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Originally posted by Jim Cesiro
+1 Never own one out of warranty.
My 2001 A-6 2.7T quattro had a coolant leak. It took 3 trips and 10 days in the dealership to get it fixed. They replaced practically the entire coolant system and it turned out to be a pin hole in the radiator.
I also had electrical gremlins, windows would get stuck in the down position and the sunroof would stay open. Along with the dash going out, and radio not working.
So I traded it in and leased a 2005 A6 3.2 quattro and at the 3K mile point picked up where I left off with the other one.
6 Disk CD changer took a dump at 3K miles and the dealership never got any of the 6 disks back to me as promised.
My car was also robbed one time when it was there everything was stolen outside of the interior. What I mean is the glove box and center console was emptied. The dealership did squat about it. Offered nothing and I was really pissed at them.
My last Audi ever.
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Sounds like these were all problems with the dealer. All cars break, some get fixed better than others. So far, with my last three Audis, nothing has failed. I repeat, nada, zip, zero.
Having said that, and back to the original question, whereas I would see nothing wrong with owning an Audi with high miles (I still have a couple of those around) I wouldn't want to buy somebody else's high mileage car. They got rid of it for a reason and I'd be afraid of learning exactly why, at my expense. There isn't that much of a premium paid for lower mileage on used cars, as compared to age. I'd rather buy an older one, with fewer miles, than a newer one with a pile of miles. They are out there, if you look.
JR