Another thinking about buying an RS4 thread. Advice/opinions needed

[WideIbis]

I saw an Ibis on Autotrader, I’ll check in a few if its the same one mentioned above. I’m thinking it is but not sure.

Love your WB Avant btw! Did you purchase the car as a WB or did you have the conversion done?

I think that is the one for sale on AudiZine Jupiter mentioned. The car does look well maintained and if the sale doesn’t go through I would probably contact him and see if we could work something out. $46k seems a little high considering I could buy the other Ibis and with the money saved buy and swap a complete black interior and still have some cash in my pocket.

Thank you for the compliment! Except its a WB sedan not avant. I wish I would have done an avant but oh well.

I bought the car when it was in pieces. I was friends with the previous owner and he worked at a high end performance shop local to me and had everything sitting brand new in boxes and ready to be built but decided not to go through with it. So I basically got a B5 S4 with 30k on the clock and thousands of dollars worth of OEM RS4 and aftermarket parts for not much more than people were getting for well sorted normal stage 3 cars at the time. Plus included in the purchase price was that he had to have his shop build and put the rest of the car back together for… body work, mechanical, everything. Quite a bit of custom work outside of the widebody was done on it also. Quite a bit of money has been put in to it since then, especially with the recent run of work at JHM, but i got pretty lucky with what I paid for it originally.

[daytonaRS4]

I bough my car on ebay and it was a seller in Miami. I was able to get the Miami Audi dealer to CPO it for me buy essentially having the seller sell the car to them which they bought from him with my money. So they only charged me about $700 for their services which was split with the seller and another 41k for the CPO. Was forced to change the pads there which they raped me on, but overall it was one of the best situations to be in. But this car as well as almost every RS4 are already out of factory warranty so it can no longer be CPO’d.

[Jupiteraudi]

Sorry Ibis,

Not sure why I thought Avant, sedan or Avant doesn’t matter… something about a wide body B5 and of course an RS4.

[WideIbis]

I bough my car on ebay and it was a seller in Miami. I was able to get the Miami Audi dealer to CPO it for me buy essentially having the seller sell the car to them which they bought from him with my money. So they only charged me about $700 for their services which was split with the seller and another 41k for the CPO. Was forced to change the pads there which they raped me on, but overall it was one of the best situations to be in. But this car as well as almost every RS4 are already out of factory warranty so it can no longer be CPO’d.

I see what your saying now. That was a pretty good idea and kinda interesting the audi dealer would do that for you.

I think I have seen one RS4 for sale that was still CPO. So Im not to worried about it. Im going to get an aftermarket warranty anyways.

Sorry Ibis,

Not sure why I thought Avant, sedan or Avant doesn’t matter… something about a wide body B5 and of course an RS4.

No problem. I appreciate the compliment! I think the S4 and RS4 will look good together in the garage.

Now its just finding the RS4. I still havent made a move on that Ibis car. I dont know whats holding me back but I just cant seem to pull the trigger. I think that interior is really pushing me away and I know it probably shouldnt.

[sakimano]

Mine is still CPO for another year and a few months. Theyre out there.

[musanoadsaba]

Saki, didn’t you buy your car in the US?

[sakimano]

Saki, didn’t you buy your car in the US?

No I bought it at Audi Mississauga

I bought my old b7 s4 in Macon Georgia though.

[Farmerbob]

wideibis,

Here’s a nice low mileage ibis in the San Francisco Bay Area (so no road salt or winter driving or premature wearing of suspension parts). I think the owner got tired of driving a manual in the massive stop and go traffic we have here in the SF Bay Area. Good luck with your hunt:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/3588680576.html

[WideIbis]

wideibis,

Here’s a nice low mileage ibis in the San Francisco Bay Area (so no road salt or winter driving or premature wearing of suspension parts). I think the owner got tired of driving a manual in the massive stop and go traffic we have here in the SF Bay Area. Good luck with your hunt:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/3588680576.html

Thanks for the heads up Farmerbob!

Definitely a really nice car and I love the titanium package. I know its Ibis and those are rare but I think he might be asking a little too much based on the mileage and what you can pick up other RS4s on the market right. I would consider other colors than Ibis so I figure I might as well be patient.