haha ya well aside from the stiffness part it dont sound to different from my clutch. Thanks for all the help guys!

 

dont buy the first one you find. took me about 6 months maybe even longer to actually pick one up

 

I just bought an Audi A4 too except it's an automatic. The timing belt is a big issue. Mine has to be replaced and since the guy I bought it from did ghetto maintenance. I am just going to have the engine rebuilt but anyway. One thing I noticed about my car and that it could help you is that I drove it on a gravel road slowly. It helped me hear the noises in the suspension. I think I have a bad CV shaft and rear suspension components. Glad I bought this car way cheap. She will handle great when I am done. Hope this helped.

 

the sound of rocks crunching can mask suspension noises, thats not the best idea. i just did a test drive for my boss whos looking at some mazda. see if you can get the car for 5 minutes without the owner coming with you, then you can beat on it and see what you find. i found that the cars anti lock brakes werent working (when i locked up the wheels going down hill heh). just go on some back roads with no other cars around and carefully drive like an idiot for a few minutes.

 

Well. It worked for me. You did make a good point though. I was able to tell difference between rocks and tweaks in the suspension though. That's one reason I went slow.