It was my understanding that before the current-gen S4, the S4 had the naturally-aspirated V8 that is still in the S5 coupe, hence no turbo problems. And also you referenced the 2.7t, which the S4 didnt have.

Then again, the experience I have had with Audis has been sort of limited because the Audis we have had have always been bought new and owned for fewer than five years so maybe that is when problems start to develop.

IMO, i wouldn't consider a car that had problems after five years of ownership unreliable because many people don't even keep their car for that long.

I've never heard anyone say that Audi's are unreliable to be completely honest. Everyone I've ever known who has had them, even a buddy who has a '99 S6 has never had any problems with it. Maybe the people you know have just had bad luck.

 

Audi does not have a good reputation of reliability with me either.

My friends B6 (V8) S4 needed a brand new engine at 30 something thousand miles ($18k), anyone I know with a B5 S4 (the one that does have the 2.7t) put so much money into them through repairs. I have personally owned two Audis. One was great (however I only owned it for the first year), and the other was getting warranty work done for about four weeks.

It's good that you have had good experiences, but I think, to the general public, Audi does not have a good reputation for reliability.

 

Or it could be that we haven't owned any interesting Audis. Here is the list of the ones we have had:

1999 A6 Sedan, 2004 A6 Sedan, 2007 A8L, 2010 Q7, and 2012 A7.

I imagine the sportier and interesting Audis would be the more problem-prone ones.

 

It depends on how you drive it. I would imagine there's a pretty big disparity between how am177's family drives their audis compared to how you guys drive yours

 

I'm still fairly certain it's because we have gotten more sedate Audi's rather than the exciting ones.

Excitement seems to usually come with a price, like sex.

"Ohh my god this is amazing - shit I have AIDS" Thanks, I'll be here all week.

 

I've had a B7 S4, B7 RS4, an A3 2.0T and an A3 TDI - none have had problems. Justin's S4 was definitely a lemon. Very unfortunate. VW is also considered a "bad quality" brand, but I've found that everyone with problems had Mexican-built VWs. All the German cars seem solid... (Two GTIs, Golf R, and a '72 Bug for me)

 

agreed. ive only had 1 audi but i can safely say that it is a pretty well built car. 0 problems so far, believe it or not

 

How you liking the Bug?

 

Ha ha my Bug was my first car. I learned all about momentum driving, swing axle rear suspension, and cleaning out inline fuel filters... Now it's the Golf R, A3 TDI, and my 911.

 

Damn, I wish I was cool enough to have a 70s beetle as my first car... or have even have a first car.

Taxes suck, ykow?