Hey everyone i was the noob who was posting countless questions on how to mod a 97 quattro 12v with 100k on it!!!!!!!! well thanks to sum of the knowledge found here and a little common sense of my own i took it back just it time and now am looking at a 2001 A4 Quattro Turbo 5speed. it has 53k and the dealer is selling for 16k. i am going to try and work a cheaper deal tommorrow.

Now for my question, how well can it be maintained??? I am reading countless problems mainly concerning the Turbo engine and how people are saying it dies out on them. I looked into it even further and found out that the dealer suggested maintainence was to change the oil at every 10k service! Now i do not believe any car should have the oil changed every 10k let alone a Turbo!!!!! I have read that the only major motor problem was the engine oil gelling.

Now i believe that if u actually used good synthetic, changed the oil every 3k and added sum extra for burnt oil every now and then you would be fine. Could it be that the people with problems were the ones that had Turbos and only changed the oil at the dealer service at 10k? Please, any advice at all on this situation or on the car I am about to buy will be greatly appreciated.

P.S. what should I look for on an 01 1.8T with 53,000k???