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Originally Posted by N11LS_J
There was a Suzuka grey facelift with 112k miles, ex demo so fully loaded for under £15k!!
I spent a lot of time debating whether it was worth a look but the mileage and lack of history put me off (lost service book apparently!
Is the Bose and B&O worlds apart?
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Personally B&O was a must, i've had two B6 S4's with Bose and it was good, but the B&O is super clear and was an essential for me.
If you are local to MK or Northampton, I have probably seen your wide body at one of the meets arranged by Ian or Buddies? If you are then you are welcome to sit in mine, have a tinker with electronics and listen to the system.
I would say common problem areas are:
- Electronic Parking Brakes / Rear Calipers
- Power Steering Pump / Hoses
- Gearbox issues are quite rare unless they have been serviced with the wrong oil or by the wrong garage (have a look at Turbo Tony's thread)
- Fingerprint recognition sometimes doesn't work for some people
- Rear boot motor can play up
- Batteries can give loads of phantom problems when they die
- Ceramics are a £1000+ per disc replacement, although, reading after buying, it appears a lot of people haven't had issues, in hindsight I wouldn't let this put me off, at the time it did though
- Inlet manifold flaps can break, I haven't had this problem, they were upgraded late 2008 facelift, but if they go, its either replace or remove
I had mine inspected by the AA before I went up to buy the car, cost £240 - worth every penny, got a 24 page report, they checked EVERYTHING, and so far, I have had no issues other than occasional draining battery (probably because she's parked at airports for long periods and there are a lot of electrics in there)
Some people have modded theirs with wheels and aftermarket facelift rear lights - so watch for a pre-facelift with facelift lights doppleganging. I was lucky to buy mine with only one mod - a perforated RS5 leather steering wheel, its a great mod, much thicker and swisher than a stock wheel.