RS4 Reliability?

[Mikey-S]

Hi all, here goes... I'm just about to buy a 2001 B5 RS4, but before I do can anyone tell me of any reliability issues with cars that have around 80-90k on them? I used to be an Audi trained tech (but have seen the light and now work in the oil industry) although I've not seen much of RS4s, so I'm able to do almost every repair myself, but I don't want to be paying out loads for parts. I own a 1999 A4 T Quattro with 130k on it, and this is driven very hard and still it's 100% reliable, just hope the RS4s are the same?

[Pablo16v]

Head over to www.RS246.com. There's a few guys running high mileage RS4's and plenty of posts about various problems. In particular look for posts from the user Golich. He ran a 2000 RS4 for 4 years and recently sold it for the latest version.

[Mikey-S]

Thanks.. will do!