Audi is that hot girl in your high school with a lovely shape…and NO BRAINS.

Here are my ten reasons why I will NEVER buy an audi.

10. The “stealership” sodomizes you ALL the time. Audi dealers in NJ suck a fat one. Most of them dont even drive Audi’s themselves.

9. What kind of car in the 21st century does not have an AUX in plug for Chrissakes?

8. No Seat memory.

7. Oil leak problem. Smelly cabin when a/c is on, smells like burnt oil.

6. Audi Mechanics. Bunch of crooks! If you bring them the parts, they get pissed off. If you quote them labor rates, they get pissed off. Most of them feel entitled to your income as if it is Your fault they fail at life. I hate grease monkeys.

5. Water Coolant Pipe. A simple $400 fix at an honest mechanic since the part can be found used on Ebay or German parts sites, however, an Audi Mechanic will charge you about 1k to fix and then try and change your seals/gaskets, although you might have JUST changed them.

4. ENVY! Although our car is old, the body is modern and sleek. So far, we have had the car keyed, almost ruined by a mechanic and we constantly get stared at. Its a 2000 for crying out loud, God Forbid we had one of those newer 2005+ models.

3. Cheaply made/Unreliable Parts. Garbage parts, especially the CV Boot kits.

2. No kind of customer service at any of their official car dealerships.

1. Premium Gas prices.

The blue book is enough on this german tank of sh*t that we will probably trade it in for a 2009 Nissan.

As much as I love our Audi, its unreasonable to keep such an old and sh*tty car from a company that could care less about its customers.

They are now extensively penetrating the American market. I give it 5 years before the USA Audi consumers wake up to the nonsense, crappy mechanics, poor interior design, expensive and cheaply made parts, lack of customer service etc.

GOOD RIDDANCE!

I’ve owned it for three months and have had no end of problems with the Diesel Particulate Filter. I eventually got the dealer to replace it (would have cost £1300) and it’s still a dog to drive. It over revs between gear changes and barely manages 40mpg over long journeys (my previous 130PS diesel managed almost 55mpg under identical conditions).

It’s sluggish, gutless, completely uninvolving to drive, imprecise steering, the Nav is awful (and sounds awful playing any and all music), the radio reception is POOR and I hate every aspect of it with a burning passion.

Oh and why don’t the poxy doors unlock when I press the button? Sure the driver’s door does but I want “all” the doors open I have to press it again. I guess I should count myself lucky that I don’t have to turn the key twice in the ignition to use all 4 cyclinders (although that might explain why it’s such a dog to drive)

Audi servicing in the UK don’t know or care why it’s so bad to drive and so uneconomical and so once I’m rid of this damn piece of cr@p I will NEVER, EVER buy another Audi again. I think I’ll try a quality car manufacturer like BMW.

Having said that – does anyone want to buy this car? It’s in a lovely blue colour with a black grill…

Thanks for the long and detailed post.

I’ve got to say, while I doubt I’ll buy another Audi (but you never know) I did find that it had the fewest problems of any car I’ve owned, save for the VW that I got to replace it.

AUDI is a big time fraud. I bought a 2007 A4 in 200. It started giving me headache right after 3 months. Sometimes the recall of some part that I was never told before. Once, it almost flipped over on the highway, due to the skidding. Later on I found out that the factory knew about this problem but didn’t recall for this. They wanted their customers to face this issue and then bring it back to the dealer. How weird is that? What if I had lost my life, or I had hit someone?

Major known problem are listed below:
Turbo engine valve repair (within 4 years): $3000
Bearing hop or hup (not sure about the spelling) – $1000
Brakes and Rotars – over $1000
Storage compartment (very finicky) – $350
Sliding roof access button – $500
Other electronics problem – $2000
Regular Maintenance (every 6 months) – $600

The list goes on and on. They will swear on their mother’s grave (if that bitch is even dead), that the new generation of AUDI is much more rugged and everlasting, but no no no. Don’t be fooled by those good looking sales chicks and some mafia looking sales guys.

I normally don’t do rants and stuff, but enough is enough. It’s high time, I warn people about AUDI.
I am doing everyone a favor by warning before they make a mistake. The choice is yours.

The CD player handles mp3s as well as old fashioned CDs. Glad I skipped the GPS/Video display.

However, I, like you, would like to turn off the “here is the blue tooth connection” blip and interruption.

I’m infuriated at Audi for their bad choices, but I’m even more frustrated at myself for not forseeing these issues. Wish I could turn the clock back to Sunday and NOT buy this car.