buying an a4

[trikypenguin]

Hey Im looking at a 1999 Audi A4 1.8T. If anyone's had experience with these before I'd like to hear! Anything I should look out for? How was maintanence/reliability? Any problems or issues I should be aware of? Been doing some research and can only find things about recalls. Any thoughts and opinions would be great!

[canuckcarguy]

I had a 1998 1.8TQ, bought it in 2001 and sold it in 2004. I thought it was a great car, never gave me any problems, except the catalytic converter got clogged, which was covered by emissions warranty. It only had 60,000 km when I bought it, and roughly 110 when I sold it, so it might have been too new to experience many problems.

Mine was chipped, which I'd recommend - pretty quick and easy hp upgrade.

Good luck!

[trikypenguin]

ya the one im looking at has about 200k on it so kinda high but its only 5000 obo....just looking for something in the winter

[tom_9109]

have the suspension checked and know that they need timing belt/water pump need changing every 90k not 180 like in the book. My 01 has 196,000km and i've needed to maintain the following over the last 50,000k:

waterpump
timing belt
both outer tie rod ends
1 rear wheel bearing
shocks/struts
brake pads x4
4 way blinker switch

All of these parts were pretty cheap online with free shipping.

Awesome car, quattro is great in the winter.

[trikypenguin]

Cool thanks, any recommendations on shops to take it for an inspection?

[GQBalla]

tunedub

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Originally posted by trikypenguin
Cool thanks, any recommendations on shops to take it for an inspection?

Tunedub. Very experienced with VW's, and Audi's.

[trikypenguin]

Cool thanks guys!

[trikypenguin]

Any other suggestions? Its short notice but i need to try and have it in somewhere and inspection completed by friday

[pyroza]

I have a 1998 2.8. Bought it with just over 100k and now have 106k on it. Only had to change the timing belt because it hadn't been changed yet.