AUDI S4---- Challenge priced!

I was cruising through the FB marketplace last night and came across this:

AUDI S4

One of you needs to rescue this car!   NMNA---- but it's far too cool of a car to let rot away!  

I agree. 6MT TT. Sure it'll be a royal pain but hey.

I can't see FB at work (but I can see GRM!) could someone post details, please?

In reply to rdcyclist :

It's a ratty 2001 Audi S4--- not running, but only $1,500.00.   It's not so bad it can't be brought to a decent level--- and those are pretty special cars! 

wiki link to S4

Wrong S4... looking for an AAN engine.

Timing belt/interference engine.  If it “just stopped” you might be looking at a complete engine rebuild. 

Tight engine bay packaging and classically brittle rubber and plastic German hoses and fittings means you’ll want to figure in pulling the whole motor and replacing every single thing you touch.

Good luck whoever buys it, they are cool cars that can make serious power.

Checked with a friend of mine that works at Audi. He said you will be upside down with it so fast going broke. It’s high maintenance with expensive parts. 

Just check out how many front suspension parts you need to replace. The rubber is not replaceable so you buy the whole link. All 12 of them.

All of the rubber hose parts for the twin turbo bits are all shot I bet.

When I had my A6 with this drivetrain, I found it to be more economical to have a monthly loan payment to be 4 times as much and not going to the indy shop every month. Of course that was a 10yo/100k mile Audi switched to a 3yo/40k mile F150.

Joe Gearin said:

In reply to rdcyclist :

It's a ratty 2001 Audi S4--- not running, but only $1,500.00.   It's not so bad it can't be brought to a decent level--- and those are pretty special cars!

Oh I am fully aware of how special they are: I've got three of them along with an A6 with the same drivetrain. In fact, The Barbed Wire Special, my intended entry to the $2018 Challenge is an 01.5 S4. Maybe next year.

In reply to Knurled. :

I’ve got a challenge priced running, driving 95 urs6  if you’re interested. I’ll send you a PM

edit: I tried to PM you but I’m not sure if it worked or not

Do you speak Vag?

It's in Melrose FL, which while not a completely horrible place to visit (people are decent), they tend to be broke. Add in the amount of lime mud in and around the front of that I would be worried. The Aug 1990 plate doesn't help the argument any. Offer em 400. You might be surprised. 

In reply to Mr. Lee :

What’s the significance of the “aug 1990” plate?

RossD said:

Just check out how many front suspension parts you need to replace. The rubber is not replaceable so you buy the whole link. All 12 of them.

I've only ever seen an Audi multilink bushing fail once, on a 320k mile A8.

I think what happens is, people have a shake and shummy because the huge diameter wheels made out of German peanut butter have been dented into some barely-Euclidean geometry not resembling a circle, and for some reason people think "The car is shaking, it must be because of bad bushings!"  Because a loose bushing will somehow generate enough energy to make a 4000lb car shake like a cement settler, but not the dodecahedral wheels.  So they replace the arms with cheapo parts, bolting the bushings down drooped instead of at ride height, and then the bushings genuinely fail in a few thousand miles because of the confluence of crappy parts and hamfisted installation.  And the downward spiral goes.

In reply to KyAllroad (Jeremy) :

Assumption being what it is, it's likely their birth year. The single finger salute in the middle of it doesn't help me envision a flat bill wearing energy drink swilling bro any less.