The company has since evolved and grown to meet the expanding needs of enthusiasts, but the underlying passion for innovation, performance, and quality remains. Well, I hear scrap metal is $3/100 pounds so there is that.034Motorsport was founded in 2005 with a passion for bringing motorsport-quality performance upgrades and tuning to Audi and Volkswagen vehicles. I assume its just a fact that an Audi is disposable ($0 value) after 8-10 years or 50-90K miles. Different dealership, different auto groups so no suspicion there. They just traded theirs in after their service call quoted them thousands of dollars in very similar repairs and failures. I share my experience with the first person I see who I knew had a A3 with 50,000 miles on it. Didn't even make it to 100K - wow for a $65K automobile. This $6,500 car is way past its service life at 98,000 miles. 8i) Oil leak noticed around timing and valve cover - $1500 - I declined. 8h) Front end bushings need replaced - $1800 - I declined. New ones cost $1200 - again LOL - I declined. 8g) Rear brake light error - tech tried to check this but the lens covers were too brittle. 8f) Adaptive headlight sensor error - must remove front end to check it $1200 (for a light that is still shining? LOL) - I declined. 8e) Motor mounts are bad (huh?) - $1300 - I declined. 8d) take a guess.bad battery $180 (I declined since mine is Autozone and under warranty). 8b) windshield washer blades - there are no auto store or aftermarklets available. 8a) Windshield washer pump was shorted out $400 - had to fix this since its a safety item. Remember that the car has been factory serviced every 10K since 24K miles. 8) And now for the 95,000 interval (I had to wait to 98,000.shame on me). Get a good one with a warranty since you will be using it A LOT. 7) Battery - The $180 battery that goes with this only makes it about 12-14 months then dies.
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Its so outdated and Audi wants you to pay $300+ for their map update CDs.residual income for them I guess. There is no way to connect a device other than Radio Frequency Module - which suck. 5) Technology - Even in 2006, simple things like AUX jacks should be available. My Ford Explorer had 200K and used 1/3 of that. No matter what they say, this seems excessive. 4) Oil Use - uses about 1 US Quart of $8 synthetic oil every 4K miles. Too expensive to repair on my quickly depreciating car - no return on investment there, so just keep adding the $30/pint Audi fluid as need be. 3) Power Steering - Developed a leak at 65K miles. I tried to sell my car (which is otherwise in great shape) and everyone was turned off by paint peeling off of the various knobs and dials. Its a calculated risk for them I assume thinking not enough care - I do and on this alone, I will never buy Audi again.
Audi chooses to turn the other way though and does not recall this to fix an obvious mfg defect. Just google it and you will see lots of people with delaminated interior trim. 2) Absolutely $%# poor quality of materials on interior knobs, dials, and trim. They ALWAYS find something wrong that needs to be fixed or replaced, or updated - and being a good Audi owner I comply since I want my Audi to be in top shape all the time. 1) Service intervals - we have had this into Audi every 10K per suggested and every time we leave with no less than a $400 bill gone for what I would have normally thought was a Jiffy Lube type $65 event. Car has generally been trouble free, or so I thought (see What's Bad). Fuel economy is outstanding, especially highway.
Performance, feel, and overall car experience were favorable. Driven lightly for the last 5-6 years, garage kept 1/2-2/3 of the time owned. This was a 24000 mile pre-owned Audi certified car we purchased. It all comes down to reasonable and prudent reliability and quality of materials. Ok, well we loved this car, then hate this car, then love this car, and so on.