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Volguus posted:Nice. One thing that has stopped me from ever considering the used luxury vehicles (BMW, Audi, Mercedes) market was the impression that maintenance would be very expensive on them. Since my "mechanic" skills are non-existent I'd have to pay for one and for parts, so that was always a show-stopper. JD Power Dependability lumps S4 and A4 in the same bucket: https://www.jdpower.com/Cars/Ratings/Dependability/2019/Compact-Premium-Car They are largely the same car. And really the A4 and A5 are largely the same so the fact that the A5 is 89 for dependability and the A4 is 85 is mostly just noise. What compact cars are lower than an 85? Hyundai Elantra is an 84, Mazda 3 is 79. Even the vaunted Corolla is only 91... This is for the last three years of ownership for the 2016 model year. 30 years ago, German luxury cars earned their garage queen reputation but over the last 10 years they have moved up into the top tier in reliability.
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Apr 9, 2020 21:22
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:dude you are making GBS threads me right three year old vehicles There is some analysis I ran across at one point that graphed Lexus vs Audi vs BMW vs MB for issues per 100 vehicles starting in 2001. Early on ze Germans had numbers 300% higher than Lexus but recently their numbers have approached and in some cases surpassed Lexus. Edit: I am not saying a C300 is cheaper to maintain than a Camry. I am saying that the number of issues is not as far apart as they were historically and are actually nearly on par. Murgos fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Apr 9, 2020 |
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Apr 9, 2020 22:17
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Independent labor is somewhat more expensive - a lot of shops won't work on VWs and you don't want them to. Find a German specialist for work. Do your scheduled maintenance on-time and on-spec without cutting corners, this will save you money in the long run. That said there are lots of dedicated VW shops staffed by people who are passionate about VWs. You may not want to mod your VW but they should still be able to help you with pretty much anything you need assuming you don't just use the dealer.
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Apr 10, 2020 14:34
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MustardFacial posted:Does anybody have any experience with re-manufactured turbos from Rock Auto? I've got a B8 Audi A4 and the little pressed pin on the wastegate arm is loose so it won't boost past 14psi. My local shop wants 3 grand for an OEM Audi turbo, which for that price I might as well just upgrade to a k04. But Rock Auto sells re-manufactured turbos from Mahle/Clevite for about $900 plus a core charge. If you have to replace it 2 more time in the next 100,000km is the hassle not worth it? What if it's just once more?
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May 29, 2020 17:51
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Blakkout posted:I don't know the exact sizes off hand, but the newer A4 definitely has more passenger room than the Golf. Yes, the rear seat and passenger space in my MK VI GTI was becoming an issue as the kids have grown to seat kicking size and the grandparents have become stiffer. If you can picture granpa pushing the seat all the way back because his legs are cramping up while Nana screams because the seat just slammed into her knees you will get why this was a big problem that needed resolution. The A4/S4 is larger in that respect, though not huge by any means. The A6 was even roomier but too big for my taste.
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Aug 24, 2020 19:42
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Does anyone know if dealer service shops are a significant profit center for new car dealers? Doing things 'by the book' including required training and inspection steps tends to be very expensive so I understand why dealer service is expensive, I'm just wondering if there is really significant mark up or just a steady, 8% or something.
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Sep 16, 2020 18:48
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mik posted:I've been stuffing my two kids in my S3 and I'm really wondering if an S5 Sportback's backseat is appreciably bigger. Otherwise an Allroad is looking pretty good right now I've sat in the back of an A5. As an adult male it was fine. The roof slopes down a bit so if you are taller it could be annoying for a long trip but for most people it's fine. edit: I have an S4, it doesn't have as much trunk space without the hatch but the rear seat room is perfectly fine for adults. Performance is identical to the S5.
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Oct 22, 2020 16:01
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ADINSX posted:I’m not neasessairly, it seems to be the most common situation with this model. I think I’m gonna wait a week or two to either try a B8.5 or a low mileage B9 in black The red one has the sport package. This may or may not be important to you. If I remember correctly it's the package that includes the magneto-resistive dampers and torque vectoring rear diff.
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Dec 7, 2020 14:58
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Mr. Apollo posted:The sport package has adaptive dampers but they're not magneto-resistive. Only the TT, A3, and R8 families have "Audi magnetic ride". Ok. Thought I saw that the S4/S5 was also, my mistake.
