RE: You Know You Want To: 200K Audi RS4 (B5)
Discussion
As these cars are so highly tuned (stock and with modifications) I think you would need to know a good deal about high performance turboed cars before considering a purchase, its not the high mileage but the maintenance/modifications over the cars lifetime thats more important I reckon
Having just sold my Audi S4 2002...
These cars are truly amazing.
The build quality is fat superior from BMW and Mercedes. And I am a huge BMW fun.
The torgue of the motor is epic
The speed they can curry at all conditions is remarkable.
I will always remember going to the alps and doing 100-130 mph with a lot of snow (had winter tyres)...
BUT!!
If you have to replace the turbos...
You have to remove the engine. And I did have to replace the turbos on my S4 at 100000miles (ie 160000km)
Also there are various sensors that are hugely expensive and difficult to change that can fail
And if you have to change the exhaust... Well good luck finding a reasonable one for less than 1000gbp.
I had to do all these... And my car had one mature owner that used to service the car regularely.
Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
These cars are truly amazing.
The build quality is fat superior from BMW and Mercedes. And I am a huge BMW fun.
The torgue of the motor is epic
The speed they can curry at all conditions is remarkable.
I will always remember going to the alps and doing 100-130 mph with a lot of snow (had winter tyres)...
BUT!!
If you have to replace the turbos...
You have to remove the engine. And I did have to replace the turbos on my S4 at 100000miles (ie 160000km)
Also there are various sensors that are hugely expensive and difficult to change that can fail
And if you have to change the exhaust... Well good luck finding a reasonable one for less than 1000gbp.
I had to do all these... And my car had one mature owner that used to service the car regularely.
Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
alexaras said:
I had to do all these... And my car had one mature owner that used to service the car regularely.
Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
The 330ci is bullet proof - 200,000 miles would be no problem.Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
Somebody forgotten to mention camshafts as well??? ££££££££
Waaaay overpriced; I know a guy in Sheffield who bought a mint circa 75k example for under £8000. £8000! Yep you read that right.
Would love one but the ability to corrupt me, absolutely is too much. And the ability to bankrupt me if aforementioned turbos, camshafts, suspension etc gives up the ghost.....
Waaaay overpriced; I know a guy in Sheffield who bought a mint circa 75k example for under £8000. £8000! Yep you read that right.
Would love one but the ability to corrupt me, absolutely is too much. And the ability to bankrupt me if aforementioned turbos, camshafts, suspension etc gives up the ghost.....
, how fast can you afford to go.rtz62 said:
Somebody forgotten to mention camshafts as well??? ££££££££
Waaaay overpriced; I know a guy in Sheffield who bought a mint circa 75k example for under £8000. £8000! Yep you read that right.
Would love one but the ability to corrupt me, absolutely is too much. And the ability to bankrupt me if aforementioned turbos, camshafts, suspension etc gives up the ghost.....
I under £8k ?, every proper one I've ever seen advertised has been at least £10k, less than £8k and people are breaking them and making more.Waaaay overpriced; I know a guy in Sheffield who bought a mint circa 75k example for under £8000. £8000! Yep you read that right.
Would love one but the ability to corrupt me, absolutely is too much. And the ability to bankrupt me if aforementioned turbos, camshafts, suspension etc gives up the ghost.....
Is this like the same era RS6 that has gearboxes made of glass and dodgy suspension?, as much as I think their great cars I was put off by the horror stories on the RS6 and went the AMG route instead, much more reliable engine and gearbox, more powerful and slightly quicker in standard form, the big minus is no Quattro though.
Good luck to whoever buys it but I wouldn't, it would be too much of a risk going wrong.
Good luck to whoever buys it but I wouldn't, it would be too much of a risk going wrong.
Walter Sobchak said:
Is this like the same era RS6 that has gearboxes made of glass and dodgy suspension?, as much as I think their great cars I was put off by the horror stories on the RS6 and went the AMG route instead, much more reliable engine and gearbox, more powerful and slightly quicker in standard form, the big minus is no Quattro though.
Good luck to whoever buys it but I wouldn't, it would be too much of a risk going wrong.
No - these are manual, don't have DRC suspension so don't have those issues and are lightning quick for the price.Good luck to whoever buys it but I wouldn't, it would be too much of a risk going wrong.
The C5 RS6 does have some issues like that but if you're into them and prepared to do the work when required they're still VERY hard to beat…
Buy with confidence (once you've had it inspected - I would recommend MRC or Unit20) but in the knowledge a Y reg performance car of ANY sort is going to require a little TLC on a regular basis to make it drive the way it was meant to!
adz13091982 said:
alexaras said:
I had to do all these... And my car had one mature owner that used to service the car regularely.
Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
The 330ci is bullet proof - 200,000 miles would be no problem.Now I am going for a BMW 330Ci with same mileage and I am sure I will face less problems.
As I had less problems with all the E36 that I bought in England before with 7+ previous owners and 120k miles +
You do still get what you pay for - personally I wouldn't go past quattro and turbo power - once you've had them very hard to replace.
I bought a 2007 S6 with the V10 engine in November of last year. Had 88,000 miles on at the time and got it for £13500. Had a full Audi service history and prior to me buying it, it had all ten coil packs replaced under the recall, two new tyres and had the gearbox oil replaced due to a slight leak which was picked up on it's previous MOT.
In the past 10 months, all I've had to shell out for is an interim oil change for peace of mind which was £125 at an indie (it took 11 litres of fully synthetic) and a £32 rear bulb holder to replace one which threw up a few bulb errors.
It's in tremendous nick and the interior doesn't show any wear at all. This is my first high mileage car and I won't be put off buying another when the time comes.
In the past 10 months, all I've had to shell out for is an interim oil change for peace of mind which was £125 at an indie (it took 11 litres of fully synthetic) and a £32 rear bulb holder to replace one which threw up a few bulb errors.
It's in tremendous nick and the interior doesn't show any wear at all. This is my first high mileage car and I won't be put off buying another when the time comes.
Changedmyname said:
Patrick Bateman said:
Is £7500 not a bit steep given the age and mileage?
Indeed and the price to feed it.Great car, but when the S4 can be had for less than a quarter of the normal price and can be brought up to this spec with a more sleeper look. They do seem expensive.
chriswt said:
iva cosworth said:
Ooh that M5 is nice
£7K spent refurbing,for sale at £7.5K
At least with the RS4 you'd be allowed to test drive it before stumping up the cash!! £7K spent refurbing,for sale at £7.5K
He's a bit precious over his car isn't he.
No drive = No buy
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