2005 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro - Best used luxury sedan?
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- Today we review this classic 2005 Audi A8 Quattro. How has 15 years of Audi engineering held up? Find out as Iordan takes you on a Virtual test Drive with this legendary luxury sedan.
#Audi #A8 #Luxury
Special thanks to my dad for lending us his awesome car!
0:00 - Intro
1:19 - Exterior review
4:18 - Engine bay
6:05 - Virtual Test Drive
11:19 - Backroad drive
14:56 - Final thoughts - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Mine is an 06 and has 192,590 miles and still running strong the prefect luxury sedan for the money.
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
I bought one last year 2005 v8 4.2 50,000 miles
Honestly I drive it and it feels like driving a new car.
I love the air suspension and honestly I don't mind gas mileage.cheers from salt lake City Utah.
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
I just bought a 2007 A8 with low miles and well maintained by Audi dealer. Its an amazing car.
Congrats on the purchase!
Best Audi ever made,it’s have all especially in driving sence.But,nowadays not very reliable and that’s the reason why they are quite cheap on the use market,but again,mindblowing experience for a fairly normal car.Maybe,it really worth to fix all that expensive issues.Anyway,excellent review,well done man,keep it up. 😁👌
My Favorite Audi ever!!! The D3 A8. This car was featured in the movie "Transporter 2" from 2005. Would love to own an 2005 or 2006 A8 soon as I could afford to buy one, but the costly maintenance scares me from making 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!
i like that you tell us what’s is going to be expensive to fix, and what the must problems are.thank you
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
I have one of these and they break a lot and are expensive to fix, but the price to buy one is worth it. It’s a very nice car to drive and is fairly fast for its size and weight
Yo,I am looking to get one of these cars and it would be lovely if you could give me your opinion.Thank you
Beautiful video! Very nice good job ;)
I love the look of these a lot more before the facelift. It looks a lot like a VW Phaeton
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
Hi, great review, could you tell me roughly how much mileage the car had as you tested it? Thank you!
this review helped me decide to buy an 05 audi a8. thank you for the great content. you have a new subscriber.
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.
Great video Quality
Thank you for the kind words.
Where is the aux plug located?
I found one for $4000 130,000 miles and it's the 4.2 long wheel base and it's a gorgeous car. I want to buy it, but I am nervous about it as well. Everything works and no check engine light. 3 owners.
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
Out of the world.
6:06 German car, so Italian classical music plays -- interesting! :P You sure know your stuff Sir, very impressive review.
Thank you very much!
An awesome video. A post-(second)lift ones have lots of parts upgarded, as a lots things are really faulty in the pre-lift models. BUT they have a next gen direct fuel injection FSI V8, which is awefully unreliable for many reasons. The pre-facelifts have a "true" MPI V8 as this one. Greetings from the owner of the latter, and the video has been really fun to watch.
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.
Carro lindo demais,sou apaixonado pelo audi A8 desde criança. ❤👌🏻
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 =)
I find it hard to believe that it wouldnt show you mpg when my 2004 A6 does. Theres probably a button on one of the steering wheel levers to change what shows on the dasg
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.
Air Suspension Costs:
2007 BMW 750Li: $300 each
2007 Mercedes S550: $300 each
2005 Audi A8L: $1000 each
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 vid found one for 3500 but holding off the upkeep scares me
love my 2005 Audi A8L. She is so smooth and quiet.
This D8 pre facelift looks much better than the later facelifted.
sad to not hear the v8 sound. also, you say that "it's a heavy car" a thousand times, but it's about 1800 kg. thats not heavy at all. random mid size cars of 2020 way that much .
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!
I gave my A8 to my very good friend to drive, He said "Bro - this car makes me smile" and he was smiling all the time driving in town, One night I gave it to his ex girlfriend to drive, she was same" uuiuaa yuuuuuuu uiiiiiiiiiiii" smiling and having pleasure .. ;d Yes, car is fantastic
Any change to review the 2005/2006 BMW 740i?
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.
yo if ur from montreal how much u sellin it for?
This car isn’t mine, and sadly it’s not for sale. Thank you.
I have 2004 4.0TDI , which I bought 7 years ago. Fantastic car if it is well maintained, and if previous owner was not an idiot, or somebody totally broke, and tried to fix things with "creative" approach. :-D
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. 🙂
Nice review. Would've liked if it was more in depth in the interior but pretty good nonetheless. Keep up the good work!
Kinda planning on buying an A8 now...
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
There's a 2003 Audi A8 4.2l V8 100k miles for only £3k, worth it?
Dude u have to be in Montreal. You sound like a West Montreal Italian ;)
Hahahah, I’m a South Shore Montreal Bulgarian, but close enough!
No problem with air suspension..good aftermarket will cost 150 USD for strut. Laibor wise 150 USD to change all 4. So no wories there😊
Yea id go with Strutmasters 👍
When the air suspension fails just convert it over with a Strutmasters kit for around 1500$ 👍
2-3000 Us dollars for Air compressor? What? Maybe in 2002 when the car came, yes. But now, Wabco (which is the original for the A8 D3), Bilstein or Arnott price is no more than 600 Euros + Work is pretty easy job, you have few connectors for air distribution and a wire connect for power suply...
they do tell you mpg and instantaneous mpg aswell u must just have missed it
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.
Looks like canaan maine
nice
12:28 bro its naturally aspirated
dont get scared guys if you buy this car, used suspension parts are cheap and if you got one with LPG gas installed its pretty cheap to run
Really only one downside - poor headlights. VAG cars until 2015 when they include their LED light technology, suffer from very poor headlights.
"It's not tuned for performance" 0-60 in 6,5 second and limited to 155 mph, goes around 170 without limiter... but it's a "slow" car.....right...
on board computer does and has since 1984 give mpg avr mpg range etc etc the thing he says is old about it
Someone is selling me one for 800 just needs a transmission harness
Ndrrim i navit
Dude 10.7L/100km isnt is even close awful…. Get a grip
why review zombie cars?