[QUOTE]Originally posted by digitalbreach
to all you bmw/audi owners,


I've been wanting to upgrade from my Accord. However I'm used to a reliable car. What's been your experience with regards reliability and maintenance on beemers and audis?

Well with turbo'd cars you need to get synthetic oil changes. These run anywhere from 50-80 dollars depending on which oil you go with. The plus side is that you can go 5-8k miles between oil changes. Small things start to need replacing after 60-70k miles like CV boots, ignition coils, struts, control arms. Not really expensive but can get kind of annoying. I had both of my front CV boots replaced in the past year and while the parts cost was 12.50 each, the labor was over 170 per side. So get a low mileage car if you do not want to worry about a lot of maintenance.
Just my experience.

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Originally posted by Moongoose You should move to some place warmer because the temperatures in canada have clearly frozen your brain. As far as a drivers car goes no audi or benz can match a bmw. best feeling when behind the wheel short of a supercar. And yes, cocks have moved on to audis for which i am extremely happy.

You've got to be kidding. For the past five years Mercedes and BMW have spent all their time dicking around with bullshit like neck warmers in a convertible so you can drive with the roof down on cold days and that system which brakes the car automatically for you if you're too much of a dumb-fuck to keep a proper following distance.

In the same time Audi has implemented DSG, CVT for high-powered engines and electro-mechanical steering, all of which every other car company in the world has since copied. Audi is a company firmly focussed on driver technology and practical improvements to handling. Audis are car drivers' cars.

Has anyone driven a car with CVT yet? I'm dying to. How does it perform? I hear it sounds really weird to drive and most people think the clutch has slipped their first time.

I thought Audi's were just VW's with a different shell?

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Originally posted by amp3 Well with turbo'd cars you need to get synthetic oil changes. These run anywhere from 50-80 dollars depending on which oil you go with. The plus side is that you can go 5-8k miles between oil changes. Small things start to need replacing after 60-70k miles like CV boots, ignition coils, struts, control arms. Not really expensive but can get kind of annoying. I had both of my front CV boots replaced in the past year and while the parts cost was 12.50 each, the labor was over 170 per side. So get a low mileage car if you do not want to worry about a lot of maintenance. Just my experience.

Uh, outside of the synthetic oil issue, all cars will potentially have the same problems with wear and tear. I've had to replace CV boots on 3 different cars around the 75K mileage mark.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Domesticated
Has anyone driven a car with CVT yet? I'm dying to. How does it perform? I hear it sounds really weird to drive and most people think the clutch has slipped their first time.[QUOTE]

I drove the A4 a while back when the CVT first came out (6 yrs ago maybe?) It really is quite a different feel, especially when pounding on the accelerator. It sounds and feels like a typical Ford transmission in that it never switches gears. You just wait and wait and wait...then nothing.

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Originally posted by Brian Scott Uh, outside of the synthetic oil issue, all cars will potentially have the same problems with wear and tear. I've had to replace CV boots on 3 different cars around the 75K mileage mark.

I should have been clearer, I was referring to sports cars wear theirs out faster. My escort had 110k miles on it and all I had replaced was a serpentine belt, my family's civic lasted over 100k miles before any issue presented, even my dad's supercharged probe was in the 120k mile area until it had issues. Although I think that started when my mom drove it through the freezer in our garage.

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Good post Domesticated, you should have a blog.

A cvt is freaking odd, it's the sound that does it. It sounds out of this world when the rpm doesn't drop when the gears shift. It's just a constant sound and the more you press the pedal the louder it gets. Naturally it's a bit faster than a regular automatic, but the one thing that's really memorable is the sound. I'm such a fool for manual transmissions that I'd never buy a car with a cvt though.

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Originally posted by arturob s5 anyone?

Why the fuck not!

Oh and Acton;

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Originally posted by bamski What do you drive?

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Originally posted by Perryton I thought Audi's were just VW's with a different shell?

No. Volkswagen bought Audi a few years back, but it's not like a Nissan/Infiniti Toyota/Lexus Honda/Acura thing.

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Originally posted by DuBam Good post Domesticated, you should have a blog.

Smart arse.

Most people's sentiment regarding CVT seems to echo your own; apparently the main reason the technology hasn't been more popular is due to the strange revving sounds the engine makes.

Regarding Volks/Audi; it's a very complicated hierarchy which also involves Lamborghini and Porsche. I think Porsche owns something like 20% of Volks who in turn owns Audi or something like that. The companies all share common technologies though, so to say that Audi is basically a Volkswagen with a different shell isn't ridiculous. They do actually share chassis/platforms for some models if I recall correctly?

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Originally posted by bas No. Volkswagen bought Audi a few years back, but it's not like a Nissan/Infiniti Toyota/Lexus Honda/Acura thing.

Audi is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany and has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) since 1964. Volkswagen Group incorporated Audi when it was acquired as part of Volkswagen's purchase of the Auto Union and NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) assets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Group

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi