Any AUDI lovers out there??

[chef]

Hi everyone, just wanted to know if there are any audi lovers out there? My brother might be getting a nice, used '04 audi wagone, s4, v8 4.2L. Was there for the test drive and man did it move! just wanted to get oyur opinions on audi's in general...if you've ever had one or would buy one. we had a newer VW passat wagon with the 2.0T engine and it really moved, and i think that with the AWD systems they have, audi seems to have stepped up their game!
..thanks
fabs

[jshoude]

An S4 is a hell of a car, i dont know about the price of the reparation, but i wouldn say no

[Volvo_FTW]

La S4 de cette génération est la pire en terme d'entretien, c'est un money pitt assuré qui conduit à une perte certaine en moins d'être avocat-fiscaliste ou médecin et d'en avoir rien à faire... Dès que tu as à faire quelque chose, genre une crémaillère, tu dois enlever le moteur... Genre que la pompe à power stering est mue par la tranny ou encore l'alternateur qui marche avec le prestone... Bref un méchant cauchemart une job de 1hre sur une Volvo t'en prend 4 hres sur celle la si tu es chanceux à part peut-être mettre les pneus d'hiver...

[wezo00]

Demande à Le Farfadais, il vient tout juste de s'en départir après quelques semaines seulement...

[chef]

wow..are they really that bad? the reviews i've been reading are quite positive, especially with the v8 engine...strange..

[rj240]

I like the car, but I have a feeling that it's very expensive to repair...

That V8 is a really tight fit in the engine bay...

[jshoude]

Pas grand place!

[crazyaboutvolvos]

Stay Away!

I sold my 2-T5 SE's to buy a 2002 A4 Avant. Likely to go down as one of my largest regrets! Money Pit oh yeah. Timing Belt change @ $1,200. including water pump. I seriously believe that you can double all typical repairs compared to Volvo. I have a code for both cats @ $1,200 EACH. CV rebuild on 1-side of the front right transaxle @ $175.00. The first quote i got was $350.00. Turns out Audi had a service bulletin to flash the ECU which will fix the "false" sensor readings for the CATS but i have yet to call them. I have put the car up for sale after only 2-months. NEVER AGAIN.

[chef]

ya i know the engine bay is a little tight, mind you, i think when you start taking off a few pannels here and there it's a bit better, but yes it's alittle snug. CRAZY..wow it was that bad? i don't know..we had our wifes 2007 VWpassat for about 3 years and was pretty much trouble free. I know that the v8 has a timing chain which is a good thing..the rest i don'tknow...
ciao
fabs

[le farfadais]

I had mine for 3 months.
I hade a check engine for the gas vapor recirculation...
Came 1 time, erased the code, came back one time, and never came back after.
Mine had a unitronic remap. The car was very powerful at 2500 rpm upto 4000, lots of torque.
It had been the best looking car I ever had, but I prefered my S60 t5m.

The previous owner had 5000$ in bills over the last 2 years. It's more expensive than a volvo to maintain for sure, no doubt about that.

By the way, I made an offer on a c70 t5m 1998 this afternoon

[Volvo_FTW]

I had mine for 3 months.
I hade a check engine for the gas vapor recirculation...
Came 1 time, erased the code, came back one time, and never came back after.
Mine had a unitronic remap. The car was very powerful at 2500 rpm upto 4000, lots of torque.
It had been the best looking car I ever had, but I prefered my S60 t5m.

The previous owner had 5000$ in bills over the last 2 years. It's more expensive than a volvo to maintain for sure, no doubt about that.

By the way, I made an offer on a c70 t5m 1998 this afternoon

La saffran à Laval?

[chef]

wow..i didn't think it would be that bad...so my other question then:
in terms of the AWD system between the VW 4motion and the audi AWD..are they exactly the same system? if not, which one is better?
thanks
fabs

[chef]

oh ya..congrats on the new car!!!!

[wezo00]

in terms of the AWD system between the VW 4motion and the audi AWD..are they exactly the same system? if not, which one is better?

2 façons de voir la question:
- Lequel des 2 est le meilleur?
vs
- Lequel répondra à tes besoins?

Bien des gens se promènent en 4x4 de nos jours (pratiquement toutes les marques offrent le AWD) et ils n'ont pas tous "le meilleur système au monde"... pourtant ça accomplit la tâche en fonction de leurs besoins et la majorité est satisfaite de leur 4x4.

Le pire des AWD ne sera jamais pire qu'un FWD... (sauf s'il est fragile et coûteux)

[kearmith]

C'est simple,

Les moteurs transversales VW et Audi (A3) utilise le HALDEX même que Volvo

Les moteurs longitudinal utilisent le TORSEN (même que Subaru)

Le torsen est plus permorfant car il est conçu pour cela. Les marque qui veulent l'utiliser, doivent faire avec un moteur longitudinal.

Le Haldex, est conçu en premier pour les petits espaces et les moteurs transversal. SO, la performance occupe la deuxième place dans les priorités

Comme l'a si bien souligné Wezo00, dépend de l'utilsiation que tu en fais