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    #21
    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    This is true. I religiously stick to the annual servicing schedule on my 16 year old jalopy. I only did 1064 miles between MOTs in the past year.
    May I buy it off you?

    Here I have an honest motor, good runner, one lady owner, never smoked in - first to see will buy!

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      #22
      Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post
      May I buy it off you?

      Here I have an honest motor, good runner, one lady owner, never smoked in - first to see will buy!
      The previous owner was male, so that's technically correct

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        #23
        Got 3 quotes

        Prices include parts, labour & VAT.
        All using genuine Audi parts

        Audi dealer - £745

        Independent Audi/BMW/Merc - £525

        Local garage - £350
        Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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          #24
          Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
          Prices include parts, labour & VAT.
          All using genuine Audi parts

          Audi dealer - £745

          Independent Audi/BMW/Merc - £525

          Local garage - £350
          So something you will have done what, every five years, so a cost of about £100 a year, and you have devoted half your life to this subject?

          You probably spend more on crisps or light bulbs in a year....

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            #25
            Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
            Prices include parts, labour & VAT.
            All using genuine Audi parts

            Audi dealer - £745

            Independent Audi/BMW/Merc - £525

            Local garage - £350
            I can get it done for £999.99

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              #26
              Originally posted by AtW View Post
              I can get it done for £999.99
              £1000 would be too much!

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                #27
                Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
                Apparently, later models of the TT have a timing chain rather than a belt. I think most cars many years ago used to have chains.

                It's always seemed a bit daft to me using a piece of rubber for something as crucial as the camshaft on an interference engine. I wonder whose bright idea that was.
                Every BMW I had over the last 20 years had a timing chain. Doesn’t mean the chain won’t degrade though. I stretched a timing chain on my last BMW. Fortunately under warranty, was a £2500 fix, free to me.


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                  #28
                  Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
                  So something you will have done what, every five years, so a cost of about £100 a year, and you have devoted half your life to this subject?

                  You probably spend more on crisps or light bulbs in a year....
                  Retired early. Time rich. Money not so much.
                  Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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                    #29
                    Checked the service book for the car last night. It's only done 469 miles since 25 Apr 2019.

                    With insurance, road tax, servicing, MOT, cost per mile must be astronomical.
                    Scoots still says that Apr 2020 didn't mark the start of a new stock bull market.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
                      Retired early. Time rich. Money not so much.
                      Originally posted by DealorNoDeal View Post
                      Checked the service book for the car last night. It's only done 469 miles since 25 Apr 2019.

                      With insurance, road tax, servicing, MOT, cost per mile must be astronomical.
                      In which case an Audi TT is not a good choice. I would recommend a car that is cheap to insure, cheap to tax, reliable and easy to maintain.

                      25 most unreliable cars | What Car?
                      "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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