Audi on a budget...?

[Andrew Dickinson]

Absolutely Nick:

The need for maintenance is the same no matter what brand and model of car you 
purchase.  By a well maintained car and you will generally have fewer issues to 
deal with.

Alternate to that, buy a poorly maintained car at a much lower price and dump a 
whack of money in to take care of maintenance and preventative maintenance, as 
well as pre-emptive stikes against likely failure points.

Generally you end up at the same point.

As for the call outs for Honduh or Toyoda... they ROT!  Rust will kill them well 
befrore an Audi.  Starting in about 1987 Audi implemented a 27 step rust 
proofing program and, if I recall correctly, the last step was spraying bees wax 
in the doors to seal the joins.

HTH...

Andrew (aka Boxerfan on QuattroWorld)


 



________________________________
From: Nick Urban <nickurban at gmail.com>
To: quattro at audifans.com
Sent: Thu, March 3, 2011 10:42:02 AM
Subject: Re: Audi on a budget...?

I can't tell whether I should take all these calls for "Honda" as
serous or in jest.

Can you recommend any non-european car that approaches the same level
of refinement and interior quality?

Likewise with the warnings about maintenance costs -- are you guys
exaggerating or is it really that bad?

I heard the same thing before I bought a Saab, and as I said, I got
one that had been well maintained and had very few problems.

Thanks,

Nick
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