Sell it and buy mine. haha

Enough shameless plugs





No but really, If you were to do all of that. Which ive done to my car. Well most of that, (cv boots, axles, control arms, brakes, turbo and such) was pretty easy and I did it myself.

The turbo took about 5 hours, the axle and control arm took like an hour per control arm, 30 min for the axle while the control arm was out, and such. The steering is going to be the big issue. But for a used car, unless you get something that has been meticulously maintained, its going to be expensive, especially for a german car. So you can either spend all that money to have them do it, do it yourself for the cost of parts you source, or go buy a nicer one. The last two will be about the same price. A hella of a lot cheaper than just throwing 7k at the car. Hell, do that to a 240 and you'd be having a 11 sec car.

 

anyone want to buy an a4? its one of those "mechanic specials" you see on craigslist

 

Holy Sh*t, that looks just like my car... except mine has a ton more miles and doesn't have half the problems your's does. I'd sell you mine for half the cost of your estimate for repairs that shop gave you...