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**cestjoel** · 05-10-2011 09:41 AM

I just got my b7 A4 yesterday and I'm very happy with it. Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks

Ibis White
2.0T FWD
DSG
S-Line Package

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**Quattro** · 05-10-2011 10:10 AM

welcome!

**ultra** · 05-10-2011 10:15 AM

welcome , nice car but it's a CVT not a DSG.

**cestjoel** · 05-10-2011 10:18 AM

Thanks. I wasn't sure what it's called. It has the paddle shifters.

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**cestjoel** · 05-10-2011 10:19 AM

7 speed.* again thanks for the heads up.

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**oc-drop** · 05-10-2011 10:20 AM

I think.......... you car is stock. since you asked!

welcome! happy mod'n

**cestjoel** · 05-10-2011 10:28 AM

Bone stock. Will start doing mods eventually. I have lots of reading to do. :)

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**BAudi8** · 05-10-2011 11:11 AM

Congratz I am new on the forums as well.. Like the car... Just bought a B8 S4 Sprint Blue.....

**adub** · 05-10-2011 11:15 AM

great looking car bud. Welcome.

**Pitbull's S4** · 05-10-2011 11:24 AM

Welcome, have fun.

**Slave IV** · 05-10-2011 11:33 AM

Nice looking car! I'm not so big on FWD CVT Audis but it's still a good car..Enjoy!

**Aud!** · 05-10-2011 10:14 PM

Nice, welcome

**Aud!** · 05-10-2011 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Slave IV

Nice looking car! I'm not so big on FWD CVT Audis but it's still a good car..Enjoy!

i have a cvt and I agree its the only thing I don't like boutnmy car, pulls like a mother****** when on the throttle.

**cestjoel** · 05-10-2011 10:54 PM

So I showed the car to a friend. And he said the car most likely previously in an accident. Lots of little imperfections that leads me to believe it was in an accident. I will post pictures tomorrow. One obvious one is the rear valance. It's black, when s-lines are suppose to be color matched. Hmmmmm. I'm very disappointed. Can I still take this back to the dealer and get my down payment back and out of the contract???? It is not a CPO and it wasn't bought at an audi dealer.
Epic Fail.

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**Unit1Evangelion** · 05-11-2011 06:28 AM

Damn, that sucks. I had the same problem. I bought mine on a sunny day. A few days later when it was cloudy, I noticed the color difference on my bumpers. Was too late for me though. But nice car!

And welcome to the forums.

**BAudi8** · 05-11-2011 08:49 AM

You cant return it once you drive off the lot, after papers are signed, you are the owner. No Cooling Off Period is what its called. Get the Car Fax on it. If the car had been in an accident i believe they are supposed to disclose that to you...

**BAudi8** · 05-11-2011 09:29 AM

In California, when a customer purchases or leases a new motor vehicle, there is no “cooling off period” rule. What this means is just because you may think that (after signing and taking delivery) that it’s not the right vehicle for you, your payments are too high, or other various reasons that the sale/lease can be cancelled – it cannot. The moment you complete the sale/lease documents and take physical delivery of the car (drive off the lot), there is no “cooling off” period in which to return the vehicle and rescind the sale. At this point it is yours.

Now I was talking to a friend who is a Desk Manager and at Dealership he told me that if its minor body damage they dont have to disclose it. However if its anything major, like frame damage, they must disclose it to you.

**LsQuared** · 05-11-2011 09:35 AM

i like the color and the s-line pkg

**VMRWheels** · 05-12-2011 12:35 AM

Congrats on the new car but *hopefully* your friend is mistaken!

In either case, best of luck, let us know how it turns out!

**DrivTech** · 05-12-2011 04:41 AM

Holy crap, Matt. 12:35 AM? Working over time or what? hahahha

**Rhino85** · 05-12-2011 12:28 PM

Nice car, good luck with everything

**VMRWheels** · 05-13-2011 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by DrivTech

Holy crap, Matt. 12:35 AM? Working over time or what? hahahha

Titus, nice seeing you around these parts! What a coincidence, check out the time! Sort of like sleep walking

**rjpeaks** · 05-13-2011 07:38 AM

welcome OP.

Matt and Titus keeping things fresh during the off hours!

