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Oct 30, 2006 | 09:58 AM

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alms_lefko

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What will I need to dish out cash for

So i've been at that... new A4... keep mine stage for a while now.

I'm at 73K and was thinking, maybe i'll just keep this car for another year or two? Put on another 40K miles? I am saving my cash to buy a house (i'm 22.. and figure once i have a downpayment my friends pay mortgage and i get a new A4) :-D (so thats my main reason to maybe keep mine a lil longer)

What am I looking for repairs? @ 80k, 90K, etc...

I have NOT done TB yet (plan on that at 80K) (maybe do it myself, maybe not)

To keep or not to keep... that is the question

Thanks all!!

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Oct 30, 2006 | 10:04 AM

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Why not just do the TB now? You're supposed to do it every 60k you know.

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Oct 30, 2006 | 10:18 AM

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2nd, I would not let the TB go beyond 75K

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Oct 30, 2006 | 11:02 AM

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3rd - even on an '01 with the improved tensioner

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Oct 30, 2006 | 09:00 PM

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I agree, mine is an 01 and it got to 85K but i was lucky and that was before I knew about the prob

play it safe, its not worth the risk of repairs for an extra 20k miles or so.

I was very lucky from what I've heard

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Oct 31, 2006 | 08:45 AM

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BC audi says 80K... If it breaks... they pay, simple as that really

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Oct 31, 2006 | 02:50 PM

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HAHAHA, good luck with that one. You're going to screw yourself so bad with that mentality.

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