04-01-2014, 04:05 PM
Welp, went ahead and put an offer in on that A4 we checked out. I figured I'll have enough time with it under warranty to really figure out or get the oil consumption documented. And again, at 1 quart every 5k miles, this thing is barely drinking. Yes, let the kook-aid flow... If the car didn't have a fancy-assed digital oil gauge, one would likely never even know. Or if the car wasn't able to go 10k between oil changes, this wouldn't be a problem. Regardless, I barely drive 5k miles in a year so we may never even have to top it off as we'll be getting the oil changed before the computer says anything.
The guy has been good with e-mail so hopefully I'll get an answer within the next few hours.
So yeah... VAG FOR LIFE.
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We were really down to the A4 Avant, BMW wagon, or VW Sportwagen TDI. The Bimmer was way too hard to find, the VW is a bit boring and no cheaper than this thing even used, and a pristine/lower mileage A4, BMW, or new JSW are all $30k+.
The guy has been good with e-mail so hopefully I'll get an answer within the next few hours.
So yeah... VAG FOR LIFE.
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We were really down to the A4 Avant, BMW wagon, or VW Sportwagen TDI. The Bimmer was way too hard to find, the VW is a bit boring and no cheaper than this thing even used, and a pristine/lower mileage A4, BMW, or new JSW are all $30k+.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.