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Dec 7, 2020 19:40
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Mr. Apollo posted:I just picked up a “new” 2019 RS5 Sportback. I say “new” because it’s a new car but it’s effectively a two year old model now and the 2021s are starting to arrive at dealers. I guess they were slow sellers because there’s still about a dozen across the country (I’m in Canada) and Audi didn’t release a 2020 model in North America. Was getting gas a few days back and a nardo grey RS5 pulled into the pump behind me. Very, very nice. Are you using it as a daily driver or is it just for fun days?
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Dec 14, 2020 14:33
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Splashed out this year on a set of winter tires and winter wheels for my S4. It came with summer tires and I live in MA so I was going to have do something anyway if I were going to drive the car at all for the next 5 months. Took a little winding snow and ice covered road in the dark last night and the car was perfectly comfortable and controlled without a hint of slip or skittishness. Just perfectly behaved the whole road. I guarantee my GTI would have had me gripping the wheel and hunched forward waiting for signs of slipping with a hard time to come if we got stuck. Even with my wifes AWD Toyota I would have expected some sliding even if I doubt we'd get stuck in the foot or so we've accumulated so far. Quattro and snow tires are as good as I've been told.
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Dec 21, 2020 20:10
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Anyone have a guide on bypassing the Audi MMI sim card and tethering to an iPhone for the car wifi network? The internet seems to think it's do-able. Some places seem to say using OBD11, some seem to suggest you don't need that. Anyone know the real deal? Edit: MIB 2 Murgos fucked around with this message at 21:06 on Jan 16, 2021 |
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Jan 16, 2021 20:40
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I did APR+ because it has a warranty. Talked to the shop pretty extensively - they said they just had one claim in on the warranty so far which was for a wastegate actuator and very unlikely to be related to the tune. They seemed to think that APR was being pretty good about warranty claims for what it's worth. I was always tempted to get a stage 1 tune but I never pulled the trigger on my GTI. They have a tune now for the B9 S4 and when you look at number it makes number bigger. People who have gone to the track with their stage 1 APR tune do see an improvement. Launching form 0-60 goes from like, 4.2s to 3.9s and quarter mile times improve a few tenths. I can't reasonably expect that I will ever notice this level of improvement. However, the stage 1 tune also allows you to default the engine shut-off at stoplights to off so that alone may be worth the cost.
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Jan 26, 2021 17:47
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mrtrunks84 posted:I know on the older Audi MMI before the MIB versions you could access a green engineering/debug menu and change how the car receives data. I am not currently aware of how you would do that on a MIB2 car. With VCDS you can modify the connection data to a degree but I don't know about allowing tethering. Do some digging on the site https://upgrademyaudi.net as he has lots of tutorials about Audi MMI hackery. They have instructions on converting a MII 3G over to not need a sim but not MIB2. I suppose it's not really important. I just thought it would be fun. Really, I just use carplay for maps and music anyway. Messing around it looks like when I am parked at home I can connect my car wifi to my home wifi router and use that to pull down firmware and map updates without an active SIM. So, that's cool, I guess. Anyone use the myAudi app to stream music? Again, something already handled through Carplay but seems like it could be fun to mess with.
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Jan 27, 2021 21:16
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rdb posted:Hey VW thread, have a few quick questions that the internet doesn’t answer well. When I bought my Mk6 GTI my buddy went with me and he's 6'6". He had no issues at all and was even comfortable in the back seat and rode in it many times. I don't think the Mk7 and Mk8 are very different internally but you should go sit in it.
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Feb 1, 2021 15:40
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Mr. Apollo posted:I went from S4 -> A3 -> S5 -> RS 5 The S5 is notably lower seating than the S4 and the roof line is lower also. I’m sure you get used to it but I was much more comfortable sitting in and getting I and out of an S4 than an S5. There is also more room in the back seat of an S4 than an S5. The cockpit is pretty much the same otherwise.
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Feb 28, 2021 00:57
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In case anyone was curious, a B9 S4 will be well over 60 when it hits the red line in 2nd gear.* *I was curious. Also, it sounds really cool. Yes, I know the peak power is much lower.
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Mar 1, 2021 01:11
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Well, I am coming up on the 1 year anniversary of buying my car and so it's do for it's one year/10k miles service. I have put about 1500 miles on it since I bought it because COVID. I know they want you to do the services even if you don't hit the mileage target but, uh, should I just wait until later in the year? I pre-purchased the first four services at sales time (Audi care), if that makes a difference.
