Hey All, so I'm an a delicate part of my life on whether or not to keep my A4 1.8t. I bought it at 73k miles, now at 79k, and I've already replaced my oil pressure regulator, tcm, timing belt/water pump, engine seals, and coolant flange. All in all I've spent around $4000 on repairs. Granted this was from an Audi dealership but my question is...

What other repairs should I be expecting?

I really am tempted to just sell it at $9000, pay it off and buy something else.

What do you guys think?

 

There is no magic crystal ball to tell you what could/might fail. Somethings commonly fail around a certain time. But I have 142k and have only changed one wheel bearing all my control arms are original.... But some have less miles and had to do all I mentioned + more.

 

Well, at 79K, I wouldn't be surprised if you needed new tires soon (they seem to be about every 40K for me), and that was $600+ when I did it at about that mileage. Between 70K and 90K I had to do both the rear and front brakes (pads and rotors, couple hundred each). Random crap just fails, of course, but hey, at least the T-belt is out of the way, right?

Seriously, though, find a good independent mechanic - it'll save you big $. (Of course, DIY will save you even more, but as someone who can't always do that, I understand that may not be an option.)