hey32g

I'm trying to stay within a budget, so the S5's I'm seeing out there have higher mileage than I would like. In general would you guys be comfortable with buying an S5 with a bit higher mileage? I don't want to go broke on repair bills.

I know it's more about how it has been cared for rather the mileage, but in reality I have no way of knowing how a car has been treated.

Thanks.

SamLV

When I was looking at exactly what you are now, I had the same budget problem and I found that the car is just a touch too small for me at 6'2" and that's why I stooped. (And I use the car for sales, which means a real back seat matters. Besides, the right A6 will blow your hair back anyway)

I found pretty quickly that maintenance at 100K will get pricey in any case, and that the motor may be seriously warn if the prior owner had it tuned and ran it hard.

If I had continued pursuit, my plan was to literally pay what would be my third party service shop to go pick up the car and really go over it deeply, even if that cost $500 (which I was quoted by the only shop I called). They'd also pull the CarFax and I'd visit an Audi dealer to print service records. I would only have bought if it was proven to be in good condition and all maintenance records were a proven fact Audi or not.

What I was trying to avoid is a blown motor surfacing before I could run it to 125K miles. Good luck! It is s gorgeous car.

doug97gxe

i'm 6'3 my front seat touches the back seat.. but hey i don't care who sits back there.. didn't buy a coupe for the concern of back seat passengers