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Originally Posted by sarg
I had the same thoughts with mine back in May/June time, sold my 2000 4.2 Sport with a broken gearbox for £1,400 to a Polish scrap merchant.
And believe me, I am sitting here still reading the A8 forums, wishing I had spent the 2,150 on a replacement box. Sure, it would have been worth 3k tops, but I couldn't have replaced it for 3k, and then I'd have had a sorted A8 with a good gearbox.
Sure things go wrong, but it's the same for all car - I replaced mine with a Boxster, which has no major problems, but plenty of 'perfectionist' niggles.
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I did exactly that sarg, decided that better the devil you know when mine went last year and plumped for the VAG service exchange box on the basis that if youre spending that kind of money then you basically get a new box, torque converter TCU etc etc - it even came with the oil pre-loaded. The warranty was unlimited mileage for 2 years (which for me is 8-10k lol) but I intend to get the gearbox oil flushed every 25000 miles from the start which should keep her sweet.
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