What Audi’S Inside Is Red?

Fun fact, Sir: you never drove a German Audi, only the Mexican Audi (30% cheaper). The difference in quality and reliability is night and day. Source: lifetime quattro fan, 2004 EU S4, 2008 EU RS6, 2010 EU Q7 4.2 TDI. Upon moving to California in 2012, test drove and rented similar newer models, disappointment and shocked beyond belief. EU VW is the same price as Mexican Audi for the very same reason. Totally different driving experience and reliability. Take a plane to Germany and you will like my comment. Best! EDIT: still own my Q7 in EU, almost 700k km with no major repairs. Show me a Mexican Audi/VW that runs 500k miles. Low octane dirty US gas also a factor. Nobody fuels their Audi or premium car in EU with less then 99 or 100+ meanwhile US “premium” is 89-91, which is the cheapest gas available in EU (91, 95 and 99 or 100+ are the EU gas station options). I drive a new Branco after owing a Raptor, never fell for Mexican Audis, as I grew up driving the real thing and can’t stomach imposture. I also owned (wife car) a Mexican C 63 AMG that lasted 130k miles until engine failure. Night and day. Viva Herr Mexico! Hope my post helps someone.

I bought my wife a 2017 Q7 Prestige with 26k miles 3 yrs ago. It’s at 55k miles now. So far it’s been great with zero issues in the last 3 yrs other than an intermittent alert about the parking break that was fixed by Audi. I know that high mileage Audi’s can start to have issues but honestly I’m confident we can easily drive our Q7 until 90 – 100k miles without major issues. Maintenance is key, though. If you skip on maintenance your just asking for trouble.

The 4.0t puts out a lot of power but can have some issues. My go to engine is the 3.0t supercharged v6. It came in many models but best with the zf 8 speed transmission. The Audi A6 C7 with the supercharged v6 and 8 speed is arguably one of the best used German vehicles to buy in. A lot of performance, looks, luxury and reliability for a used German vehicle. Picked up a fully loaded before the pandemic for 16k with 65 k miles. I got a great deal but I’d still recommend this car for other buyers even though the price has gone up.

Imo, The best way to buy used cars is to buy them at the bottom of their depreciation cycle. Cars drop in value from new VERY quickly and are usually at the bottom in 10 to 15 years. You might be taking a risk buying an older car but as long as you look it over thoroughly you should be fine. As a general rule, cars are terrible investments and endless money pits unless they become collectable. I’d personally look for relatively low milage cars in the 10 to 20 year old range because even a car that is 5 years old will be depreciating rapidly and is a bad investment. If the car ends up being good you can either drive it into the ground or you might even be able to sell it for more than what you bought it for in a few years, since with age also comes rarity and sometimes desirability.

Great content… here are some additional tips. Go to an Audi dealer, only look at the certified pre owned models. We got our certified preowned (4.5 yr Q5) with new rear brakes and a fresh set of rubber. Audi does a great job making sure you get your new to you vhicle in good working condition. CERT PREOWNED means – They will usually come with one additional year of warranty. Consider adding 2 more yrs of warranty with the intention of selling it with 1 yr remaining. This will give you peace of mine and the option of course to sell it or not. As mentioned the vehicles drop almost by half of the value by the4 to 5 year mark AND they tend to have about 40-50 thousand Kms only on the odometer. Ceiling is usually no more that 62,000kms. We are planning to rotate our Audi or Mercedes every 2 to 2.5 yrs and with the warranty and not having to pay for a heavily depreciating vehicle we feel like we have found the ideal goldilocks zone of vehicle ownership. The only worry is how much we lose in value in the 2yrs we drive our Audi. But we don’t believe the fall will be as precipitous as the first 5 especially if we can offer a warranty short as it may be to the next owner.

