911 4s nomore

I have been looking at an S 6 for a few weeks now. The only thing it has about 75k miles and I don't want it to live at the repair shop. Any insight would be great. See link below

https://www.bmwautohaus.com/used/Aud...000bf837a6.htm

CHIO

are you in STL? if you need someone to look at this car for you I can. I know the guys at Autohaus very very well.

elp_jc

Honestly, unless you have a very generous budget for repairs, get one when you can afford it new. Or at least with a ton less miles and some warranty left. Even if that car had the very costly turbos and PCV valve replaced (both over 10 grand), you still have the potential for a litany of problems with the electronics and air suspension. Just not worth it man. Buy a new car for that money that will have a full warranty. Or at least a more reliable used car. I'm just trying to help, and I own one, but these cars are not keepers, and I certainly won't keep mine even though I could afford (but not justify) those costly repairs. Awesome car, but as several people have said here, you need to be a brave man to keep these cars after warranty, but it's your money. Good luck.

911 4s nomore

CHIO, that would be great. Please let me know what you think.

911 4s nomore

ELP, I hear what you are saying, and thanks for the input. I have never bought a car that had this many miles so I was doing some research. Thanks for your advice.

I had a 2012 S4 Audi was a great car, just the busted coolant line under the supercharger...that was not cheap as you all know.

schalliol

The reliability on these cars seems to have improved over the years, but I'n not sure we have enough 100K+ cars out there to know about what is going to happen with them and cause problems. The issue with these cars is the cost of the components and complex procedures for calibration. For example:

• Some tiny tiny little discs as service items in the front brakes are more than a couple hundred bucks for a set. They are supercar-grade brakes, so it's not too surprising
• If you need to recalibrate the adaptive cruise control, that's a thousand bucks right there

If you owned a 911 4S, you understand expensive service, but that's the caution. Fortunately, if you're handy with a computer, electronics and mechanical stuff, you can do a lot of servicing (or at least diagnosis) yourself, and you'll want to head over to Ross Tech and pick up VCDS and the cable to attach to the car. With this kit, you can customize your car a bit, but most importantly, you can see what's going on and decide how you want to handle anything that goes wrong.

DD1546

Agreed! It's not that the car has a rapid rate of mechanical decline but its the cost of service/parts. But as a minor point, one can reuse the orienting discs on the front brakes and save some $$. The dealer wanted $3250 for front/rear brakes, though my local guy charged me $2100, all inclusive. Its around $1600 for OEM parts. My weekend evening car is a 2003 Corvette Conv/50th Anniversary Ed. Though it only has 7K mi (really). I checked the price of brakes, for example. Replacement of brakes and rotors (though the latter is optional) by the dealer is about half the Audi price, Its a modestly high performing car with fantastic brakes so it highlights the cost of Audi service/parts, which are both overpriced in my view.

CHIO

I could go buy and look friday! are you working with anyone? if your not I would recommend Brett..