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Originally Posted by LeeH
Just for the record, what year and model? Miles?
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I had an 03 RS6. I bought it from an Audi enthusiast who had some sort of after market performance enhancement business for Audis. It was in apparently perfect condition. I bought it in 2010 with about 70,000 miles and all major services completed. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
I sold it at the end of 2013 with a little over 100,000. In that time I had to replace the alternator, various oil lines where the fittings failed, the transmission, more electronics than I can remember, the turbo waste gates, a second trip to replace some sensors they didn't cover the first time around, rebuilding the struts every couple of seasons, things like that. On top of the stuff that broke (constantly) the regular maintenance was a nightmare and incredibly expensive. All in all I spent over $25,000 in repairs and maintenance. I traded it in on a BMW 535 for very little in return. Even then the dealership didn't really want to take it in on trade at all but they wanted to make the sale before year end. So in retrospect, it was well over a dollar a mile.