I have my eye on a 2002 A4, 6MT with 144K. Yeah, 144700.
I'm a little worried thats too much but at the same time, i've been looking high and low and most of this cars are out of state and dealers arent willing to finance to out of towners.
I have fair credit, and i wont qualify for financing with my bank until Feb 2011 so dealer financing is my next option and refinancing in Feb when I qualify with my bank.

I gotta have this car.
I fix my car - a great 93 camry with 155K - and i think i can tuckle the audi.
the A4's in my area are terribly overpriced and most are CVT...and 1.8T. Must have 3.0 Quattro.

All input will be appreciated

 

I guess if the maintenance is well documented, there are no major issues, and the price is right, it could be ok, but that car might be coming up on timing belt change #2 ($$$ unless you do it yourself). Find out when it was last done (could have been anywhere between 75K and 105K) and factor that into your price negotiations, at the very least, plus get the car inspected to be sure of what issues it might have.

 

no one is going to finance a car with 144k. you may have to get the loan through a bank.

 

^^ X2, Maybe is best to let that one go, and just wait for a better deal with less mileage.

 

My Bank will and the dealer is too.
I've done my homework extensively.
He's a dealer dealing in luxury imports and the car looks no less than a 2007 A6 he has on the lot. Until you see the odometer and see the 144K

 

The car is 200 miles away so I wanna schedule a visit and check it out. Its priced right, right under $6800. But i'll inquire about the timing belt/chain ( I thought the 3.0 have chains instead)
I see the same cars in my area with 120K for $8000 CVT, 3.0 Quattros with 105K for $9000 and some in the low 10K.
I'll see the maintenance record on it then decide.

Thanks

 

NADA prices it at $8900, so i think this is a steal

 

BTW do not buy a CVT, hopefully you did your homework on that too.

 

Oh yeah.
I went to check out this one, a silver one with 98K, it had quattro badges both front and rear. Didnt have the one on the dash and the sales guy was telling me what great car it was with AWD. I was like, No its not.
Apparently they got it thinking it was quattro...haha...actually i'm sorry for them

 

^^^^ could have just had the dash trim replaced??