[A4] timing belts and "interference" engines

[Brandon Rogers]

Hmm I totally disagree.  Were I in the market for an A4 1.8T - I'd
probably pay an extra thousand or so for the brand new motor, assuming
all else equal - remember Rick said new head and block - NOT rebuilt.
And to me a broken t-belt does not attach itself as baggage to the rest
of the car - t-bely is known failure on these - and now you have a car
with a  brand new motor. 

Now you have to conflicting opinions ...big help huh!

Good luck-

Brandon
'84 urquattro 20Vt
'01.5 S4
'98 A4 1.8Tq


-----Original Message-----
From: a4-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:a4-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf
Of thejimrose
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 12:50 PM
To: a4 at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [A4] timing belts and "interference" engines


i dont know if i would pay a premuim for a rebuilt engine. your car has
baggage now... you might find many people would be willing to pay less
for it. i know that if i had the choice of 2 cars, 1 with a factory
higher mileage motor with no issues and 1 with a dealer rebuild i'd go
for the issue-less car.

but on the open market, with an audi noob, you might find someone thats
willing to pay at or over the high book value.
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