JoeMX82

I was considering purchasing this 08 TT but the dealer who has the car is pretty useless. They know literally knowing about the car, I know more than they do just by what I can see from the pics but that's another story. The DME report (attached) doesn't look great to me and if I'm reading it right all occurred around 100 hrs ago which based on the miles and hours averages to <3K miles ago. Thoughts?

latonnelier

Ewwwww! That looks interesting -- A money shift that just reached all the way up, and it looks like that was just about the only time over redline. That would be a hard one--I know I wouldn't.

doclouie

I wouldn’t let that worry you one bit. It has been 110 hours and 3 & 4 ignitions in 5 & 6 seems fishy. If a failure were to happen because of that it would have already happened.

saabin

That's actual a pretty clean DME report, minus the few in 4,5 & 6. That statement sounds kinda dumb, I know.

100 hours ago, I probably wouldn't worry, maybe you can play it up with the dealer to negotiate the price down some more.

Do you plan on keeping for a while or could you see yourself selling at some point? Might want to consider that as well, as future buyers will also ask you about it..

JoeMX82

It’s the 5&6 blip that make me concerned. Also, car has 44k on it and 9 owners per carfax (might be overstated due to bank and dealer loans but still high). Previous owner only owned for 6 months which appears where the over-rev to 9k happened so a bit more worry building. Car is not local for me and thus would like to get comfortable via dealer but these guys are really poor. They know nothing about the car and just say they can tell it was never driven hard. Those lines drive me nuts, such a salesman pitch, like really, how can you tell that?!? they even explained the DME report to me as several missed shifts in first and second but only a few in 4-6 gears. Lol. I Don’t know if they are just not educated in this area or being deceptive on purpose. I just feel like yelling at them that I’m trying to buy the car they have for sale and they are screwing it up for themselves. Rant over.

kcheves

The low number of ignitions in ranges 5 and 6 seem implausible. I beleive it is 3 ignitions per revoloution, so you would have had to transition through range 5, hit range 6, and transition back through range 4 in less than 2 RPMs.

Zettinger

that's already 100 hours behind, I wouldn't worry too much.
With only 3 and 4 ignitions in 5/6, It sounds like the clutch wasn't let out all the way during the money shift.