Im looking to get a 04+ A8 pretty soon but i have a couple questions.

Is it worth a couple thousand more for a 05 rather then an 04?

can the tube over the oil filter easily be modded or converted to whatever the 05+s have so you dont have that issue?

If your not loaded, would you own an A8 without much of a warrenty?

 

Its way worth it to get an 05+ model. You can get the rubber hose instead of the steel one over the oil filter but its really hard to change out. There are a lot of other factors involved about not getting the 04 model trust me. Just buy the 05.