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Re: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3
Posted by Dan Wyman [Email] (more from Dan Wyman) on Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:41:02
In Reply to: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, Tyler A, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:04:08
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As I've said a number of times on this board, we have a 9-3 and an A-4. The A-4 is a chipped '97 quattro 5 speed. It's got approx. 105,000 miles on it and it has been very reliable. We think it's a great car (my wife is the primary driver).
As others have noted, if you get an A-4, be sure that the timing belt is changed at the appropriate intervals. Our mechanic forgot to advise us to change it at 90,000 miles and it broke at 94,000. Fortunately, he willingly paid for all of the resultant damage to the engine. I don't consider the breakage of the belt to be unusual considering the mileage and the fact that the car is chipped.
If there's one car that I would have instead of a Saab, it would be an Audi.
DW
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Posts in this Thread:
- Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, Tyler A, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 10:04:08
- If you read all the posts... Quality is variable..., Coolknight, Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:37:42
- Re: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, Dan Wyman, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 21:41:02 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, Franz '87 9000t, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 16:09:30
- Don't ask me about the A4 . . ., JHunter, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 15:59:12
- Re: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, Nathan Work, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:34:54
- Re: Long term reliability- Audi A4 vs. NG900/9-3, John Davies, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 12:00:33
- A4s, Viggen1, Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:36:00
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