AoA warranty denial

[Ti Kan]

TM writes:
> The repeated turbo failures on the 2.7T engines concern me- if
> people are being truthful, the 2.7T engine has a large number of
> turbo failures, it seems. Maybe it is only because of the community
> in which this is posted that it seems that way... any thoughts?

I tend to think so.  The people that post on Audiworld tend to be
those who would mod their cars and/or otherwise thrash their engines.
Not to say that this particular case is one (I haven't read the
Audiworld post yet).  I hate to generalize but when you read a forum
like that you have to consider the population who post on it.  Moreover,
those who have problems would post and whine, whereas there is likely
to be a much larger group without problems keeping quiet.

> I'm getting more and more leery of recommending any 2.7T equipped
> Audis even though I think it is the best engine available in the
> current lineup, overall.
>
> Ti, Brad, Derek, any thoughts?

I am going to do a write-up of my 1-year anniversary with my neu-S4.
In short, no problem with the turbos here (or for that matter, anything
having to do with the engine or drivetrain, knock on wood).  I do
drive gently until fully warmed up, and observe a idle-cooldown if the
drive was moderately spirited or prolonged.  I only really gun it
when provoked.  And speaking of being provoked, it seems that I get
"the challenge" a lot from Bimmers and Camaros.  The S4 has not let me
down yet :-).

-Ti
01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
84 5000S 2.1 turbo
80 4000 2.0
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