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Mar 8, 2021 19:59
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CommieGIR posted:Passat makes em....ties knots? Bad thoughts? I dunno. Passats make 'em hawt?
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Mar 26, 2021 19:57
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Styles Bitchley posted:I guess some of the problems of early Mk6s would have already blown up by 160k miles so you're as probably ok as you can expect for a VAG product like that. DSG mechatronic failures, timing chain tensioners, cam followers, water pumps come to mind. I might would ask if any of that had been replaced, and/or take it to a reputable independent shop for inspection before buying. Also should find out the last time they got the valves walnut blasted. Price seems high to me for 160k
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Mar 31, 2021 00:49
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I had my first 'Do not like' experience with Audi pre-sense. I was on a road that has a pretty good curve to the left and a car ahead of me was pulling off to the right to make a turn at an area where the shoulder really widens out. At no time was my car in proximity to the other car nor heading towards it. Like, yes if I had decided to also turn right at the speed I was going we would have needed some quick breaking but I was well into veering left by then. My car freaked out, binged and tapped the breaks for like half a second and then let it go like nothing had happened. I get that it was an odd corner case and 'better safe than sorry' but still pretty annoying.
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Apr 26, 2021 18:38
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Ruflux posted:I don't think the Arteon sells well anywhere. I don't really get what the point of that car is. You don't get any new tech or features or better engines over a Passat, but you do get to pay a lot extra for some questionable styling choices. If they offered it with some Audi engines on an Audi platform like the old B5 Passat was then sure, I could see it, but it's just regular old MQB and the same basic selection of four-pot VW engines they offer on every car. The way I heard it was that the Arteon was that it was sharing a ton of components with the A7 so much so that its basically an underpowered, deliberately down-styled A7 for a $30k discount. I don't know how true this is but the youtubers who did drive it generally liked it.
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May 3, 2021 16:00
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Dealer dropped of a new Q3 while they took my car in for service. Other than the engine I kind of like it? Reminds me of my GTI but with a bigger interior and a taller stance. The infotainment looks like it's the top half of the new A6/7 models and it helps that the HVAC controls all have physical knobs. The stereo on this one is the base model B&O and it's fine but makes me appreciate how good the upgraded version in my car is. The upgraded stereo (not even the +$3500 one) is a pleasure to listen to with high bit rate audio files. This is just 'good' and it probably doesn't help that I spent a couple of hours on the road yesterday jamming out to tunes in mine. Position of the cupholders and charging tray are better than my car though. But man, that engine/transmission. Kind of a deal breaker for me. I'm sure I could get used to it but straining up to 40 mph is not what I expect out of Audi's. Murgos fucked around with this message at 16:18 on May 3, 2021 |
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May 3, 2021 16:11
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actionjackson posted:You know I thought a lot more about it, and decided to not do this for now. Part of it was also that vroom offered me 12.5k (who knows if they'd actually give me that much, some of those car questions are definitely subjective), but I think you made some good points also. It's a huge financial decision and my reasoning is somewhat unsound. I will keep my current vehicle for now and hope it doesn't explode. Your car currently has low miles for it's age and you barely drive your car so the chances that you will need a major repair are lower. Any actuarial rates for repairs you are looking at are for cars with an average of 2 to 3 times as many miles on them. Just keep up with the maintenance. If you spend less than the value of the car in repairs over the next three years (likely) you have come out ahead. If you just *want* a new car though. Well, who are we to say no.
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May 6, 2021 13:58
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I'm not fully convinced that it's an affordability question because on an anecdotal level because my dad made probably twice as much money as his dad and I make twice as much money as my dad makes. That's essentially breaking if you assume a generation is 20 years at 3% growth. If the generations are farther apart then that then you are behind.
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May 6, 2021 16:05
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I think part of the reason is that cars were less reliable, so buying them more often was a sort of hedge against that. 'In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency assumes the typical car is driven 24,000 kilometres (15,000 miles) per year. According to the New York Times, in the 1960s and 1970s, the typical car reached its end of life around 161,000 kilometres (100,000 miles), but due to manufacturing improvements in the 2000s, such as tighter tolerances and better anti-corrosion coatings, the typical car lasts closer to 322,000 kilometres (200,000 miles)' So, 6ish to 13ish years. Jives with my recollections of 80s cars being pretty much done by the time you paid them off.
