Good Morning,

I am currently in the process of buying a used 2000 A4 Quarttro for
around $12950.00 with roughly 64,000 miles. Was wondering if anyone had
any advice/oppions on this car and or mechanic to look at in the SF Bay
area.


Thanks,

Todd

"tfg20" <tfg20 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Good choice of car, well better than a BMW bini, look for a full service
history, listen for strange clunks & noise while steering slowly, at this
mileage make sure its had a cam belt, expect to start replacing front
suspension components, this can be costly, check the body very carefully for
accident damage, listen for clunks when changing gear & engaging disengaging
the clutch, the build quality of all a4s is not as good as the Audi 80,
pitty really,

Steve.

(1) Brake master cylinder,
(2) front upper and lower wishbones and ball joints
(3) oil leaks from rocker cover area,
(4) the timing belt is due for change
to name but a few,,,
by-the way...... your in the wrong NG
HTH
Fitzy


"tfg20" <tfg20 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Your right....I will try to delete this if I can....thanks for the
advice!

"tfg20" <tfg20 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Or alternatively buy a Mini, no not one of those nasty BMW Hatchback things,
but a real Mini. Go on you'll be glad you did I can assure you. :O)

Taffy

Taffy wrote:

BMW model out performs that outdated english pile of dog shit.

define performance:
power: well yes, the new mini has more power, but it is 45 years newer,
handling: you'll be hard pushed to beat a classic on tens in your cooper S
on 17"
space: classic -enough for 4 people, new - enough for 4 people - even though
it is 2 foot bigger in each direction...
economy: 40mpg (UK) easily for a mildly hot classic - 25mpg if you're lucky
from the BMW cooper S
i stress the first point - your car is a modern day shopping trolley
come back in forty five years an we will compare your car to modern day
equvalents - oh - wait - no one will remember the bmw by then...

why are you on this NG madmax. if you do not like the classic mini, goto
alt.autos.new-mini

RS wrote:

pushed at all in out cornering the old mini's. As far as popularity, BMW
mini's have already sold more total cars, worldwide, than the obsolete
model. And as long as this newsgroup is titled alt.autos.mini, I will
remain. For that is precisely the name of one of my cars.

Madmax wrote:
should be,
If we are talking about motorway (highway) runs then a standard 1000/1275
mayfair could do 50+.


And this proves your original statement that it out PERFORMS the classic
how? - just means there are more suckers buying a overpriced and
under-powered hatchback out there. I assume you are in the US from your use
of "highways" - for those readers in the UK, a SKODA diesel hatchback is
quicker round a track than a Cooper, and a lot easier on the pocket.

have seen, the only reason you are here is to put people down by obnoxious
posts. alt.autos.new-mini may be more helpful if you do have a question on
your car.
Ps, learn some grammar! - "For that is precisely the name of one of my
cars." is not a sentence, just a fragment.

this newsgroup isnt around for people to argue whos car is better, it is for
technical help, and to share knowledge (an a lot more if i knew the
constitution).
RS

RS wrote:

didn't understand? Who is arguing? I simply made a statement. As did
you. Alt.autos.new-mini has nothing for me. My car is three years old.
Which wouldn't be new.