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Hi everyone,
im new here and joined as i want to ask you all out there the following question:

i am extremely keen on buying a 2006 B7 RS4 with 150,000km on the clock and most service history.
You will know better than me... should i take a risk and buy the car?
I am so worried about parts failing and the astronomical costs associated to the replacement thereof.

what can you recommend?
should i take the risk?
do they as a general, NOT BREAK DOWN or are they prone to routine failures of all sorts?

PLEASE help me make the right decision!

many thanks

Full check of the history needed.
This forum has a catalogue of issues that could be present, so you are aware of the extremes...
Check for cheap mods - thats all they are. The car spec was awesome as it came out of the factory!


Big ticket items: DRC suspension can fail. Oil cooler/pipes. Aux rad.
Less so: Discs/pads/tyres all expensive.

Carbon clean - performance improvement but not a cause for a failure.