Should I buy this A4 ??????
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Should I buy this A4 ??????
Hi Folks -
A couple questions about buying a 1999 A4 1.8T Quattro 5 speed:
Look at the picture - the corner of the hood and the front bumper/cap are poorly aligned - it looks like crap. Where do I look to see if the car may have been repaired from hitting something? ASSUMING the car hasn't been hit, can I expect to be able to realign these parts? It looks like the bumper has a clip or two missing or not attached.... If I can't get it to look a lot better than that I don't want to buy the car!!
This car has a new motor with less than 30k miles - I've seen the receipts. The transmission and accessories have 170k miles on them. Anything to look out for with the rest of the car with that many miles?
Here's what needs fixing for sure:
BOTH FRONT CV AXLES - (They're both clicking pretty good) This doesn't seem particularly hard to replace, or is it?
A REAR WHEEL BEARING. It looks like I will need special tools to press out and replace the bearing itself, (which I could just have a shop do) but will I need special tools just to get the bearing holder off the car at all?
The AIRBAG light is on. If I get a code reader, I could figure out if the sensor or the bag is bad and get a used replacement part - are they too hard to put in?
The A/C COMPRESSOR is apparently going bad. If I bolt in another one, is it a whole lot to get it charged up?
How hard is it to remove dark tinting plastic off the rear window without damaging the original copper on the back glass?
AND, what should I pay a private owner for a car like this? What would you pay? They are asking $3500 "firm".
Any pointers on any of this would be helpful - THANKS!!
A couple questions about buying a 1999 A4 1.8T Quattro 5 speed:
Look at the picture - the corner of the hood and the front bumper/cap are poorly aligned - it looks like crap. Where do I look to see if the car may have been repaired from hitting something? ASSUMING the car hasn't been hit, can I expect to be able to realign these parts? It looks like the bumper has a clip or two missing or not attached.... If I can't get it to look a lot better than that I don't want to buy the car!!
This car has a new motor with less than 30k miles - I've seen the receipts. The transmission and accessories have 170k miles on them. Anything to look out for with the rest of the car with that many miles?
Here's what needs fixing for sure:
BOTH FRONT CV AXLES - (They're both clicking pretty good) This doesn't seem particularly hard to replace, or is it?
A REAR WHEEL BEARING. It looks like I will need special tools to press out and replace the bearing itself, (which I could just have a shop do) but will I need special tools just to get the bearing holder off the car at all?
The AIRBAG light is on. If I get a code reader, I could figure out if the sensor or the bag is bad and get a used replacement part - are they too hard to put in?
The A/C COMPRESSOR is apparently going bad. If I bolt in another one, is it a whole lot to get it charged up?
How hard is it to remove dark tinting plastic off the rear window without damaging the original copper on the back glass?
AND, what should I pay a private owner for a car like this? What would you pay? They are asking $3500 "firm".
Any pointers on any of this would be helpful - THANKS!!