I purchased my first used Audi in 2016, a 14’ A6 2.0t Quattro with 53k miles Lease turn in for $22k, it now has 175k miles. Only repairs are Valve Cover gasket, two Motor Mounts, 1 break job, just replaced water pump at 175 k miles. It was worth every penny. Now I purchased a 22’ q5 with 15k miles for $40k. Original msrp $56k but still has 2.5y warranty

In 2019 I bought a used certified 2016 Audi Q5 2.0T Premium Plus trim with 29K miles on it for $26K USD. Prior to this, I only drove Japanese cars/SUVs (Honda, Nissan/Infinity, Subaru). Knock on wood, but now ending 2021 with almost 60k miles on it, I never had any problems. Everyone I knew said I was stupid to buy it, but fact is I was tired of driving “boring” cars and really find Audi’s are the most beautiful in design. What really sold me is when the dealer said it needs service every 10K miles or once a year. I get the Audi Care package for $899 USD which covers two service intervals so approx $450 USD every 10K miles for basic service. With my other cars, I would take them in every 3K miles for $100-300 per service trip. So, for basic service I am paying about $100 or so extra per year. SO WORTH IT! The key with these cars is to be patient and find a good deal and buy directly from the Audi dealer and make sure it is certified. Audi certified is basically 1 year unlimited mileage bumper to bumper. I figured, if something happens really bad within a year as many of friends predicted, the SUV would still have value and I would flip it. As of now, just the basic yearly (10K) service intervals have been done. I know I will need brakes soon and that will be $500-800 USD. I am hoping this SUV keeps me well until the used car market stabilizes and prices drop. Would love to “upgrade” to an Audi SQ5 or keep in the family with a Porsche Macan S for my next purchase.

Audi hands down the best car I’ve ever driven and also the most unreliable piece of shit that I’ve ever owned. I remember shopping for a used one back in 2006/2007 damn near all the ones I saw had their dash board lit up like a Christmas tree. I thought well these mother bleepers don’t take care of their cars. I finally found an 2003 a6 with low miles and nothing on the dash so I jumped on it. One week after I got it home engine light came on, just an o2 sensor so I had it replaced. A week or two later check engine light back on, another o2 sensor. A month after that coil pack went bad. About a month after that something else, then something else, then something else. I joined forums, switched mechanics, found ECS tuning for parts. I spent a fortune in the end I just gave up and got a Nissan, best decision I’ve ever made. Never again Audi, Never again.

people saying audis are bascially more epensive vw and have mostly shared platforms are wrong. The only audis that are shared platforms with bw are the s3 and the q8 ( which is shred by lamborgini and not vw. The a4-a7 all have transmissions and all wheel drive systems that are not found on vw. The tfi and the tfsi are also not the same engines. they may share some parts from the parts bins like stalks for the turn signals, etc but thats about it.

The Audi A4 uses the MLB EVO platform, wich is a longitudinal mounted engine, all wheel drive rear bias paltform (also the A5, A6, A7, A8, Q5, Q7, Q8 and e-tron SUV), a platform that has nothing to do with Volkswagen’s transversal mounted engine, front whell drive platform, the MQB. Th only models that Audi sells using the MQB platfom are the A1, A3, Q2 and Q3, period.

Most of the audi’s he mentioned still sound expensive to me 😂.My personal rule of thumb with used German cars is to make sure the service records have been kept up and also it has to be 100% percent made in germany, any of these cars with parts made or assembled anywhere else I wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole.

Just purchased a 2013 S8 w/60k miles for 29k. Also bought the extended warranty for 3yrs or 45k miles. With that said I am going to see if all these negative comments are true, so get the heck out of my way cause this beast is coming. You only live once so if this is what you want to experience then go for it. Trade it if it becomes to much.

Bought a 13 A6 3.0t with 60k miles put 70k more miles on it and sold it for what I owe on it. Only problem I had is the sunroof got stuck once and the hockey puck bushings split. Other than that it ran like a dream and was waaaaay faster than my Lexus gs350. Oh yeah the multimedia would hard reset periodically.

