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<blockquote data-quote="GT Premi" data-source="post: 15869287" data-attributes="member: 121775"><p>If you look at it objectively, most cars these days aren't exactly wrench friendly, depending on what you're doing. So, I'd say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. Cost-wise, yes, Audi parts are expensive. We had to have a headlight replaced on our S4 <em>right before</em> the warranty ran out. A few more miles, and that would've been a $3K+ repair bill. One headlight. Not The Wallflowers one, either. Other than that, we had no other issues with it that I can remember. It was a trouble-free ownership, and we enjoyed every mile we put on it.</p><p></p><p>That said, I had a Chrysler before, and the steering rack went out after the factory warranty. Thankfully, I had an extended warranty. Otherwise, that would've been a $1200 - $1300 repair. Then the suspension bushings went out on the same car (my fault, though). That would've been over $1K to have repaired, had I had them replaced. Loved it and still do, but the quality was not too great. It had a faulty oil cooler line that started to leak. There was a recall for that, though. I received the recall too late. Messed up my garage floor. And there were other little niggles that started to mount up. </p><p></p><p>It basically boils down to what's important to you as an owner. You could pay a premium for a car that <em>might</em> have a big repair bill once throughout your ownership, or you could buy a cheaper car that will slowly crumble around you as the nickle-and-dime repair bills add up. The cost delta for routine maintenance is not very big. It cost as much or more for routine maintenance on my GT500 as it did for the S4. One negative I will say about the S4; it used to chew up some damned tires!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GT Premi, post: 15869287, member: 121775"] If you look at it objectively, most cars these days aren't exactly wrench friendly, depending on what you're doing. So, I'd say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other. Cost-wise, yes, Audi parts are expensive. We had to have a headlight replaced on our S4 [I]right before[/I] the warranty ran out. A few more miles, and that would've been a $3K+ repair bill. One headlight. Not The Wallflowers one, either. Other than that, we had no other issues with it that I can remember. It was a trouble-free ownership, and we enjoyed every mile we put on it. That said, I had a Chrysler before, and the steering rack went out after the factory warranty. Thankfully, I had an extended warranty. Otherwise, that would've been a $1200 - $1300 repair. Then the suspension bushings went out on the same car (my fault, though). That would've been over $1K to have repaired, had I had them replaced. Loved it and still do, but the quality was not too great. It had a faulty oil cooler line that started to leak. There was a recall for that, though. I received the recall too late. Messed up my garage floor. And there were other little niggles that started to mount up. It basically boils down to what's important to you as an owner. You could pay a premium for a car that [I]might[/I] have a big repair bill once throughout your ownership, or you could buy a cheaper car that will slowly crumble around you as the nickle-and-dime repair bills add up. The cost delta for routine maintenance is not very big. It cost as much or more for routine maintenance on my GT500 as it did for the S4. One negative I will say about the S4; it used to chew up some damned tires! [/QUOTE]
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