If I replace the Beetle; I think it’ll be an S4

"Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle" (1500sand535)
04/06/2019 at 21:34 • Filed to: None

Well folks; reasonable mileage S4s with the 3.0 engine can now be had for $15,000. I still may decide to just sell the Beetle and not replace it. But if I do; I think I’m going to go with one of these:

DISCUSSION (14)

LongbowMkII > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 21:51

Ten year old Audi, what can go wrong?

camarov6rs > LongbowMkII
04/06/2019 at 22:03

You mispelled can’t

LOREM IPSUM > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 22:08

The last guy I knew who bought a used s4 ended up going bankrupt and ended up paying $30,000 for a first model year Honda Fit.

Don’t be a statistic.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > LOREM IPSUM
04/06/2019 at 22:27

USD? How does anyone pay that much for a Fit!?

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 22:30

Do it! I had a 2012 and loved it. Dead reliable during the time I owned it. 40k to 80k miles and it was a 6mt so no crazy transmission electrics to go wonky. Fun fun car. I would’ve kept mine had I not outgrown it with kiddo duties. 3 seats wouldn’t really fit in the back comfortably. So I upsized to an 2009 S8.... maybe I’m not the best role model.... nah, do it!

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 22:33

But find a 6MT with the B&O stereo. Very nice piece of kit. I’d go with the 2012-2013 if you can afford it. There were updates throughout and I believe 2013 got some better infotainment systems. The B8.5s are where it’s at. I miss that supercharger whine.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 22:33

I just bought a 112k mile BMW so I can’t judge but...yeah I got nothing. The Audi 3.0 is pretty solid.

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > LongbowMkII
04/06/2019 at 22:37

Well apparently at least they finally figured out timing chain guides.

LOREM IPSUM > Svart Smart, traded in his Smart
04/06/2019 at 22:40

Yessiree, USD, if you can believe that. Dealers were marking them up when they first hit the lots, and I guess between his trashed credit and his ne ed to be first in line for a Fit, it somehow added up.

We gave him a lot of shit for that, and for buying the S4 to begin with. (Clearly... I still am, 13 years later. lol)

Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle > LOREM IPSUM
04/06/2019 at 23:02

Well this all sounds kind of dramatic. I can’t imagine anything that would lead to that bad of a situation.

LOREM IPSUM > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 23:14

Haha, I would certainly hope not. It ju st comes to mind whenever considering reasonably priced used Audi S’.

Stopcallingmesir > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/06/2019 at 23:52

IS or GS 350 with Mark Levinson. Theres a reason 10 year old Lexus are worth more resale than the germans which originally cost more

LongbowMkII > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/07/2019 at 06:58

Maybe, but that just means they cheapened out on another small but vital part somewhere else

OmerCarrothers333 > Neil drives a beetle and a fancy beetle
04/27/2019 at 00:05

that’s about the same price and millage of my GTI when I got it, but it’s a 2012.

on one hand, it’s a high-powered luxury death- machine, for a sweet-ass price.

on the other hand, if something breaks, it might be REALLYGODDAMNEXPENSIVETO FIX because it’s a high-powered luxury death-machine.