18 years of Lexus, no more
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Reliability has certainly improved, but the cars are so complicated it makes it difficult to work on them. My mechanic told me he never wants to change another A4 timing belt. His cost for the parts alone was $4400, and he had to buy special Audi-only tools to get to the timing belt.
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Reliability has certainly improved, but the cars are so complicated it makes it difficult to work on them. My mechanic told me he never wants to change another A4 timing belt. His cost for the parts alone was $4400, and he had to buy special Audi-only tools to get to the timing belt.
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In my area alone, there are countless German car indy shops making a mint on all the idiosyncrasies involved in them...from special tools, to the numerous unique issues they suffer. Guess how many Lexus/Toyota indies there are? zero. They'd go broke.
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Check back in after a year and let us know how many $$ thousands you've spent on maintenance to keep that prestige going!
I like Audi, but they are right up there with BMW and Mercedes when it comes to cost of ownership! Let us know what loaner car you driving next week!
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I like Audi, but they are right up there with BMW and Mercedes when it comes to cost of ownership! Let us know what loaner car you driving next week!
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My wife has a 2014 q5 tdi diesel. It has had no problems other than mice chewing on they soy based wiring. Actually we are making money on that one. just hit the 4 year end of warranty but because of the tdi suite we have been paid about $7000 from Vw and it gets a free bridge warranty until they have done a emissions repair if no repair they buyback the car for more than we paid for it
Over all I like the A6 but there are several convenience items I miss from the Lexus different German thinking
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