i owned a 2012 a6 that had 90k when i bought it for 14k in 2017. went trough water with it(half door high flash flood) hydrolocked the engine so it was toast. got it from the insurance for 2.5k as a project, replaced myself the engine in the garage over 5 nights at a price of 2800$ for 3.0t engine. i’m 60k miles later(150k on car body) and besides the usual brake rotos, pads, tires, oil, wheel bearings(once) and small things here and there. i would never change this car! all of that was probably around 4 5k over the past 7y. but i guess the q7 2019 with 100k for 19k got me today and finally decided i need good amount of trunk space. never ever will i buy an american car and trust me i worked for honda Toyota and dodge dealerships for over a decade and tested literally any car in the parking lot. i have lane asist and adaptive cruise control on a 2012 audi car something that Toyota or Honda only introduced standard in 2017-18. idk man and the awd on audi is unbeatable by any other car that i have tested up north of usa

I’m curious if there’s an aftermarket parts manufacturer for these cars who makes sturdier, more robust parts than the over engineered but built in obsolescence OEM parts, which will add more reliability to the car itself? And if not, why not? I remember perusal a car resto show where a certain mechanic had re-engineered parts for a specific car that were a vast improvement (in terms of function and reliability) to OEM parts. He didn’t make his living off those parts alone but he was the go to guy for people restoring that model car.

I bought a B7 A4 S Line 18 months ago for £3000 UK pounds, not sure what that translates to in Canadian currency but I def got a lot of car for the money. It’s the 3.2 V6 quattro, looks and drives great, only 71,000 miles on it now, 68,000 when I got it. Been doing suptile mods to it, tidying up the bodywork. Brilliant sounding engine, and still a lively car even by today’s standards.

Audis, like many German car brands these days, have become too unreliable and pricy in repair. Engineering for the engines in Germany is dedicated to fuel efficiency and Costa efficiemcy,, but the moment you buy one used with higher mileage, they become a money pit most of the time. You’ll get a Premium interior, supreme suspensions – but when it eventually fails- and it will fail – you pay a hefty price for this. I rather stick to Japanese cars, like Lexus, Toyota, Mazda and Honda these days. These cars also have “wear and tear”, but chances are high, you won’t get bigger surprises with the engines. With VW’s EA888 engine, they’ve provenzalisches, that they don’t give a flying f… about their customers and the used car market, because they Sold cars with this engine in bulk, without fixing costly problems in the engine’s design. They sold cars with this engine for almost 10 years, with only half-hearted fixes. Why should I buy cars costing 15-20.000 grands, with almost the same maintenance costs for the upcoming years? I think, this is ridiculous! When you bought a used Audi in the 80s or 90s, you had a really reliable car – almost no rust problems engines which worked with simple regular maintenance…even with high mileages, you had a cheap and reliable car. That’s an aspect, why they have become nore popular in the first place. But now… That’s at least my opinion as a German living in Germany, where these cars have a higher market share even.

I’m in the car business. Over the past 23 years I have had over 9500 vehicles run through my business and I wouldn’t own an Audi personally. They are complex, take special tools and knowledge to work on, parts are expensive, many shops won’t work on them, they were the subject of a class action lawsuit for catastrophic timing chain failures, the whole front of the car has to come off to work on the front of the engine. No thanks. The best thing about Audi’s is selling them to people who don’t know what they’re getting into, but think they are cool buying one.

I bought a used 2018 A5 Coupe with the 2.0L with 7500 miles. Best car I ever purchased. Service has been reasonable at my local Audi Dealership so far. I have one more year on the warranty. I will get an Audi Extended Warranty when it expires in September. Get a Oil Catch Can to prevent carbon build up on the valve guides. I do oil changes every 7500 miles not the recommended 10000. So far so good.

If Audis are such money pits why would people still buy them? These comments are confusing because they make it seem like all they do is break and are thousands to fix. I doubt “rich” people would buy something nice if it constantly broke down, that wouldn’t make sense. When it breaks sure its expensive I get that. But someone paying top dollar wouldn’t buy something that doesn’t work I met a Doctor this weekend for example who had a ‘19 RS5, there’s no way, with that guy working 60 hours a week, that he would keep that car if it was “constantly in the shop”. Usually when people like that pay for something, you get what you pay for. Someone help me out lol I want an S6 or RS3 for under $55k

😂 Audi, none of the Audi line up will last more than 8 years without any major issues about the same number of years when Toyota engines just broken in and will last at least 2 decades considering owners rustproof their Toyotas with Krown rustproofing. Audi sells cars because of their tech, normally any new tech will stay fresh only for 24-36 months. This is a no brainer, lease Audi never buy them.

