2009 Audi S5 6spd Manual Black on Magma

[mys5israd]

removed for cars and bids

[zbillz81]

You spent $30k in one year on maintenance for a $15k car? Based on that, what are you asking for as a sales price?

[mys5israd]

I'm thinking I should count my blessings if I get $20k but I have no idea which is why this is a feeler post. I've added the invoices up top.

[LowKeyLoki]

I definitely wouldn’t let it go for less than 20k, I mean shit it has a new tranny and clutch in it. Unfortunately your best bet is a private seller, dealers will low ball the shit out of you because it’s had so much work done, sellers tend to view that as a red flag for a money pit. You’ve done most of the major work for failure points, and the new tranny clutch etc is a huge bonus to anyone who knows anything about these cars. I’d hold out keep posting on different sites, I’d see what carvana would offer you, granted prices have gone down a bit in the last 6 months.

[mys5israd]

I did the basic Carvana online thing before reaching out to local dealers and they offered me $8k! Tried a feeler on Facebook marketplace and that went about as well as you'd expect.

Camping out on Audi specific forums with people who know more about these cars than most will suit me better than ads.

[mys5israd]

Bump. Valve cover gaskets were taken care of on 11/11.

[ehodder]

Do you have any more information regarding the note on the 1/24/22 invoice stating the bank one timing chain tensioner is approaching end of life? Any vehicle/service history prior to your ownership?

[mys5israd]

That'd be a no on both accounts. Neither garage has mentioned the timing chain tensioner since putting it on there.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump.

[mys5israd]

Bump. $20k obo.

[mys5israd]

Bump $19k.

[Kerbouchard]

Maybe try Cars and Bids? Those listings get 5-10k views in a week when they go up.

[iCrap]

Yeah I second that, cars and bids gets a lot of traffic and the car looks to be in good shape.

[mys5israd]

Thanks! I'll take a peek over there.

[mys5israd]

Finally went through the application process with Cars and Bids. They're pushing me towards going no reserve. I'm a bit reluctant. Any advice?

[Wafflehd]

Finally went through the application process with Cars and Bids. They're pushing me towards going no reserve. I'm a bit reluctant. Any advice?

My WRX goes up tomorrow and they showed me examples of almost the same car going for 1k more because of no reserve.

[mys5israd]

My WRX goes up tomorrow and they showed me examples of almost the same car going for 1k more because of no reserve.

They didn't provide me with any examples. The highest reserve they'll give me is $12,500 which is too low for me to be comfortable.

[iCrap]

You can just search for historic auctions and see what similar ones sold for. They don't offer the graph like bringatrailer does but you can also look here:
https://bringatrailer.com/audi/s5/?q=audi%20s5
or here
https://carsandbids.com/search/audi/...tart_year=2009

I see 11k all the way up to 23k

Yours looks to be in good shape but it does have over 100k miles, i would guess it would go for 15-18k?

[mys5israd]

#casts raise dead

This is going up on cars and bids soon, no reserve.

We'll see what happens.

I have things to get done.