Good car.
Just keep in mind that if the PO can't produce a hard copy of a bill from a reputable garage for a proper and complete head gasket job, just factor the cost of the job into the purchase price as you WILL be doing them. Probably soon.
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Do it.
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www.htturbotech.com...check us out...LOTS of custom parts and more!
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03-19-2012 07:38 PM
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Called dude and left a VM...never got a call back, oh well!
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03-20-2012 02:27 AM
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No call back or did he sell it? Either way... sad. If it checked out and was clean, that was a great deal. Best of luck finding another one Originally Posted by WakusPakus
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i called to say i was home and ready to come see it, he never responded...and today i left my phone @ the house Originally Posted by CSFiend
No call back or did he sell it? Either way... sad. If it checked out and was clean, that was a great deal. Best of luck finding another one
oh well, prob not meant to be! Next up: 2001 A4 1.8T, 68,000 miles (yes, 68,000). 6K OBO, going to see it tomorrow.
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03-20-2012 08:20 AM
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And Subaru is on your short list? You've obviously never bought Subaru parts... Originally Posted by WakusPakus
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03-20-2012 08:32 AM
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never owned one - have only had an accord with a H22 'Lude swap and this MK3 jetta....and my truck...i just want something i can drive err day for ~2 years without anything SERIOUSLY wrong...so i can then flip it and get what i really want. Originally Posted by blue70beetle
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03-20-2012 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by WakusPakus
...2001 A4 1.8T, 68,000 miles (yes, 68,000). 6K OBO, going to see it tomorrow.
take a brand new set of coilpacks with you when you go, install them before you ever drive the car, and then have a PPI done on the car.
...and make sure the timing belt and water pump have been done on it as well. If not, factor those two things into the cost of the car when considering purchasing...
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03-20-2012 09:00 AM
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won't be able to get a set that quick... Originally Posted by Blk95VR6
i will ask him about the T-belt/WP - do the packs normally fail around 70K? good to know!! how much do they run for a set?
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03-20-2012 11:58 AM
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I've seen coilpacks bad right out of the box. Look in the 1.8T forum and search around on them a little, you'll be surprised at how badly they are designed. VW and Audi did a recall on them, and last time I checked a set was less than 100.00. The last set I replaced on a customer's car was a 3.0 Audi and he had 4 of his 6 bad, the car was sputtering so much that it barely made it into my garage to change them out. The guy had lived with them for a month though, he just thought it was bad gas, and was driving it still! Originally Posted by WakusPakus
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and replaced them for him, he bought what I recommended, it was from a local FLAPS, and they've been good for the last two months, no CEL on his A6, so we're both happy...
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03-20-2012 12:45 PM
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Nonsense, Subarus never break down... They're Japanese! And they're so easy to service! Originally Posted by blue70beetle
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03-20-2012 05:04 PM
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Ummmm...yeah. Replaced the clutch in our old WRX a little over a year ago. It was, by far, the most difficult clutch job I've ever done, and the absolute best price I could find on a clutch was $250. Even AutoZone gets almost $400 for a clutch!
Loved that car, though; when my wife bought her SRX, I sold it instead of the Jeep because it was worth more and also was a bigger liability, due to parts cost.
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