5KSQuattro

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This car appears to be in great shape mechanically and cosmetically. I have tried to research as much as I can on Audipages and on here. The thing that scares me most is the potential for the tranny to go kaboom! Can someone also please list the changes/improvements (facelift details and mechanical) that were introduced in the 2000 model year.

Thank you in advance.

PaulW

It has a nicer armrest, the chrome on the bumpers, the symphony radio if you ever wanted to put a nav system in, but both of them will need a tranny rebuild sooner or later.

The facelift car should not "hunt" because it does not have a throttle cable, but throttle by wire.

Rtrn4Deposit

If so it sounds like my old car.

5KSQuattro

Do the rebuilt transmissions have a limited life expectancy too?

5KSQuattro

Re: No, it is in Victoria, BC, Canada

PaulW

But a rebuilt transmission should of fixed the problem that caused it to fail....but you should not expect more than 100K out of your transmission before a clutch basket rips or the reverse clutch F seal blows out.

Not to say it couldn't last 200K, but you should expect 100K. About $3500 for a removal, install and rebuild these days from somebody who has done it a bunch.

A8CT

mine went at 160k but didn't have any maintenance until 140k

TonyA8

Thank you, good to hear good transmission news, to much negativity

5KSQuattro

...as instrucrted on Audipages.com, and repeat every 30K miles thereafter, will this preventative measure be able to cheat the anticipated transmission death?

PaulW

Nope