Audi A4 or Euro Luxury?

^ nice upgrade.

Any parts for sale :D?

Haha yeap. Pullies, konis, eibach, injen cai, project u brake rotors, 6000k philips ultinon D2s bulbs, ss header, 5zigen exhaust, camber kit.

Exar_kun:

Yeah I will try to find one that has its major service done (cambelt change). So far a friend's b5 is holding up well apart from some worn out parts (groovetek's A4).

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Exar_kun:

Yeah I will try to find one that has its major service done (cambelt change). So far a friend's b5 is holding up well apart from some worn out parts (groovetek's A4).

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Yup, it's just a matter of finding a good one. Certainly be patient in your search. In 12 months of ownership of my A4 I had the major service done, major oil leak fixed, sunroof fixed, central locking vacuum pump replaced, ABS module replaced and it still had a couple of minor issues here and there. I never got the chance to spend money on improving the car since I was forever fixing it. About $3500 in one year. That was enough for me so I sold it.

audi's service gonna be more than honda i guess.. and i love honda since i was born. so go with euro if i was you :D but i sold my euro already >.<"

^ yeah, i think Audi dealers charge a little over $100 an hour for labor.

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Originally Posted by Exar Kun

Yup, it's just a matter of finding a good one. Certainly be patient in your search. In 12 months of ownership of my A4 I had the major service done, major oil leak fixed, sunroof fixed, central locking vacuum pump replaced, ABS module replaced and it still had a couple of minor issues here and there. I never got the chance to spend money on improving the car since I was forever fixing it. About $3500 in one year. That was enough for me so I sold it.

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Like all cars you need to find a good one but none more so than an Audi.$3.5k in repairs in one year!Hmm,that'd be enough for me too.Exar Kun.How many Ks did you have on the car and how old was it when you bought it?

It was 10 years old and had done 170000kms - so it was certainly no spring chicken! I should have waited until I found one with lower k's (I was after the V6 in particular because insurance on the turbo was $700 a year more).

My mechanic, who is a German car specialist, noted that B5 A4s were quite unreliable and even B6s had more than their fair share of issues compared to equivalent beemers and mercs.

So, just make sure that whatever you get is checked out by a specialist (not a dealer) before you hand over your hard earned and factor in a little bit more for ongoing maintenence than you would for a Japanese car. Insurance will be higher too.

Having said all that, the interior of the Audi is certainly a much nicer place to be with the quality of the finishes much higher than the Honda. And you certainly notice the higher levels of refinement too.