The old Allroads are strange, they need work, lots and lots of work, but for whatever reason in Colorado they are like gold. The resale price on a V6 turbo with a manual trans is ridiculous. The people that have them love them and will not get rid of them.
Common problems - cracked rubber brake lines, all of the front suspension bushings, front sway bar bushings and end links, leaking malfunctioning air suspension problems (I've installed more of the Arnott air suspension delete/coil spring kits than I can remember), engine mounts, cam adjuster seals, cam plugs on the heads leaking, the rubber Y piece where the 2 charge pipes join together cracks, vacuum line sand breather pipes cracking, heater core clogging up, leaking water pump, yellowed headlights, turbo oil return lines, cats, CV boots, ball joints.
For what it's worth it was common thing to have a customer buy $5,000-$7,000 worth of work on them to get them freshened up and ready to go. That being said, it's not continuously the same parts failing over and over, it's more age and lack of proper maintenance that have built up to crazy repair bills one time.
