anybody own a b5 a4?

[danosaur]

i'm looking to possibly trade my car for one, but i'd really like to get in one and possibly drive one! if anyone would be willing to meet up and let me just check out their car that would be ultra rad.

[MusicalGenius]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

Make sure to only accept rides if it's reflex silver …

[danosaur]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

Make sure to only accept rides if it's reflex silver …

are you suggesting the by people might try something?

[R_Ethug]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

whats your budget?

your only going to be finding quite high mileage ones nowadays.. 99.5-01 is your best bet. the 1.8ts have fake leather back in those days and the 2.8 v6 had real leather and real xenon lights

if you can afford it look at a b6 instead.. they are quite cheap nowadays too but then again some have high mileage..

if you see any 1.8ts for sale with say 90-110k on them.. i gaurantee the owner is getting rid of it so they don't have to pay for the timing belt to be done as its about 1300bucks or so depending on the shop of course

[D-BOMB]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

perhaps drive the one your potentially trading for?

[RSS]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

I have a 01 1.8T with 170K and i will be in town this weekend if you would like a test drive.

[MusicalGenius]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

are you suggesting the by people might try something?

No more just that the B5 A4's and S4's in the club are predominantly silver.

[fazda]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

maw hahaha mine is black ! take that silver s4's!

[danosaur]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

whats your budget?

your only going to be finding quite high mileage ones nowadays.. 99.5-01 is your best bet. the 1.8ts have fake leather back in those days and the 2.8 v6 had real leather and real xenon lights

if you can afford it look at a b6 instead.. they are quite cheap nowadays too but then again some have high mileage..

if you see any 1.8ts for sale with say 90-110k on them.. i gaurantee the owner is getting rid of it so they don't have to pay for the timing belt to be done as its about 1300bucks or so depending on the shop of course

well, i haven't really looked into a b6, i'll take a look. my budget really depends on what i could sell my car for, or how much the guy would want on top of my car for a b6.

thanks for the other info, i didn't realize some of those things. however, i do want the 1.8t, and not the 2.8.

perhaps drive the one your potentially trading for?

i probably should've worded that differently. i don't have one lined up to trade, but am thinking about trying to trade my car for one.

I have a 01 1.8T with 170K and i will be in town this weekend if you would like a test drive.

pmd ya.

[danosaur]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

whats your budget?

your only going to be finding quite high mileage ones nowadays.. 99.5-01 is your best bet. the 1.8ts have fake leather back in those days and the 2.8 v6 had real leather and real xenon lights

if you can afford it look at a b6 instead.. they are quite cheap nowadays too but then again some have high mileage..

if you see any 1.8ts for sale with say 90-110k on them.. i gaurantee the owner is getting rid of it so they don't have to pay for the timing belt to be done as its about 1300bucks or so depending on the shop of course

i looked at some b6's on kijiji and whatnot.. and while they are nice cars, i would rather have a b5. i feel the b5 looks better, and i will have more money to modify it. i think i'm gonna pm you as you seem like you know a decent amount about them.

my main concern now is 1.8t vs 2.8. i know the 2.8 isn't really the vr6, its a true v6 as far as i know, but what kind of numbers could i be expecting from them slightly modified? i don't want huge power right now, just quick. i've also heard that the 2.8s do not take to turbos well.

lastly, anybody know someone with a b5 that would wanna trade? :P

[fazda]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

if your looking to modify the car go with a 1.8t forsure, the 2.8 will have more jam out of the box obviously, but they performance is hindered because its n/a, it 200hp stock which isn't bad if you dont plan on modifying but i personally would perfer the 1.8t.

[canuck699]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

The V6 is nice, but yeah the tuning is limited. You can supercharge it, but your looking at about 5k-10k. Doesn't take well to turbos. There is a chip for the Transmission, if auto, and for the Engine but doesn't do a whole lot but keeps the power feeling a little better. Not much overall big change. Definitely change the exhaust though as it seems pretty restrictive exhaust.

But if you want to tune, definitely go with the 1.8T. Much more tunable.

[danosaur]

Re: anybody own a b5 a4?

yeah i looked around. the v6s don't take well to turbos at all, really expensive. and there is really only one thing to do to them and thats supercharge them. cool, but again very expensive. i've decided upon the 1.8t, now i just gotta find someone that wants to trade! or find someone to sell my car to. if anyone knows anyone who has an a4 they might be willing to trade for a 4dr 1.8t golf thats slightly modified (could also be stock), please pm me!