[A4] timing belts and "interference" engines

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Brandon Rogers <brogers at terrix.com> 
Date: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:32 pm 
Subject: Re: [A4] timing belts and "interference" engines 
To: 'thejimrose' <thejimrose at gmail.com>, a4 at audifans.com 

> 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 
> restof 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 
> BehalfOf 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 
> thatswilling to pay at or over the high book value. 
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