onewhippedpuppy

Barry expressed it very well, the 1.8T is a over-engineered, very tough engine. It's weak point is the KO3 turbo, which sometimes dies around 100k. Best example, 105k, my car has a new turbo. But slap on a KO4, with re-flashed ECU, and as Barry said, you can get a reliable 300Hp, on all stock internals. I was pretty concerned about the mileage myself, but after doing a lot of reading on several Audi BBS, I found that alot of guys do have over 200k, and still going strong. Road and Track just had a very positive write up about used A4s, and noted it as being in their top five ever in such owner polls as "would you purchase another", and I believe average problems per car. It might still be out, I don't think a new one has come out yet. Shoot me an email, jessup3@***.net, and we'll talk, I have lots of pics.

Styln928

I can't believe Porsche didn't make the off road package standard equiptment. Granted it would have raised the sticker price as it raised my selling price.

onewhippedpuppy

Ah, touche' Ron.

Styln928

Matt . . . You should be thanking me. This front end problem could have been yours. But with my luck you probably would have fixed it already and be driving it with a lot of "miles of smiles".

onewhippedpuppy

Hasn't anybody ever told you it's not nice to tease?

onewhippedpuppy

It's so purty, how can you resist?!

Styln928

Easy . . You drive too hard a bargin.

onewhippedpuppy

Hey now, just when I came around to your terms, you decided to keep it.

Styln928

I think the way the PPI goes, you want a PPI . . You pay for it. I might be wrong but I don't think so.

onewhippedpuppy

I'd say it all depends on what kind of deal you work out. I don't want to air our dirty laundry on Rennlist, and I sincerely hope that I didn't offend you in my bargaining for your car, but do you typically take the seller's first offer, or try to get the best deal that you can? It was all hypothetical anyway, a lot would have depended on the PPI, and both of us looking over the other cars in person. And with the PPI thing, you told me you had been planning on having one done, to see what the car needed.

Randy V

Guys - as a matter of course, the prospective buyer almost always arranges for, and pays the PPI.

This allows the buyer to have the inspection done by their own third party.