WENR

I leased my 2005 S4 since new from Oct 2004, and the first lease was up in 2008, and I leased it again as certified used, the second lease now has less than 45 days remaining. I need to make decision as to keep it, sell in, or return it back to Audi.

I always treat the S4 as I owned the car, giving it twice often oil changse as recommended by Audi, and kept in like new condition. And this is the tightest built car I have owned, still drives solid with 56,000miles on the odometer. I may very well keep it, but the certified warranty has expired, I am a bit afraid of high repair and maintenence cost in the future.

If I am to get a new car, I would get a S4 again, however, the lease rate seems to be a lot higher than I am used to, even in this economy. Or, I am thinking about getting a used Porsche C2, but I think it would be even more expensive to maintain.

I would welcome your input and suggestion.

kastegir

It looks great. What is your lease buy out? I'm actually looking for one, and they're pretty uncommon in red.

WENR

Lease buy out is $15800+fee.

541WRC

dont know about all of it but that car looks awesome. I'd keep it, cant go wrong. Once you own it whats wrong with some expensive repair bills. You've treated it like a gem. KEEP IT!

kastegir

The price is fair. I'm looking at a dolphin gray one at a similar price with 20k more miles here in SLC.
If you decide not to keep it, let me know. I'm looking to buy one in the next 30 days, and red is my favorite color...

jericks

I would definitely buy it. Even if you're not planning on keeping it. That car is easily worth close to 20k so you could sell it yourself a make a few grand or even trade it in on another car and still come out ahead! Look it up on NADA and it'll probably show your cars trade-in value is around 17k-18k.