1999 Audi A4

A4S Coupe

2.8L

Manual

WAUED28D2XA212395

Clear

Gasoline

Well, I'm selling my Audi. I have three cars and a student loan. I woke up recently to the fact that this isn't the best way of arranging my finances. History: I bought this car while living in Denver a few years ago from the estate of a lawyer who passed away. My wife's family have always used the same German auto mechanic in Parker, CO and this car was listed with them on a cork board. It had 60k or so on it then. It was, I was told, used as a commuter for around 40-60 minutes a day from Englewood to Denver and back. I don't know, but my guess is that it was mostly highway down I-25. I fell in love with it because it was quick. This 2.8L 4 wheel drive car can accelerate when you need it to in part because it's a manual vehicle. I didn't use it a whole lot in Denver before moving to Redmond, WA. Here I've been using it mostly on Hwy 202 and the 520. That means it's been mainly used at 55 and 60mph for commuting. We've used it occasionally to go skiing, where 4WD comes in handy. The rear seats go down so you can put skis or a snowboard in there. In fact, there is a special pocket between the seats which allows you to put skis in the trunk and they poke out between the seats. The pocket thing covers the skis so you can't see them, better than putting the seats down. I've never had a major problem with the car. There are some small issues as you'd expect from a car that is 13 or so years old which I list below. It's always been maintained by German car specialists by me and the previous owner, Audi dealerships are just too expensive. The owners son, who sold me the car, told me the older history. His dad bought it from the dealership and it was originally a display model. It's actually an A4S. Not an A4 or S4. A4S means it has lowered suspension and the red sport audi logo on the steering wheel and that's about it. Somewhere in between an A4 and an S4. One more comment. It's a less than 100k luxury vehicle. Yes, it's 13 years old but it was top of the line then and you will see the same car on sale on eBay at 200k miles... so it still has a lot of life left to give. The Good It has a 6 CD changer in the back. Leather seats. Heated seats. Manual transmission. Power seats. Power windows. Powered Sunroof. 2.8L engine. Less than 100k. Only two professional owners who cared about the car. Fog lights, rear and front. I know it's BS but this car has been cared for by me and the previous owner. I bought new tires for the car at I think around 80k. They were around $1k for all four and were rated for some ridiculous milage from Les Shwab. I forget the rating figure but they were the most expensive possible. I'd expect them to last another 50k. Every service and issue that's come up has been dealt with. Nothing was allowed to fester when it came up, and it was fixed by German auto specialists apart from the windscreen wipers which I replaced myself with parts from NAPA. When I bought it I was flush with cash and had the dashboard instruments replaced. It was the stupidest money I've ever spent. Maybe. It annoyed me that the central display, the red LCD panel, had some dead pixels. So you'd turn on the car and it was missing lines on the little display between the speedometer and the tachometer. It was missing something like 3 lines. So I thought it would be a great idea to spend $1k on a new instrument cluster. That means all the instruments are basically brand new and the LCD panel is flawless. Go look at some old Audi and VW cars (even news ones actually) and you'll see the central panel display is all messed up with broken pixels and lines of pixels. That's what I fixed. It was a waste of money, but it means the new owner (that is, you) get the benefit of me being a moron. When we moved from CO to WA the vehicle was professionally shipped. I mean covered, on a covered truck by a professional driver as part of my moving package. The Bad The previous owner had someone back up in to him when parked, or that was his sons story. So there is a tiny dent in the hood of the vehicle on the left. The black plastic, which is replaceable, around the front license plate is cracked an missing a few bits. There are usual scratches on the car, mostly very small. The only significant ones are two on the rear where the black plastic is exposed beneath the silver paint. Both very small sets of scratches. Way smaller than a quarter, more looks like a couple of chips. The right rear door handle has a small chip of silver paint missing also. There are some scratches/very small grinding marks on some of the wheels where it's been parked too close to the curb and grated against the concrete of the curb. I was taught to always put the car in gear when parking it. That means I've never put the handbrake (emergency brake) on a steep hill. It works as far as I've tested it but if you're not used to manual cars you should not trust the hand brake in case the cord has extended. The Ugly Assume the cassette deck is broken. The CD works great. The radio is great. But I never had luck with the cassette. The cruise control has been problematic. When I bought it it worked great. After a few months it would only work when the car was warm. You'd have to be on the highway for something like 10 - 20 minutes and it would work then. The cruise computer is located off to the right near the passenger foot well and when you switched it on and off you can hear a relay click on/off over there if you pay attention. So I took it to my guy and he tested a bunch of things and replaced the vacuum pump which pulls the accelerator pedal in and out. Turns out the pump was working fine. so they re-soldered the cruise control board and it started working. My (and their) guess was that dry solder joints on the logic board were to blame, thus the heating making it work. When I brought it to WA it stopped working again. My mechanic here suggested replacing the logic board with a salvage unit and said replacing the vacuum pump like the previous guy said was a stupid idea. So that's what we did. The replacement unit was pretty cheap (like $30) and the cruise control worked fine again. Until about a month ago. Now the car needs to warm up again for cruise to work. So you should assume it's busted or you should replace it. If I cared, I'd try and re-sodler it again or get another salvage cruise control unit. It's not expensive, but be aware of it. The key remote battery needs replacing. The mechanic told me to go and get a battery myself for the key and they refuse to stock all the little battery types. The central locking with the key in the door works fine. The central locking button in the car works fine. It's just that when you press the button on the key fob it doesn't work. This should cost you $2 for a battery to fix if but there is the risk that somehow the whole system needs replacing. I don't believe that's the case. But, I'm not going to spend the time on it when I'm selling it anyway since that means I have to go to radioshack to find the battery. What Else? Please ask questions! I'm happy to give test rides, please contact me. If you want a photo of something specific, please contact me. I'm even happy to take video. I've been an eBayer for a long time. Check out my history. I've kind of gone overboard with a long descriptions because when I buy a car I want to know everything up front. So I've been as detailed as I can think of because I don't want you to have any surprises. This is an older car and so there are bound to be small things like the drivers side Audi floor mat is looking a little beat up (the rest look great as it happens). I don't want to get in to negotiating on stupid small things like that. So, let's be clear that this is a loved car but it's not brand new and the auction price is final. If you don't test it, or send a buddy to test it first, or ask me a question, or ask for a photo, the car sale is final and those are not legitimate excuses. I've done this before and it really sucks to have to re-list things when people don't pay. Thanks!On Jul-16-12 at 10:35:05 PDT, seller added the following information: Adding some key words: Audi A4 B5 Quattro V6