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It's a horrible idea. It was a gorgeous but finicky $80,000 when new, and when it comes time for repair and maintenance it remains a finicky $80,000 car, even though it costs little to buy used.

I have owned a 2000 S4 and an 03 RS6. The S4 was highly modified and worked fine until it just plain wore out. The RS6 was babied and I had it from about 70,000 miles to about 110,000 miles. I have receipts for more than $25,000 in repairs and routine maintenance in that time. Other than a new transmission (500 hp cars are hard on those) I can't even say it was anything unusual or that I could complain about. An alternator here, an oil fitting there, an electrical gremlin in the dash, and it all adds up. I had something go wrong every quarter, like clockwork. Every time it went it it was at least $1,500, and usually $2,500. When it finally broke down once too many times over Christmas break even the Audi dealer didn't want to take it on trade in. I dumped it on a BMW dealer and felt guilty about it.

Old expensive Audis get more expensive as they get older. I will never have a car as fast as my RS6 or as exciting, but I will never buy an Audi of any kind ever again.