Audi Owners?
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Thai
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You won't find any here because they are waiting on the side of the road for the tow truck....
Personally, i would not touch any used Audis. The newer Audi may be a better choice, if financial allows.
Ol'Blue
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You won't find any here because they are waiting on the side of the road for the tow truck....
Personally, i would not touch any used Audis. The newer Audi may be a better choice, if financial allows.
Your funny Thai. For what it is going to be used for it will be a good fit. So we will see. The Subi was also in the mix for them but the Allroad with a V8. Winning!
asahi4runner
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Audi are actually a very good vehicle if you ate capable to maintain it yourself or if you can afford to hire someone who knows about Audi to maintain it for you. I personally have two A4 now. One running and another not. I bought both of them very cheap because previous owners took it to an independent shop and had know idea what they were dealing with and still trys to perform the maintenance.
BrianSD_42
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For once I agree with Thai.
Audi's are well known to break just as often and bad as VWs. In fact they use similar and sometimes the same parts. My neighbor in 2010 was an Audi mechanic.
He explained it to me: the more you spend (A4,A6,A8) the most it costs when it breaks right on schedule.
Audi's are well known to break just as often and bad as VWs. In fact they use similar and sometimes the same parts. My neighbor in 2010 was an Audi mechanic.
He explained it to me: the more you spend (A4,A6,A8) the most it costs when it breaks right on schedule.
Ol'Blue
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Looking at the 03-05 Allroads. I know they need maint and to be done on a reg basis. I think that goes with out saying for any BMW,Benz,Audi, Etc. Etc..
We are just trying to find something that can haul all sorts of stuff, AWD for the winters(Biggest point of buys it), and so the wagon is in the running. So it was a WRX, an Audi, The Volvo V70 or V70R as picks right now.
Examples-
Audi's
2005 Audi Allroad 4.2 AWD
2005 Audi Allroad Quattro AWD green station wagon- 46000 miles
2002 Audi allroad 2.7T Quattro All Wheel
V70R's
2004 Volvo V70R
2004 Volvo V70R auto black with tan leather
WRX's
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX Wagon, 125k miles
You get the idea
Blue
We are just trying to find something that can haul all sorts of stuff, AWD for the winters(Biggest point of buys it), and so the wagon is in the running. So it was a WRX, an Audi, The Volvo V70 or V70R as picks right now.
Examples-
Audi's
2005 Audi Allroad 4.2 AWD
2005 Audi Allroad Quattro AWD green station wagon- 46000 miles
2002 Audi allroad 2.7T Quattro All Wheel
V70R's
2004 Volvo V70R
2004 Volvo V70R auto black with tan leather
WRX's
2004 Subaru Impreza WRX Wagon, 125k miles
You get the idea
Blue
the great him
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i have been and still am a big Audi fan, they have always made good cars, the problem is a lot of people dont know how to maintain and take care of them. you want a auto manufacture that is riding on a name look at Mercedes Benz... the wife and i are looking for a new family vehicle, as the kids are growing and we need a vehicle with more room and something we can take trips in besides the 4runner(even it can get cramped with two small kids). one of the cars we looked at(in our budget) was a b5 S4. it met all our requirements, manual trans, sporty, awd, midsize/4doors. i can pick one up all day long for $10k but the issue is most of them we found have around 95k mi, and at around 100k is when the timing chains need to be done on the v8s... its about $4k in parts to do it right(thats if you buy the parts) and you have to pull the motor in the car to get to the timing chains, they are located in the back of the motor... i used to work for an independent german car tuner as a tech, and german cars are engineered very well, but sometimes they are a PITA to work on and fix, the Audi v8s of this era are one of such vehicles, and i would not look to the older Allroads either, that 2.7 bi-turbo motor is a nightmare to work on and its not a maintenance friendly motor, turbos are known to go out at around 70-100k and the motor has to be pulled to get to them, o2 sensors are about $250 each and there is 4, 2 of them almost require the motor being pulled(took me 3hrs to change them and i have skinny arms and am very flexible -i also had a lift i was using and the special tools)... anyhow my point is that every auto manufacture has good cars and not so good cars, the Allroad is a car that i would personally never buy, it has too much going on in it, too much to go wrong, if you want a midsize wagon, buy an a6 or a4 avaunt. much easier to work on and basically the same car(a4 smaller -a6 same care different trim and both cost less to maintain), the Allroad just has too much going on in it. think of it as a jack of all trades but master of none... it doesnt know what it wants to be. is it a SUV or a wagon? it trys to be more rugged than the "q" series, but yet in a avant package. its never worked well. i dont know how Audi sells so many. and if thats not bad enough recently Audi has started making it in the a4 size... idk i would never buy one, not because Audi makes a bad car, just cause i see no point for this car or what ever it is. its not even a crossover(thats what Audi calls its q5 and q7), its a leftover, i mean look at it, half the trim panels on the car never got painted and they charge more for this wtf... if i wanted a SUV id buy an SUV -and quite frankly id by an BMW x5 or Porsche Cayenne before an Audi q5 or q7, and if i wanted a wagon id by the avant -after all they are still awd and can go most anyplace a sane person would want to or need to go in a $40+k vehicle...
-thats not to say that id i had a x5 i wouldnt wheel it, or if i had an a6 avant i wouldnt rally it on back logging roads lol. but then again if i had the money to own an x5 or an Audi a6 avant i would probably have to money to fix it when i broke it
-thats not to say that id i had a x5 i wouldnt wheel it, or if i had an a6 avant i wouldnt rally it on back logging roads lol. but then again if i had the money to own an x5 or an Audi a6 avant i would probably have to money to fix it when i broke it
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Thai
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For me, those two things are not compatible with each other. A well-engineered car should be easy to work on and should not be a PITA. Basically, the auto manufacturer is designing the engine so that the customer has to fork the bill to maintain it...it is not thinking about the customer one bit...that is pure fail IMHO.
As for Mercedes, i agree with you...but i think that over the past 5 years or so, Mercedes has really try hard to live up to its name. For example, the new Mercedes GLK 250 diesel is a pretty good value! Shocking! For $42k, you get a nicely equipped GLK250 that gets 33mpg on the highway and a great looking interior with lots of real wood. In the older days, Mercedes were junk that costs a lot and living on its name...but i am not sure about these days.
the great him
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i say get an AWD Venza
Ol'Blue
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I will keep you guys posted. Remember this is not going to be my car, I'm not fixing it, so in the end I really have no say in it. If it were me I would be getting the WRX and building the hell out of it even though they are a bit small for my liking. Thanks for the input.
Blue
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LittleCaesar
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A general rule of thumb IMHO is that one must have deep pockets when buying a used German auto; not so much for the price being paid for it at that time but the sky high costs associated with the repairs down the road.
For the most part they are nice rides but not worth the headaches they will cause fiscally. Kind of sounds like some women I have known.
For the most part they are nice rides but not worth the headaches they will cause fiscally. Kind of sounds like some women I have known.
Ol'Blue
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update!!!!!
Well after looking around for Audi's and other SUV's they finally came to there senses and listened to me and Kraze. I'm happy to announce that we have another 3rd Gen that will be soon joining the forum. 97 Limited 4x4,E-locker, very clean and 170k. Picked it up for less than 5k also.
Well after looking around for Audi's and other SUV's they finally came to there senses and listened to me and Kraze. I'm happy to announce that we have another 3rd Gen that will be soon joining the forum. 97 Limited 4x4,E-locker, very clean and 170k. Picked it up for less than 5k also.
