At $13,500, Is This 2001 Audi S4 Avant a Sizzling Deal?

The vendor of right now’s Good Worth or No Cube S4 says no check drives with out chilly onerous money or licensed funds in hand. Let’s see if this Audi is priced to make it price waving a wad to get behind the wheel.

Very like the Taurus earlier than it, the Ford Explorer SUV took the nation by storm solely to see its preliminary success whittled away by opponents. The 1992 Ford Explorer we checked out final Friday was a good-looking reminder of what made that unique model such a success. Whereas parsimoniously geared up, it was clear and got here with a five-speed stick, one thing extraordinary in just about all competitively-sized SUVs right now. That, nonetheless, couldn’t counter a $6,900 price ticket which was method an excessive amount of for almost all of you, because it was despatched packing with a 69 p.c No Cube loss.

Friday’s Ford might have been clear and unpretentious, but it surely wasn’t all that stimulating exterior of its three-pedal format and cocktail celebration dialog starter survivor standing. However, right now’s 2001 Audi S4 Avant ought to show to be plenty of enjoyable, and that historical past of enjoyable exhibits within the substantial odometer studying and some chips and dings scarring the bodywork.

The B5 S4 debuted in 1998, with U.S. gross sales commencing the next yr. On the time, the twin-turbo V6-powered S4 was the quickest sedan in Audi’s secure.

This one’s an Avant and is available in Imola Yellow, named for the well-known race monitor in Italy. Presently mounted to that may be a set of alloys with summer season tires. The advert says the automobile additionally comes with a quartet of Avus 17-inch wheels wrapped in studded winter meats.

The positives for this wagon is the paint holds a shine. It additionally carries its headlamp washer covers, which is laudable. I can’t inform you what number of previous Audis I see working round with these lacking. I imply, it’s been like two or three!

On the draw back, there are a selection of chips and dips within the bodywork, in addition to a large dent within the hatch which the vendor says is the results of a car parking zone hit and run. That’s all just about par for the course when you might have a automobile of such age that has made its solution to a 245,000-mile odometer studying. Sure, that’s so much on the clock. To mitigate that considerably, the vendor claims the automobile has been effectively maintained over the course of its life and can supply upkeep data to substantiate that assertion.

The cabin seems equally serviceable and proves that if there’s one factor Audi is aware of how you can do effectively, it’s interiors. The sprint and middle stack might lack the large screens which are frequent right now, however except for that, all of it comes throughout as each modern and basic. That’s no imply feat.

The middle show within the instrument cluster exhibits the everyday failure. That’ll price a couple hundred bucks to have repaired, and normally means sending the cluster halfmethod throughout the nation to get serviced, leaving the remainder of the automobile out of service.

The driving force’s seat additionally exhibits some put on from the miles of smiles the automobile clearly produced, however apart from that the leather-based all seems good.

All these smiles come from the two,671cc V6 and six-speed guide, which together with the Torsen middle diff Quattro AWD, provides up a reasonably potent drivetrain bundle. The 251 horsepower 30-valve six comes with a turbo for every financial institution together with a companion intercooler. No, these aren’t the best nor least expensive engines to work on—you just about must take away the whole nostril of the automobile simply to interchange the thermostat—however then anybody inquisitive about shopping for this automobile ought to already know that.

Based on the vendor, this S4’s bi-turbo has obtained artificial lube each 5K and noticed its timing belt changed at 226K. Different consumables, comparable to wheel bearings and brakes, are claimed to have been solely changed with Audi elements. Now it’s mentioned to nonetheless “pull like loopy” and with none bizarre instrument readings or a CEL. It comes with a clear title and the vendor’s declare {that a} house buy is dictating the sale, not any form of want to be rid of the automobile.

In the direction of that finish, the vendor asks $13,500 for the S4 and we now all have to resolve if that’s a good worth for a scorching Audi of such age and mileage. What do you say? Ought to an celebration go $13,500 for this S4 Avant? Or, ought to both the worth of the mileage be decrease?

You resolve!

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