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May 6, 2021 16:12
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:I make twice as much money as my dad makes at half his age so I don't think I'm behind. I was teasing you. Wasn't being serious.
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May 6, 2021 16:13
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Volguus posted:How do you have google maps in there? Does it run Android? The recent Audi MMI displays run google earth maps as the baseline. The next generation MIB 3 just says it's a 'linux based' system but no details. The MIB2 (which is what would be in the OPs car) uses an NVIDIA Tegra with some flavor of RTOS that I can't find specific info on.
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May 10, 2021 18:59
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CommieGIR posted:Audi is in a really, really weird sales position, selling both fairly cheap AWD performance cars that compete with VW AND competing directly with Porsche with high end, high price cars. It's probably something to do with selling the brand as much as it is the cars themselves. Some people want an Audi badge even if it's pretty much the same car as the VW (S3 hatch vs Golf R) and are willing to pay a bit more for it, so why not sell it to them? Some people also don't want to be seen driving a Porsche Macan but are willing to drive the marginally less Bourgeoisie Audi SQ7.
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May 14, 2021 17:39
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Saw a mythic black, blacked out S8 parked on the curb near my office yesterday. Was pretty cool. Never seen one before.
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May 22, 2021 13:26
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willroc7 posted:At least it isn’t a b6/7 S4. Speaking of, what’s the thread’s opinion on rs4 cabs? Probably expensive to maintain and the performance, unless impeccably maintained, is probably no better than a B9 S5? One of the youtubers (I think Matt Watson) did a comparison of a 2011 RS4 vs a 2021 S4 and the difference was like half a car length over a quarter mile. A quick look around though seems to indicate that a 2008ish RS4 Cab is about 15k cheaper (45k miles $30k at auction) than a 2018 S5 Cab (20k miles and $45k) to purchase though.
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May 25, 2021 15:31
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I doubt if there is that much difference between a base Jetta and a kia forte/hyudai elantra or mazda 3 all are in a similar price range.
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Jun 8, 2021 18:16
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When I bought my 2011 GTI most of my experience with cars was while living in Florida where leather seats are only for people who don't value the skin on the back of their legs. I got the highest trim that still had plaid seats even though that meant missing out on all the goodies (keyless entry, back up camera, etc...) that came with the only slightly higher priced autobahn edition. Next car is still getting cooled seats though.
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Jun 21, 2021 14:44
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Keeping the 560 HP monster certainly seems like the wise move when you have a lead foot. My S4 has 200 less HP and I have trouble staying within 15 of the posted speed limit. It just doesn't *feel or sound* that fast so I have to constantly check HUD. edit: Also, I haven't had an issue with the alcantara seats being too hot at all, I just want vented seats next.
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Jun 21, 2021 16:10
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Call em and ask. I expect it's what GabbiLB said, turbo and cat mods are common.
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Jun 22, 2021 13:55
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Rusty posted:I thought it was that it beeped if you were about to back up in to someone, I mean it probably goes off a fraction of a second before you are rear-ended as well, but not sure that's what it is there for. it may also use the brakes if you continue reversing in to something. Some of the systems now do a brace for impact type of deal just before a collision to try and help minimize chance of injury. Something to do with modulation of the breaks, stiffen the suspension and tightening the seatbelts, some even stiffen the seats themselves. They also do some noise thing but I’m not sure what that’s about.
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Jun 23, 2021 01:18
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Ok Comboomer posted:I’m not asking them to. I’m simply asking if a car with 87k miles on it seems like a bad idea vs spending more for something less well-traveled I think you need to expect that you are going to put another $5k in it over the next 100k miles. If you’re cool with that then there you go.
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Jun 26, 2021 02:04
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Sublimer posted:Well bad news all! A few weeks ago a pickup drifted into my lane from oncoming traffic and hit me nearly head on. Pretty sure they were texting. My tough old Jetta kept me pretty safe RIP. I know this car wasn't anything too fancy, but I loved it. 2010 manual transmission Wolfsburg Edition with only about 80k miles on it. It was fun to drive and I will miss it. Dude, that sucks. Glad you are okay.
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Ok Comboomer posted:The other thing too is that I blew one of the Pirelli P-Zeros on the GTI during my test drive, while going over a manhole cover, because it’s got big, lovely, option rims on it. They’re loud on the road too. Lol at driving on Boston roads without tire insurance. It was a good year if I only blew out two 18s on my mk vi. Murgos fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Jul 2, 2021 |
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