I been searching for over an hour and no luck... Needing to make a decision to hunt one down, I know I'm going manual, need some advise which year is the bet year and why (like ex. Best s4 is the 2001.5) thanks

 

are you going for a 2.0t?

get a 2008.5 or later --- with the TFSI engine. fixed a lot of issues with the FSI engine - it has a timing chain instead of a belt, and other upgraded components ---- dv, pcv, etc. i had to get these all replaced in my fsi engine.