I’m looking at a 2016 or 2017 S5 or A5, about 40-50k miles, and it’ll be a convertible. I see that the Audi is a great car, lasts lots of miles, but 2 things: Do the convertible features work well after 8-10 years of use? Leaks, more noise over time, etc. I’ve never had a convertible but I live in New Mexico, gotta have one! Is the V6 worth the extra money in terms of performance, durability, maintenance, etc. Thanks.

My case is not the same: bought 7 years ago a well maintained 2013 A4 1.8T 125kw with under 50k Km which I had kept also very good maintenance & careful driving, but recently at under 100k Km car is ongoing a major engine repair (stretched timing chain that some valve damage), for a cost greater than $4k. No warranty & no loaner offered by dealer, with a car stopped already for about 4 months. Terrible experience 😢

You said that the service department is where they make their money and you are right. Buying a used German car is a crap shoot. One electrical fault or internal engine issue and you are looking at the price of the care on the used market. There is a good article on YouTube about how bad the BMW engines are and he shows the cheap plastic parts inside the engines. I watch car auctions all of the time and German cars over five years old are not selling at anywhere the expected prices.

While the cars look great and drive wonderfully you still have to deal with the dealership who look at customers as an annuity and payments on their boat. From the cost of labor to the cost of parts all are inflated. Nothing can be repaired in less than a few hours. There is more cheap plastic that will crack or fall off on the German cars overtime. Plastic radiators, plastic oil pans, plastic intake manifolds, plastic water pump housings and the list goes on! A $10.00 part from Ford is $200.00 from Audi and others. Want a routine service $400 to $500. Want to go to a local,repair shop forget it they don’t have the special tools, manuals or computer diagnostics or programmer for the newer cars. Then when you get into a fender bender it’s thousands just for the parts and labor and their never right again.

I was contemplating buying my wife’s Q5 3.0 supercharged with 56k miles. It needed about $4500 of work and she serviced regularly. There were a few expensive repairs that were needed. Probably would have been $2500 at an independent shop, but that immediate need with only 56k miles scared me. Still driving my lexus gx with 160k miles and I know it needs a little love that will cost $2000 but haven’t spent any money in repairs for 4 yr other than tires, brakes and battery.

Audi car are very good, I used to have one and I sold it, the new owner told me that the old car is still running very well, plus I would never buy some Japanese brands that are overhyped, like Nissan or Lexus, they are a bad cars that fails on the CVT transmission, German Audi car rarely have transmission issues, it’s built with German engineering which surpass Japanese and American engineering, in reliability and much better quality. The engineering is well thought and well planned in advance.

I’ve been a professional automotive technician 20+ years half spent in the European world. So many people hate them because they bring their European cars to shops that don’t know how to work on them can’t tell you how many times a customer comes in that has spent a few grand on repairs at 2 other shops that didn’t fix their problems and then I check it out and it has a broken wire or a vacuum leak. I had a lady come in with an Audi a4 that spent 2500 at a shop trying to get her engine light off. It took me 15 minutes to figure out it needed a relay. Had a bmw come in that spent 1,500 for running rough and it was a 50 cent vacuum cap that fell off the intake. Jetta came in that was at 3 different shops for over 2 months spent over 2,000 bucks. Customer said all the old parts were in the trunk. Checked it out had no mass airflow signal find the new maf was installed backwards so I put in correctly still no signal I checked wiring and found a broken wire fixed that still no signal so I put the old maf sensor in and it was fixed so not only was the old maf sensor fine all that was wrong was a broken wire. This took about 20 minutes the customer was waiting for his ride and he couldn’t believe it was fixed already. He said he didn’t come to us sooner because we are more expensive but he learned that we actually know how to work on them.

