Hi all,
Happy New Year. I hope this is the right place for this post - please advise If it is better placed elsewhere.
I just passed my driving test and my friend was coincidentally selling his Audi A5 2.0 TFSI 2008. It has done c117k miles but had an engine rebuild done by Audi in light of the infamous oil consumption issue. It also had a new alternator and belt fitted 15k miles ago. It has a full service history and passed MOT 2 weeks ago with no advisories. I took her for a test drive a couple of days after the MOT and all seemed fine, but when I collected the car 4 days ago, as I was leaving his road the steering wheel felt as so it was tight and there was a creaking as I was turning.
I spoke to my friend about this and he did not think there was any issues he drove us both in it earlier that day, so we just assumed it was how the car is and I will just get used to it. This remained unchained for a few days until yesterday as I was driving down the steering got much tighter and soon after a warning light came up ‘alternator - battery not charging’ and whilst driving back home an ABS light came up and the electricity cut out then turned back on. Once I was stationary I turned the car off and started it back up and it wouldn’t turn on.
I lifted the hood and saw a belt attached to the alternator was jammed down inside and was a little shredded. Had the car recovered and taken to the garage that services it for review tomorrow.
my friend has been great throughout the whole process and has kindly offered to give me the money back and take the car back if I wish. Personally I love the car and already have an attachment to it, but because I am planning to buy a house soon I can’t be affording big expenses on this or over the next 12-24 months until I am able to get a newer car.
I was wondering if I could get some opinions on whether it would be worth keeping it or if people think now that it’s 100k+, the expenses will keep cropping up?
many thanks in advance.
Happy New Year. I hope this is the right place for this post - please advise If it is better placed elsewhere.
I just passed my driving test and my friend was coincidentally selling his Audi A5 2.0 TFSI 2008. It has done c117k miles but had an engine rebuild done by Audi in light of the infamous oil consumption issue. It also had a new alternator and belt fitted 15k miles ago. It has a full service history and passed MOT 2 weeks ago with no advisories. I took her for a test drive a couple of days after the MOT and all seemed fine, but when I collected the car 4 days ago, as I was leaving his road the steering wheel felt as so it was tight and there was a creaking as I was turning.
I spoke to my friend about this and he did not think there was any issues he drove us both in it earlier that day, so we just assumed it was how the car is and I will just get used to it. This remained unchained for a few days until yesterday as I was driving down the steering got much tighter and soon after a warning light came up ‘alternator - battery not charging’ and whilst driving back home an ABS light came up and the electricity cut out then turned back on. Once I was stationary I turned the car off and started it back up and it wouldn’t turn on.
I lifted the hood and saw a belt attached to the alternator was jammed down inside and was a little shredded. Had the car recovered and taken to the garage that services it for review tomorrow.
my friend has been great throughout the whole process and has kindly offered to give me the money back and take the car back if I wish. Personally I love the car and already have an attachment to it, but because I am planning to buy a house soon I can’t be affording big expenses on this or over the next 12-24 months until I am able to get a newer car.
I was wondering if I could get some opinions on whether it would be worth keeping it or if people think now that it’s 100k+, the expenses will keep cropping up?
many thanks in advance.