**cestjoel** · 05-13-2011 09:31 AM

Ok guys. Thanks for all the warm welcomes. Here is an update. I took the car back with all the complaints and they're going to out the car back to factory. They didn't admit to an accident but they did take it to the their body shop and are going to fix everything plus they're giving me an extended warranty. I'm happy with that. Here are some pics of the evidence that repairs were done/collision damage.

see how door is hanging a little

Door, skirts, and fender not aligned.

rear lower valence not matched painted

extensive wheel and tire damage in spare tire. This was probably the tire during the collision.

bolts don't match on pass. Door hinge

chipped paint on front lover valence from not priming properly

huge gap between bumper and headlight. Bumper not aligned with headlight.

overspray between front bumper and fender

Fender pulled

now, I'm not sure about this one, but you guys could co firm. Does the hood come over the headlight like this?

again, door seal doesn't align with body of car.

There were other things in that passenger side liken ding coming off and places where bondo was used.
Most of this damage/repairs were in the passenger side which leads me to believe it was side swiped or swiped a wall or something. Let me know what you think.
Thanks again.
Joel

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**cestjoel** · 05-13-2011 09:35 AM

I meant molding coming off*
damn I phone! Ha

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**BAudi8** · 05-13-2011 09:37 AM

Def looks like is was atleast hit on the pass side. Sorry that sucks. If it shows on the car fax that it has been in an accident then the dealer knew about it. Which means they needed to tell you before they sold you the car.

**Rhino85** · 05-13-2011 09:41 AM

good job on getting the extended warranty, who is it with? Good luck with the repairs. The rims imo are normal for bad driving previous owners, my rims had red curb paint all over them :-/

**cestjoel** · 05-13-2011 09:44 AM

It's through Toyota. But they said they'll use all Audi parts if it needs replacing. The tire has chunks of tire tipped out. That doesn't happened with curb rash. Something had to have hit it hard to take chunks out of the tire.

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**Rhino85** · 05-13-2011 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by cestjoel

It's through Toyota. But they said they'll use all Audi parts if it needs replacing. The tire has chunks of tire tipped out. That doesn't happened with curb rash. Something had to have hit it hard to take chunks out of the tire.

haha yeah true

**cestjoel** · 05-13-2011 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Rhino85

good job on getting the extended warranty, who is it with? Good luck with the repairs. The rims imo are normal for bad driving previous owners, my rims had red curb paint all over them :-/

Sorry to hear about all the red paint. The dealer said they'll resurface that wheel. Maybe you could get that donn to yours.

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**Rhino85** · 05-13-2011 09:50 AM

Bought it too long ago, I sanded it down and painted it.

**VMRWheels** · 05-13-2011 07:45 PM

It sounds like the dealership is following through with this for you. Hopefully things look up - free extended warranty never hurts!

It's definitely a good thing that you're on top of things, keep us posted!

**A 4 Awesome** · 05-15-2011 02:23 PM

Welcome !!!

Good job on getting the dealership to fix those issues. Take good notes just in case there are more things that go wrong later (hopefully not)

Oh yea, if you do not want that paddle shifting wheel, I will be more than glad to trade mine for yours

**KinkySlayer** · 05-17-2011 06:36 PM

Im new here too =3

**RAudi Driver** · 05-17-2011 07:58 PM

How come nobody is stating what appears to be a really shitty car the op purchased.

sorry cestjoel, you got a really bad car. The dealer is going through some steps to make you happy but there is no way in hell that they are going to put in the kind of money to make that car whole again. It looks like a salvaged title car. I'm not saying that it is but have you even seen the title?

I would do as much research as poossible, hire a professional neutral body shop to inspect the car and find out what the previous accident was.

Do you mind disclosing the price that you paid and where you got the car from? It'll give us a better picture of what you're up against. Also, post where you saw the ad.

**cestjoel** · 05-17-2011 09:39 PM

I paid $18k and I bought it at Thousand Oaks Toyota. Car has 50k miles.

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**RAudi Driver** · 05-19-2011 12:19 AM

You got taken. My buddy got his B7 A4, with titanium package , 21k miles for 20k and that was 2 years ago.

**cestjoel** · 05-19-2011 11:13 AM

What does the titanium package have?

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**RAudi Driver** · 05-19-2011 02:17 PM

Titanium

**oc-drop** · 05-19-2011 04:54 PM

lulz.

I too was taken on my first Audi, from a Toyota dealer no less! hahaha. also had a repainted bumper that nobody ever told me about! til i saw red under some of the scratches/chips

didn't know a thing about Audi before purchasing but I'm proud of the long way I've come since then :)

99 A6 2.8! (in 2003) with 78k on the odo! ... $23k. boooooo.

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