Your list pretty much covers it.

As always, run a Carfax and spend 100 dollars and have an independent Audi/VW mechanic look it over.

 

david, sorrythe mechs i know cost me like 500 to leave a shop. lol. not in chicago bud. and i wouldnt waste that money. he would show me the same thing i know.

thanx for that choas. so if its 190 on all 4 i shouldnt get it? =o? when shouldnt i get a car? below which point and why? (obviously below 140 i shouldnt, sinceyou stated that already... but if its 180,190,170,185 is that bad? should i get it? im checking the car saturday and ill update everybody on what is wrong/ needs replacement or if its perfect.)

 

anything between like 160-200 is considered good shape. you want the numbers to be within 10% of each other because that means the cylinders are wearing evenly and there isn't some bad problem in one of them. so as long as all cylinders are between 160-200 and there isn't one(or 2) that is more than 10% different from the others, i'd buy it

 

so.... if
cyl 1 = 200
cyl 2 = 190
cyl 3 = 180
cyl 4 = 170

you said that should be good. but 10 percent of 200 = 20 and 20 + 170 isnt 200. so i shouldnt but it then? (thrs a flaw in your system? or im i jus retarded?)

 

UPDATED #2 (at the bottom of the first post)

 

please help me out!

 

Nothinnn? c'mon please i need some help! (upgraded 1st post)

 

I guess you could look for signs that the instrument cluster was removed, like fingerprints on the inside glass, and if the VIN is crooked in the little window..? A car with 150k will have a lot more interior wear too (seats, shifter, steering wheel). Lots of people really do let their cars sit for a long time. Ask yourself if the seller seems trustworthy.

You're selling a b5 and buying another b5?

 

if it were like that i wouldn't buy it. all the values are in the tolerable range BUT cyl 4 is more than 10% off of cyl 1, which means that cylinder is wearing faster, so in a few years your going to have to rebuild it, most likely due to a leaky piston ring in cyl 4.


as for the the mileage stuff, i doubt they reset the clock. your math is a little off lol 2005 was over 2 years ago. that raises a little concern, i would inquire as to whether or not the car sat for extended periods of time or if its was just driven short distances on the weekend but regularly.

 

yeah thats what i thought.

and yes unfortunetly. =/