ericcougarfan

quattro. My mom has worries that the cars are unreliable and expensive to maintain. How is the reliability of these cars? Are they really that expensive to keep running??

ericcougarfan

Ya and I need help to convince her that they are reliable. I already sold her on the good safety ratings lol.

TwentyValveB5+S4

but really, they are not reliable

pentosinjunky

Everyone has issues with their cars; the moment you step away from basic transport and get into something with a hint of luxury or sportiness you're going to be paying more, period...do you think the....<insert popular $5-50,000 dollar performance car> crowd doesn't experience similar issues?

My AWM has frame damage, front subframe does not line up during alignment, compression is subpar, turbo leaks oil, and I'm broke because I may have to sue family members, and yet the thing has carried me 41k in a year with precious little actual maintenance.

Audi Junkie

She loves that car and her quattro in the snow, coming from '70's vintage American monstrositys. She put 90k on it herself. I had to hear a lot of whining over that period, not worth the aggravation, imo.

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Chicktronic

most things are replaced before they go bad accept for wheel bearings which i let ride till the stereo doesnt drown them out then replace