A4 wrecked, looking at S4, advice needed
 

i just came out of 99.5 2.8 A4 and will be recieving a check from state farm, this is not the best month of my life, but i'm not dead so its not that bad. i was planning on trading in the spring and getting an S4 when i would have more $$$ but now is the time i've been forced to go with so i need a bit of help as i don't want to buy a car now and trade up later and get stuck with two sets of taxes, etc. i would like a 2000 S4 and i need to know what i should watch out for, weak spots if any, and what i should be looking to pay for a fairly low milage car. i have not done much research yet as this was not supposed to come about for a long while. but the guys on the A4 side have usually given sound advice so let me know what you think, thanks a lot.
blake.beyea@colorado.edu boulder, co area

I hate to tell you this...but this question is asked every week.
 

As the price on these cars fall, more and more people show up on these forums looking for this information. People have been kind enough to give a thorough list of things to consider when buying a used S4, but nobody feels like retyping it over and again. If you look down the page, you'll see another person has asked the same question.

My best advice to you is to search the archives.

archives are tried and true !!