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Newbie help: Planning on buying an S4, where do I start?

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Old 05-09-2002, 02:27 PM
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Default Newbie help: Planning on buying an S4, where do I start?

Hi all,

I am planning on getting an 01 or an 02 S4, any advice?
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Yes, buy NickS's 2001 silver 6-spd!
Old 05-09-2002, 02:33 PM
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Default Re: Yes, buy NickS's 2001 silver 6-spd!

Apparently it has seen a lot of track time...do I really want to buy a used car that driven hard? Shouldn't I be concerned about reliability? Sorry for the stupid questions, but I am very new to all of this.
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I think Nick went once for 1 day at TWS
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Default Yeah, Nick talked a lot of track smack, but never really went out in his S4 except maybe 1x or 2x...

That and maybe an autocross or two and a night at the dragstrip, and that's about it AFAIK in his S4. He did most of his track stuff in previous cars.
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WTF is a 2001.5?
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I wonder about the guy who buys mine...
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non M-box 2001
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Actually. 01.5 is M-box. 01 is H-box.
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Haaa, good for Navin as he's been reading the board. Stay away from track'd cars.


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