Doug is this you? btw, I looked around craigslist for the past few weeks, I have not found a 2004 Audi for this price. It's usually something like $8000 for 100K miles or $4000 for 180K miles. There's also not a lot of Audi around.

 

Yes, it is a Quattro. I took a pic in the sunlight, taking a better one tomorrow. btw, my oil sensor light came on, then off after I drive for a while, sometimes on again! The auto guy said he'll check it out, but it's suppose to be all fixed. What's going on here?

 

Sorry - no Doug here.

In my area (central NJ), imported cars in general are more common than domestics. Fords new explorer? Only seen two so far. Chevy Cruze? A handful maybe. (Lots of new Jeep Grand Cherokee's though)

Finding an inexpensive used Audi is easy, finding one in clean, unmolested condition is not. Many B5 era Audi's are on their third (or more) owner, and that owner sometimes ends up a young man who wanted to upgrade from his "tuned" Civic that puked its pistons racing a minivan. He buys the Audi, dumps a few paychecks into wheels, exhaust, and useless CAI kits. He beats the carp out of it and when it breaks, finds out that repairs are a lot more expensive than his vtaaaak Honda. When I see that a car has been "tuned" in any way, I run away (not walk) from the deal. (unless the guy is like 40+ years old)

I just bought a B5 A4 for my wife and I looked for months to find the kind she wanted. She doesn't like the tail end of the B6 models, so I had to find a B5. I wanted to get the 170HP 1.8T engine, so 2001 was the only B5 with that engine. Quattro was easy, as I rarely see a FWD Audi around here. The really hard part was finding a 5 speed. They are around, but were often molested 24/7 by their owners who still want $4,000 for them even though they blew the head gasket.

Did you get your B6 from the original owner? Did they have all the service records?

 

If the sensor is intermittent I would say its either a bad sensor or a bad connection. JMWO

 

I believe a well-maintained vehicle, even an Audi, will generally be reliable. I've always performed all the basic work+ on my vehicles and rarely do they not run well over 100k without problems. That includes a couple Mercury Villagers at 140k, a Saturn SW2 at 135k, a Saturn Vue (given to oldest daughter) that went 210k, and my A6 which is at 206k. I made a conscious decision to buy my youngest daughter a 2003 A4 3.0 MT6 with 70k to avoid turbo issues - she wanted the stick. She's put 25k on it in four years with little problem and regularly drives it between NY and MI. I think it's only problem is a clutch interlock switch that has been replaced twice but still throws a CEL. Otherwise both our Audis run great, if you can tolerate looking at the CEL in the middle of the dash. I guess, after a while, it becomes a feature rather than a problem.

 

Chronic MIL indicators are not just an Audi thing. I know plenty of people driving around with their ESP, ABS, and "Check Engine" lights on. They've spent hundreds to try and fix the problems and finally gave up.

See my signature-

 

Since the light is on and off intermittently, assuming it could be oil pressure issue. Stop driving it and have it flatbed towed to have it diagnosed. It could be sludge if it was not maintained well by previous owners. Pretty common issue for 1.8.

 

No, the guys is not even in this country anymore, lol. I am the third owner, he (second owner) is my friend's friend. He bought it in 2011 Jan from dealer for $9500 OTD, and moved out of the country in 2011 June.

Price can't be lower than $5300, he said.

The Audi has been sitting around for a year. I took over jump started the car. That's the story.

 

The autoshop told me it's the sensor, so, he will get that replaced for $150 including labor.

 

This car accelerates like no other. I've had 1994 Lexus ES 300, 1990 BMW 735i before. This car is awesome.

My only "headache" is driving at 70mph thinking it's only 50mph.