All those issues have been address. It was due to low oil capacity, that was then corrected with a larger oil filter. Also many drivers dont listen/read the manuals and still use 87oct and reg oil. These dont help.

 

I know cincy. I already said that. Maybe my post should have been the quailty of my Audi? lol

Oh no fing clue how the ashtray broke?????? Just like that one day. Maybe something feel off my seat and hit it. Oh and how did I know? I detail my car every week.

As far as getting another Lexus goes I will be keeping the audi for a while. Over all it is a good car. Just had a lot of problems in 40k.

 

i thought it was because of the oil pick up tube. anyway, thats just an example of what im talking about.

 

electrical nightmares, at least for my 3 friends that own them. but they have even more electronnics than audi does, so its to be expected.

its both. because of the smaller filter, the oil stayed hotter and ran through the system more often, couple that with the oil pick up tube and you end up clogging it easier, causing oil sludge. now that most people run bigger filters, its not as big of a problem.

 

AudiVirgin, i dont think you're gunna change anyone's mind here, this being audiforums.com. but let me just say, i see youre point and i agree.

 

In no way do I wanna change anyones mind!!!!! I don't wanna take away from the good quailtys of Audi. Just the little stuff gets under my skin. Like I have said 10 times in this thread. Audi makes a good car. Fit and finish could be steped up. But overall great car.

 

I do feel for you man, some cars just have their gremlins.

just like you to try to start conflict. He wanted to rant and allanyone told him was that he had more misfortunes than Audi being bad quality. They do have their problems, but all cars do.

 

well all i ment by that was i can see his point about quailty and i agree with it. when i say your not gunna change anyone's mind on here, basically what im saying is: save you're breath. no one on here is gunna care what you say, they will continue to deffend the quailty, fit and finish (call it what you will) of thier audi to the death, no matter what you say. thats all...

 

ok, gotcha

 

I bough a 2000 A4 1.8t with 88k miles while it had a check engine light, from the moment I looked at the engine and the carfax report, I knew that it was going to be something minor so I bought it because they were giving it away like 2k cheaper. When I took it home, I found the airpump shot and a cracked hose going to the MAF. The car seems like its built great and it makes my day every time I drive it, I actually find reasons to go driving. I had a 94 civic before this and one of the exhaust valves completely broke in half after 150k miles, I fixed it myself and it has been running great and already has 198k miles on it, I beat on it every day of my life. So what I am trying to say is that japanese cars do have great quality but things happen and every car breaks. The audi seems to break more because its so complicated. All I had to worry about with my civic was the engine itself because it was so simple, but when something breaks on an audi, its just usually something like a sensor or a pump, not the engine itself.