2010 A5 $11,500 and I had to do $3000 in repairs to the suspension to make it right then 2 weeks later it gets totalled out. Then I recently found a 2014 A5 Quattro 2.0T, 8 speed auto Cabriolet Red, w/19in. rims. $21,000 Fantastic ! but it has the same suspension issue and will be going in the garage for control arms and wheel bearing replacement which I will be doing myself

“performance you couldn’t get 10 years ago.” My Audi S6 is 10 years old, a modest stage 1 tune and it will kick a C7 Corvette’s derrier (not the specialty models). It’ll match a hellcat 0-60, I’ve also matched P85D’s and beaten model 3 performance. It also has Adaptive cruise control, full surround cameras and foreward looking infrared (FLIR) to name a few. How many cars have FLIR today? 133K miles and I have no plans on replacing it anytime soon unless the engine or trans blow. Yea, they are maint heavy. I spent $8k last year on full air struts. Still the closest car I’d get to this is a Genesis G70, and it’s still not the car my Audi is. Maint is better than paying for a new car. The S6 is better than any new car under $80k. Resale is about $15k last I looked. As for the A4, LOL. My wife’s 09 A4 has had the engine rebuilt twice, piston ring issue and the timing chain tensioner (bent valves). Audi paid for almost all of it even though it was well past the 50k milage waranty. The A4 isn’t anything special, kind of a glorified nothing. The S6 is engineering masterpice and the best car I’ve ever been in let alone owned.

Fa’ sho’…. MAINTENANCE… Love my 2012 S5 (last of the naturally aspirated v8)…bought used in 2018, w/83k… Its was a trade in on a 2018 Porsche. Price: 25 Large…. All dealer maintenance, even since I’ve had it…my injectors went out last summer… $4500…. 🤷🏾‍♂️… “And we’s still together”….

Used Audis are for car enthusiasts. A lot of the problems can be fixed if you’re not afraid to do a bit of work yourself. Even the turbo in an Audi can be cleaned out at home, saving you loads of money on repairs. Here I’m the UK, used Audis go for a fraction of the cost, so even paying regular repair bills still works out much cheaper.

Light weight and efficient doesn’t equate to being built like a tank. I’m old enough to remember when the German built nice heavy tank like cars and they called Japanese cars tin cans. Now that the Germans built light weight cars ppl judge others brands for being heavier, go figure. Now ppl will bash Acura because their cars are heavy. Heavy meaning built like a tank. It’s always about get the cars weight down. You take weight down with cheap plastic overpriced parts. Yes sure the Germans offer lots of horsepower and I’m sure the Japanese could too but you get super car power for cheap from German but at what costs in a plastic cheaply made light weight car?

Not in Germany they aren’t except for a few uninteresting models. In Germany we maintain our cars, so they last much longer than in the US. By the time American or Japanese cars have reached the age of german cars, they are rusted, have every electrical problem available or rattle so much you become mentally ill. At least concerning Audis or any german car except Porsche up until 2007. That’s when shit went downhill with manufacturers and modern day thinking completely took over and cars became plastic shitboxes

The base model Audi A3 and A4’s B8.5 gen and up are extremely reliable cars as long as the previous owners didn’t beat the engine and the service records are intact. It starts to become a toss up when you start getting your hands on used S4’s, S5’s and especially S6’s (V8 engine). People beat the hell out of those cars and abuse the mod capabilities of the car. I would be extremely wary on purchasing those 3 models from private sellers. RS model cars are bulletproof for the most part. Since they are high-end cars, the owners always take care of the servicing.

And honestly I think that Audis have actually lost tons of quality in the last decade. Too many engine parts are made out of plastic that breaks! I mean.. just watch some Mr. Wizard articles and take a look at how many Audis from between 2010 and 2020 come in with problems that cost $4-5k with just 100k miles on them.

are u serious??? did he just say the audi a4, 2.0 liter?????? is horrifying??? what????? as someone who has owner several a4s and currently has one that has lasted over four years and has done nothing but oil changes and a clutch and it now has 170,000 miles and counting that has to be the dumbest thing i have heard, audi a4 is like the honda of audi and it is one of the cheapest and most reliable models ever made. i am just shocked that i just heard someone say this