Last week, I blogged about the 2015 Audi S8 unicorn above. Here’s the link. As I published it, I wondered when I last wrote about an Audi S8 and searched my blog archives. Almost exactly a year ago, another 2015 Audi S8. The 2015 S8 above is selling for $35,998 and has 40,000 miles. The last one I wrote about was selling for $39,998 and had 38,000 miles. It gets stranger.
Here’s what I wrote last week about the one above:
CarMax reports it was in one accident in 2021, with severity “unknown”. Must have been a doozy. The details in the Experian AutoCheck Report note:
Accident or Damage Reported
Left Side Damage or Repair Reported
Right Side Damage or Repair Reported
Rear Damage or Repair Reported
Damage or Repair to Bumper Reported
Damage or Repair to Wheels Reported
If there was damage to the roof, I’d be wondering if they rolled it! How do you damage both sides and the rear? It’s buyer beware, though the accident was years ago, and you have to believe it’s rolled into the price. If you want it as a bargain to drive it until it’s not worth anything, maybe you don’t care. If you’re worried about resale, maybe you do.
And here’s what I wrote a year ago on that 2015 S8:
Oh yeah. It’s a single-owner car, and in 2018, the single-owner crashed into something in Georgia. The Experian Auto Check Report notes:
Accident or Damage Reported
Moderate Damage Reported
Right Side Damage or Repair Reported
Front Damage or Repair Reported
Damage or Repair to Bumper Reported
Damage or Repair to Hood Reported
Damage or Repair to Radiator Reported
Damage or Repair to Grille Reported
Damage or Repair to Fender Reported
My immediate thought was, “Oh hell – I just wrote about the same car twice, a year apart!” and I was annoyed that I had invested a couple of hours writing all for nothing. Yeah, I wondered why the same 2015 Audi S8 was back on the market a year later with just a few more miles and for a few thousand less, although it wouldn’t be the first time a car was resurrected by CarMax. That’s not the mystery, though.
The screenshot above is the S8 from a year ago. It’s a different color, and because I’ve been tracking Stock Numbers and VINs, I was able to verify that these are two different, but nearly identical 2015 Audi S8’s. The mystery is the almost identical, horrific damage to two Audi S8s of the same year. Not a mystery, but embarrassing, is how similar my write-ups were on both cars. Maybe I’m just running out of automotive creativity? I’ll try to be better. Anyway, wondering if CarMax buyers are on the prowl for damage-depreciated Audi S8’s?