[Biturbos4] Time to Move On...

[Kyle Owen]

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No longer a b5 s4er (sold my avant a couple years ago,) but do have a b6 a4 beater. Anyway, I too had a rack leak (out the boot on the pass. Side) - replacement cost was excessive for a train station car (couldn't bring myself to drive the s4 to the station, hence the switch,) so I decided to try one of the stop leak products touted on Audi/quattroworld/zine and after bottle or two all has been dry, steering is unchanged in feel and it has been 6  months.

May be putting off the inevitable, but at 11 years and 140k (especially when you were considering selling as a project) what do you have to lose? (that said, what were you thinking  $ wise for the project)

> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:36:25 -0400
> From: grega at pobox.com
> To: biturbos4 at audifans.com
> Subject: [Biturbos4] Time to Move On...
> 
> I've been driving the 2000 S4 now for eleven years now. Been a great
> car, nowhere NEAR the troubles that their reputation provokes. Hell,
> the car has 140k miles and I'm still on the original turbos! I think
> it's all about how you treat 'em, and this one has lived the good
> life, like a pampered pet dog.
> 
> But, last couple days I'm been hearing some squeaking from the
> steering, sounds like at the bottom of the column, and then suddenly
> last night I saw a growing puddle of fluid under the car. I gave it a
> quick lookover, and it tastes Pentosin-like. A quick Google search
> reveals I may very well need a power steering rack. And a quick call
> to my favorite repair shop reveals that this is very likely not going
> to happen. I've given thought to turning this into a project car, but
> I just don't have the time, motivation, and priorities for this; I
> need a dependable bit of transportation.
> 
> Anyone want to buy a very good baseline project car...?
> 
> It's soon due for the timing belt (I personally did it at 75k) so when
> you factor that in, and then consider I'm way overdue for turbos, it's
> looking like it's time to replace the car. Too bad, it's still a nice
> car. To its credit, however, this is the first major bump in the road,
> it's been great to me, so this car owes me nothing.
> 
> In addition to this I've got a complete, new-in-box uninstalled
> turbo-back APR exhaust still sitting in my garage attic, if you know
> of anyone that may want it. Paid ~$2300 for it, I'll listen to
> reasonable offers. I've also got a new unused APR front snubber mount
> for it, and if someone wants to swap out ECUs I've got the APR ECU
> with stock, 93 octane, and 100 octane programs. Also have the APR
> bi-pipes installed, but I don't know that I have the motivation to
> swap those out at a reasonable price. In the end I'd much prefer if
> someone simply came by and made me a killer offer for the whole thing;
> I'll even give you whatever Pentosin I have left on the shelf to get
> you home (it's not leaking terribly, in fact the level looks barely
> low right now, and it just started leaking yesterday). Also comes with
> another set of wheels with winter tires plus some more stuff.
> 
> It's been a great ride, that car was truly a dream car for me in 2000,
> and I have no regrets at all. I'll certainly miss it.
> 
> Greg Amy
> 
> 
> 
> Macro details:
> 2000 B5 S4
> Nogaro Blue
> Silver leather interior
> Cold weather package
> Bose stero, needs right rear speaker
> No CD changer, has an audio input wired through there to use the iPod
> BBS RC wheels with 225/45-17 Bridgestone S04 (?) tires. Wheel caps
> missing (got stolen)
> Stock S4 wheels with Dunlop winters.
> Neuspeed Bilstein height-adjustable shocks (stock springs)
> Neuspeed rear swaybar (the large one). Still have the stock rear bar.
> APR ECU installed
> APR Bi-pipe installed
> APR front snubber (uninstalled)
> APR turbo-back exhaust (uninstalled)
> UUC short shifter, still have stock parts
> New front and rear brakes within the last year
> Timing belt done by me 75k
> Mobil 1 oil changes very 3-5000 miles since new, I've been the only
> owner. I've done all the maintenance.
> Includes the hats and brackets to install BIRA System 6 brakes
> (Porsche 996tt calipers over 911 GT3 rotors) but you'll need to sign
> my BIRA liability waiver before I'll release them to you. Contact me
> for details.
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