Just kick the tires and take it for a spin :-)

paulw is your man...he knows his A8s...

but I see you're from Dayton...I grew up there...go Flyers!

I need to drive back to dayton tomorrow and don't have a car, so why don't you buy it and I'll pick it up and deliever it to you? ;)

Where are you in Dayton?

i'd ask paul first :)

If you get desperate email me, i can atleast tell you what kind of condition it's in.

I'm busy for the next week, if you want, email me the details.

don't know a whole lot about A8's but I'd be willing to check it out.

shoot me an email with the address

And pending everything else goes well (service history, etc) I'll ping those around to see if you can help out. I promise an A8-size-load-o-beer for this :-)
I don't expect A8 expert knowledge, but just a "drive it, beat on it, and make sure it doesnt make funny noises" type test drive. The price point on it ($12k for an '01 A8L) is good to have a few issues and be OK.

Cheers!

-Mike