. Less torque and power is a good thing not a bad thing:pac:


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  • #912
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,145 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    lomb wrote: »
    Less torque and power is a good thing not a bad thing:pac:

    Maybe in your book, but not in mine :p

    And certainly not if I were paying max tax!

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #913
    daRobot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭daRobot


    lomb wrote: »
    The 3.7 is probably the pick due to the chocolate gearboxes. Less torque and power is a good thing not a bad thing:pac:

    Gearboxes are pretty decent in the D3 models, certainly nowhere like the shambles of 'boxes in the previous D2.


  • #914
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Who manufactured the chocoboxes?


  • #915
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Who manufactured the chocoboxes?

    Milk Tray!?! :D


  • #916
    delthedriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,955 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Milk Tray!?! :D

    Because the lady loves Milk Tray!:D


  • #917
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭power pants


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Who manufactured the chocoboxes?


    The chocolate gearbox phrase only comes up on here when mentioning that gear box in particular :confused:


  • #918
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,145 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    power pants wrote: »
    The chocolate gearbox phrase only comes up on here when mentioning that gear box in particular :confused:

    Perhaps it's a case of internet forum acquired wisdom :)

    I've no idea myself about the gearboxes used in Audi A8, but I expected them to be ZF boxes, like many BMW and Mercedes cars use?

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #919
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭power pants


    yeah, wasn't a slight on the forum. Just amusing if describing the audi gear boxes for that car, no other word is ever used except chocolate. Ive now started to see the car with actual chocolate gear sticks etc etc


  • #920
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Quick Google reveals they are ZFs in the D3 range. Strange for them to give so much bother, if true.


  • #921
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Quick Google reveals they are ZFs in the D3 range. Strange for them to give so much bother, if true.

    According to wiki:

    6HP26A

    Four-wheel drive version used in Audi, Volkswagen Passenger Cars and Bentley marques of the Volkswagen Group:


    So explains why it's reliable in case of BMW.


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  • #922
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,574 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    daRobot wrote: »
    Gearboxes are pretty decent in the D3 models, certainly nowhere like the shambles of 'boxes in the previous D2.

    Also ZF's but an earlier version.. but same'ish as in the E38. Theory is that the AWD drivetrain puts more strain on the gearbox and/or Audi's aggressive shifting algorithm and final drive is somewhat crappy.

    My S8 had 3 gearboxes in 190k miles, its quite commonly bad, not just hearsay.


  • #923
    daRobot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭daRobot


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    Also ZF's but an earlier version.. but same'ish as in the E38. Theory is that the AWD drivetrain puts more strain on the gearbox and/or Audi's aggressive shifting algorithm and final drive is somewhat crappy.

    My S8 had 3 gearboxes in 190k miles, its quite commonly bad, not just hearsay.

    Yep, I've seen that point mentioned quite a few times. A8 parts forum is one of the places, that highlights just how commonplace it is.

    So from a reliability proposition, the 2.8 FWD A8 is the one to get from the pre 2003 models.


  • #924
    power pants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,902 ✭✭✭power pants


    just to emphasise my original point. I wasn't disputing whether the A8 has a **** gear box or not, I was just referring to the word "chocolate" that has been used many times for this car


  • #925
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,145 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    daRobot wrote: »
    the 2.8 FWD A8 is the one to get from the pre 2003 models.

    2.8 FWD? Meh ;)

    *takes older A8 off shortlist of cars to own*

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #926
    JohnxF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭JohnxF


    Matt Simis wrote: »
    Also ZF's but an earlier version.. but same'ish as in the E38. Theory is that the AWD drivetrain puts more strain on the gearbox and/or Audi's aggressive shifting algorithm and final drive is somewhat crappy.

    My S8 had 3 gearboxes in 190k miles, its quite commonly bad, not just hearsay.

    Matt, do you know if those gearboxes were replaced at owner expense of if Audi contributed? It would be an expensive car to own if you had to budget for a new gearbox every so often.

    I'd be with Unkel. If you can only count on the 2.8 FWD version, there's no point in having an A8.


  • #927
    daRobot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭daRobot


    JohnxF wrote: »
    Matt, do you know if those gearboxes were replaced at owner expense of if Audi contributed? It would be an expensive car to own if you had to budget for a new gearbox every so often.

    I'd be with Unkel. If you can only count on the 2.8 FWD version, there's no point in having an A8.

    Totally. Luxobarges need torque, either from a Diesel, or better, a v8/12.

    Similarly, a 728i wouldn't float my boat either.


  • #928
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I drove a 4.2 04 A8. Never drove anything with as much presence (Even over RRs, 300c etc.)

    Beautiful.


  • #929
    delthedriver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,955 ✭✭✭delthedriver


    Limerick man wrote: »
    I drove a 4.2 04 A8. Never drove anything with as much presence (Even over RRs, 300c etc.)

    Beautiful.

    Certainly a very fine car. Nice alternative to Mercedes S Class , completely different league to Chrysler 300c:)


  • #930
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a8-3-7-v8-quattro/5939774

    Has been here before, but now it's under budget.

    Considering this myself, but just can't convince myself to pay 1800 to the Motor Tax Office :/


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  • #931
    Ninap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 547 ✭✭✭Ninap


    Sobanek wrote: »
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/audi-a8-3-7-v8-quattro/5939774

    Has been here before, but now it's under budget.

    Considering this myself, but just can't convince myself to pay 1800 to the Motor Tax Office :/

    Yeah, but that's why it's the price it is..


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