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Old 05-14-2006, 12:28 PM
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Default New addition to the family.

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/101369/dsc02687.jpg"></center><p>Brought this one home yesterday morning.

We must've looked at 10 cars in the past week, and everything in the gf's price range was beat to ****; I walked up to this one &amp; knew she was coming home with us.

99.5, 2.8 manual. Little more mileage than I would've liked [140k], but you'd never know it; feels like a new car inside &amp; out.
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Nice!
Old 05-14-2006, 12:32 PM
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The milage is not really an issue as long as it was serviced well.
Old 05-14-2006, 12:41 PM
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Default looks good

I'd start with

inspection of suspension &amp; replace as necessary
filter service (oil, air, fuel, pollen)
timing belt service (belt rollers tensioner &amp; waterpump)
trans &amp; diff fluid change

Once all of that is done I'd feel confident in it, till then I'd worry.
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Default "serviced well" is subject to interpretation by the owner... the suggested intervals are lax IMO

my idea of serviced well is pretty agressive and includes oil changes every 5-7k with synthetic oil... timing belt services every 70k. a filter service every 15-20k.

The most agressive I've ever seen is the RS6 which has a 35k timing belt interval, filter services at 15k intervals including fuel filter &amp; spark plugs.
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Yep; tomorrow I'm dropping it off at at Matrix for the TB service.
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Default Congratulations....

Good luck with it. It looks in nice shape from what I can tell from the pic, especially for 140k. I wished we had purchased an Avant at the time.
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Congrats, Well done. Finding the right Avant is very tough.
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pretty, looks just like mine, with some diffrent wheels.
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I wish my girl would be satisfied with that


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