2005 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro - Best used luxury sedan? 

In my area there’s one for $1,000 a 2005 a8 same as this one but with 120k mils just that I have a Toyota never had a German car so I’m looking into it

Congrats on the purchase! 50,000 miles is nothing for this car, good job on finding one with such low mileage. Thank you for the great comment!

I'm looking at one now. a 2005 with ~70K miles. Do you mind me asking how much you paid?

Look at one 05 100k mileS. How much should I pay

@@user-tx8in8xc3f I got mine for 3k 120k never had such of a beast of car but like he said maintenance probably is going to be beast so far running great besides tire sensor I need to replace

Congrats on the purchase!

It’s a truly amazing vehicle but yes maintenance cost isn’t a given. But honestly, it’s almost worth it, that’s how great this car is.

@@vtestdrive Even though the 4.2 V8 isn't the loudest V8, it still sounds incredible!

Steven Fiske most of these cars sounds quiet but all you need is a high quality exhaust that makes it sound loud but not loud in the car while driving or even a cheap muffler delete helps

As long as you do the regular oil and oil filter maintenance yourself, it's worth what you spend in upkeep. Well, as long as it's a car you really enjoy. I'd get the facelift though. A lot of kinks were ironed out by then.

Well if it helps u; I’ve an 04 A8L running up to 131k miles and the only thing I’ve done to her thus far is change her oil!

Thank you for the kind words.

A ross tech vcds is very important when owning an Audi. Saves you thousands preventing you from getting ripped off

actually he didn`t tell about camchain tensioners prices, timing belt and, lifters and ABS module ;) air struts are the less problem in this car ;) But once you fixed everything the pleasure of driving pay off

Thank you for the kind words.

Yo,I am looking to get one of these cars and it would be lovely if you could give me your opinion.Thank you

Super glad to hear it! It’s for this exact reason that I started this channel. Thank you very much for the support.

How much did you buy it for @MFxKool

@@RattygamingTV $6300 USD with 85k miles.

hows reliability been so far?

@@CrucialParodies hey sorry for the late reply. but 6 months later, I had to replace the oil cooler and mass air flow sensor. that's it so far. no major issues and I've added 10k miles already.

Thank you very much!

Very interesting! I didn’t know the FSI v8 was problematic. Thank you for the support.

@@vtestdrive No worries. Yeah, many rasons. Mostly bacause of a direct injection and the related carbon buildup which needs to be cleaned up periodically. Then the oil consumption and the timing chain (as opposed to timing belt in MPI) which is placed on the back of the engine, so a nightmare to replace and if it's clunking it's more noticable for the front pasengers . A bit more fuel efficient thou.

it is a VW Phaeton with audi logo on. it got parts from Phaeton (like the breaks)

wrong, Phaeton looks like Audi A8, Audi has history D2 generations, D3 is developed from there. VW coppy from Audi a8

The A8 i reviewed is my parents. Air suspension going strong 5 years and not even a check engine light once. It really depends on maintenance. Good luck.

Got mine for 3000 120k dope car

Yes some people did mention that in the comments, but for some reason I couldn’t get it to work. Maybe the switch was defective... or maybe my brain was defective and I couldn’t figure it out! Hahaha Thanks for your comment.

you probably dont give a shit but does anyone know a method to log back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot my login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.

@Jayden Turner Instablaster =)

It’s constructive comments like yours that make a difference in future videos! The worst part is I recorded a full exhaust run and just somehow completely omitted into putting it in the video. Thank you very much for the tips and I will work towards making future videos better.

@@vtestdrive cool! keep up the good work!

Its insane when you compare to other cars in this segment! I guess this is the main reason the A8 is so cheap in the used market. Thank you for the amazing comment!

When the air suspension goes out just convert it to Strutmasters

Thank you for the kind words. You’re right, I should have focused a bit more on the inside of the car.

Make sure you buy a vcds from ross tech if you get one. It will save you thousands of dollars

Hahahah, I’m a South Shore Montreal Bulgarian, but close enough!

Any issues you've had thats engine related? I will be buying a 4.0tdi a8 very soon you see.

@@Z4G. Be carefull, that chain and camshafts are not producing some unhealthy sounds, usually 30k km oil change interval, especially driven in city can kill them. Leaking injectors can take with themself also turbos (yes, this car have two turbos), new injectors are extremely expensive (almost 1k eur per one), however specialize shops can refurbish them (but not for free). If car have restless idle rpm, in 99% it could be faulty injectors, or you needs to check them with online values via diag. Then usual evergreen swirl flaps. Definitely, don't go buy this car without proper Audi diag, 4.0TDI is very complicated engine, which could be reliable if owner cares about it, but also it can became worst financial nightmare if previous owners didn't care about it at all.

@@petertorda5487 Precisely what i wanted to hear thanks. yeah ive looked at the car several times. Did a vcds scan even. The engine ran perfectly and no unusual sounds. It had a clean v8 truck sound lol. I am aware that the chain system is a fucking mess on that gen of vag engines. Yhis 4.0 has barely 120,000km on it so i hope i will be lucky in my ownership withouth any massive issues. I know vag says change oil every 30k. Thats even the case for my 1.9. But i dont trust that, i do every 10-12 thousand km. Thanks again man, precisely the info i wanted.

@@Z4G. Then all best with it. 🙂

If I manage to get my hands on one, I would definitely review it! They are quite hard to find in good condition here in Quebec.

Yea id go with Strutmasters 👍

This car isn’t mine, and sadly it’s not for sale. Thank you.

I was trying to figure it out but couldn’t seem to. Thank you for clearing it up because I was really surprised that would not have had it.

VtestDrive There are two tiny clicky buttons on the signal stock. You cycle through the various fuel consumption readings this way :)

You have to use the controls on the steering wheel to access the mpg and the total mpg of the tank of fuel.

on board computer does and has since 1984 give mpg avr mpg range etc etc the thing he says is old about it