I have the opportunity to purchase a 2001 Audi TT quattro 6 speed coupe in great condition. I believe its 225hp because of the 6 speed. It's silver with black leather. The vehicle also has navigation. It has the check engine light on and the owner claims its the charcoal evaporator canister. He said its a $600 - 800 fix. Is that correct? What about the bypass mod? It has 99k miles. The owner said the previous owner had the car stop at about 70k miles and had a bill of $3500 to fix bent valves, so im assuming it was a timing belt issue and was probably replaced. He does not have paperwork on the incident. I asked the current owner if he uses full synthetic oil, he said no. With 99k miles am i at risk with the sludge problem. The motor ran great and sound very good. What are thoughts on this vehicle? He is asking $6800. Good price?

Thanks in advance
Dom

 

Price=good ONLY if you go look at it and it checks out. You can pull back the timing belt cover to AT LEAST get an idea on what shape the belt is in. I just purchased my 01 225 6speed and it had the same issue at 80k, with all new valves and what not (no receipt but I could see all the gaskets and bolts were new) the car ran great. It had blown turbo but after that I have been ripping around in it and love it. The CEL scares me only because european cars and their CEL can be a pain in the ***. Have it gone over by a mechanic, its a good 100 dollar investment