What do you guys think of this A4. It's a '99 1.8t quatro with 119,000 mi. Clean Title. 5sp. Recently serviced:new timing belt, new valves, water pump. brand new cam seal, valve cover gasket, and output stage. brand new spark plugs.
asking for $6000 O.B.O It needs new tires soon though and has a cracked windshield. The maintenance was all done under 1000 miles ago. I did some searching on here and figured out that I wanted a 1.8T instead of the 2.8. I didn't find anything on how long the turbos usually last before they go bad, so if someone could let me know.

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/862977011.html

Thanks

 

new valves? sounds like he blew the timing belt. do a compression check and leakdown test and if those check out, i'd offer him 5k and see what he says.

 

Thats what I thought when i saw the new valves, it kind of made me wonder what would've made him replace the valves

 

Who did the repairs? If a car has had all that work done in the last 1K miles, if you incur any problems after you buy it b/c the repairs weren't done right, would anyone guarantee the work? Don't take his word for it, put it in writing.

There's a silver one also for sale in the bay area on CL as well for $5500 but it's from a dealer. That one looks nice too and is comparable to the one you have looked at already.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/ctd/867374741.html

There's also another one in SF with some mods going for $6K. If I bought this car, first thing I would do is change the wheels. Good thing about this car is that it's a one owner.
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/869393565.html

 

yeah i saw those ones too. As for a warranty on the new stuff i doubt it because the guy only has the reciepts for the parts and had a BMW mechanic do the work on the side. So I'm pretty positive I'm not going to get anything under warranty. I'll look into those other ones too. I was doing more research on here and found the thread with all the problems people have had, very depressing. I know a lot about cars, but still don't want to deal with having constant problems.

 

Survey sais: Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

I would buy it just for the interior. My car is santorin blue and I have the dark interior but I love the contrast. overall though i would say try and knock the price down a bit.

 

Hey guys I think i'm gonna pass on that one, thanks for your help. I just found another one, it's a 1999.5 1.8t 5 spd. with 96500 miles. It had the timing belt, water pump,tensioner, ignition control module, etc. replaced. It's got a rebuilt abs module with warranty. Its also got aftermarket exhaust, and a diverter valve from a TT. It looks clean in the pics and doesn't have any problems. They're asking 7k for it but he said he would come down a bit, I'm thinking 6k or 6500 because thats the upper limit of my budget.

 

That one from the dealer in San Carlos was a fu*cking joke. I went and saw it before I bought mine like 6 months ago. Wow that thing was awful no one go and look at it. Waste of gas money to go drive and see.

 

why was it so bad? I guess it must be if its been there for 6 months. Does anyone know any audi mechanics in San Jose that I could take the car to for a check up while I'm test driving it?