[s-cars] To Buy or Not to Buy

[Lee Levitt]

And sometimes it works out well.

I checked my records, and for my wife's '96 A6 quattro avant with 
135K miles on it, 15-20K miles per year, last year I spent $200 on 
maintenance. This year is higher but not surprisingly so.

Lee
'99 A6 quattro avant (155K)
'97 A6 quattro avant (140K)
'96 A6 quattro avant (135K)


On Sun Jun 03 05:20:19 PDT 2007, 
=?iso-8859-1?Q?Vincent_Fr=E9geac?= <s.sikss at gmail.com> wrote:

> What you should consider is not how much you should spend on your 
> urS but
> how much you've spend in the last 2-3 years in 
> maintenance/repairs.
> Sometime, non-urgent repairs accumulate and seem expensive but on 
> an annual
> basis are not that bad. Sometime too, the car gets too old and 
> becomes a
> lemon, like my 5K$+/year S-Bitch.
> 
> Now, if you loved this car, may be a '96 or '97 S6 in good shape 
> could be an
> option while this option still exist.
> 
> 
> 
> Vincent
> '96 S-Bitch going soon
> '81 Fiat Spider because logic is not always my strength.
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de
> calvinlc at earthlink.net
> Envoyé : 3 juin 2007 02:00
> À : s-car-list at audifans.com
> Objet : [s-cars] To Buy or Not to Buy
> 
> I don't know how I could be contemplating this but I am thinking 
> about
> replacing the best car I have ever owned - my '92 UrS.
> 
> The following items need work on my present car:
> 
> Clear coat is starting to suffer in two places
> Front bumper cover is screwed on due to the normal plastic pieces 
> breaking
> Door trim pieces - uppers are coming off due to plastic bits
> Cruise control doesn't work - I have personally spent hours on 
> this one and
> replaced all the usual culprits, had a mechanic spend hours on it 
> and he
> couldn't find anything either...
> 165k miles with a couple of squeeks here and there
> Overboost issue that doesn't look like it is going to be simple 
> to track
> down
> Memory seat settings not working correctly
> 
> Replacement possibility:
> 2001 S4 - Sportec stage 3 installed by Autosport Werks with the 
> usual -
> K04's, RS4 intercoolers, injectors, exhuast, downpipe, etc  H&R 
> coilovers,
> stoptech 332mm up front, two sets of wheels/tires (18s/17s), 
> aftermrket
> swaybar, Euro HIDs, RS4 bumper, RS4 clutch and t-belt service 
> done 23k miles
> ago, one owner 88k miles.  The thing drives perfect.
> 
> Rationale:
> To get the UrS into tip top shape we are talking about 6k, best 
> guess.  I
> can either put this money into the UrS or buy this other car, and 
> reset the
> clock so to speak.  I just don't know if I am prepared to dump 6k 
> into a 15
> year old car, but how can I give up the best darn car I ever 
> owned.  Any
> advice?  Thanks!
> 
> --Calvin
> 
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