Hi everyone,
Rahi here, from Sterling Heights, MI. Im a big Audi fan. I think theyre such beautiful machines. From the Quattro rally car to the Q7. I love them all. I currently dont own an Audi, but I do hope to one day. Ive been looking for a well taken care of A3-A4 in my area for a while now. But havent found one for around the $7-9k price tag.
Id love to hear about your guys' experiences with Audis. Especially those of you whom have had your cars for over 5 years. I heard that the biggest problem with Audis is the maintenance and parts can be really expensive (which is scary to me since Im a poor college kid).

Btw, Ive got a welcome gift for you guys. I havent photoshopped in a while, so I decided to get back into it, especially since I needed a new background. So I made a silhouette of the R8 (my favorite Audi). I just love the lines/curves of the car, and I love dark backgrounds so I decided to make something simple and also something that pays homage to those beautiful curves. Figured Id share it with you guys.

Here is the original picture:




And here are the photoshopped versions:






I'm currently using the last version. Enjoy!

Link to zipped file containing all the pics in hq: Audi-R8-LMX-side-profile.zip

 

In that price range, you should be able to find a well maintained B6 A4, 2004 or 5 around 100K miles. The 1.8T engine is remarkable, and finding repair parts is becoming less expensive. As with any car of any make, you will save yourself a ton of money if you can do your own maintenance and repairs.

My 1999.5 A4 (which I had for 4 years) had the same engine and about 163K miles before I sold it and bought my current car. It was still running on the stock turbo and running strong.