2000 Nogaro Blue S4 Thoughts

[freuds]

Its been a few years since i've been on here. I just bought a 2000 Nogaro Blue S4 with 86,000 miles. Two owner car. The last owner had it 7 years and averaged about 2,000 miles a year. From what i know, the only mods are a short throw shifter and an aftermarket exhaust. I am not sure if the timing belt/water pump has been changed yet. I am going to call the two shops that did work/repairs in the past on this one. Worst case, i'll just get it done. What do you guys think of this one?


Cheers,

Dana

http://www.seldenmotors.net/web/vehicle_photos/1877059

[vavJETTAw36]

Lucky mofo!!!

Very clean!

I say do the timing belt, valve cover gaskets, cam gaskets, water pump, and thermostat, thermostat housing (change plastic to metal) if you cannot figure out of it's been done before. Its supposed to be done every 75k miles so you are 10 over and it's an old car. You're probably on borrowed time.




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[freuds]

you're probably right. I'm trying to get in contact with the previous owner to get some feedback on the TB/WP. I'm glad this won't be my DD. I don't want to put too many miles on it:)

[00s4tt]

i went and looked at that car three weeks ago with the intention of buying it. Here's how my visit went... Arrived there that morn a half hour before the dealership opened. Owner showed up I asked him where the car was he said it wasn't on the lot but it was down the road at the shop getting an ABS sensor. He then proceeded to tell me that I can go look at it if I want to. No effort to accompany me whatsoever! Horrible business ! However in the long run I really could care less since I could really look the car over by myself. I went to the shop down the road and saw the car out back. I asked the mechanics what kind of work they did on it and how the undercarriage looked. They said ABS sensor and alsl the coil spring was shot thats why the driver side was sagging. Also the undercarriage was extremely rusty. He told me he offered to clean the whole undercarriage from rust and treat it but the owner of the dealership said no. I drove the car around the lot and noticed right away the car had a short shifter and needed way too much work for my liking. Just an overall horrible experience with that dealership and the owner. I can give u more info you want just pm me.

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I went and looked at that car three weeks ago with the intention of buying it. Here's how my visit went... Arrived there that morn a half hour before the dealership opened. Owner showed up I asked him where the car was he said it wasn't on the lot but it was down the road at the shop getting an ABS sensor. He then proceeded to tell me that I can go look at it if I want to. No effort to accompany me whatsoever! Horrible business! However in the long run I really could care less since I could really look the car over by myself. I went to the shop down the road and saw the car out back. I asked the mechanics what kind of work they did on it and how the undercarriage looked. They said ABS sensor and alsl the coil spring was shot thats why the driver side was sagging. Also the undercarriage was extremely rusty. He told me he offered to clean the whole undercarriage from rust and treat it but the owner of the dealership said no. I drove the car around the lot and noticed right away the car had a short shifter and needed way too much work for my liking. Just an overall horrible experience with that dealership and the owner. I can give u more info you want just pm me.

[freuds]

thanks for the tip! I plan on getting whatever is wrong fixed.

[vavJETTAw36]

Yea if its a north/central east car, its probably got some rust. nothing a little care wont fix. Unless your "Bordom" from canada then youll have to replace everything pointing to the ground

[freuds]

hahah god i hope its not that bad!! The car should be here in about an hour so i'm pretty pumped.

[00s4tt]

What's the status man?

[freuds]

The delivery guy just called and he's about 15 minutes away. hahaha

[freuds]

ok so i just took the S4 for a spin. Its definitely going to need some work hahah but it pulls hard!!!!!! Its going to need some pads, rotors, calipers, sway bar and thats just the beginning. Its in rougher shape than i thought but thats ok.

[00s4tt]

Bring her back to life!

[Bordom]

Yea if its a north/central east car, its probably got some rust. nothing a little care wont fix. Unless your "Bordom" from canada then youll have to replace everything pointing to the ground

That's me LOL. What a vampire of a car...

ok so i just took the S4 for a spin. Its definitely going to need some work hahah but it pulls hard!!!!!! Its going to need some pads, rotors, calipers, sway bar and thats just the beginning. Its in rougher shape than i thought but thats ok.

See below.

Bring her back to life!

This is what you have to look forward to if you want to keep the car: http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=667328

Everything graciously mispelled by Android

[freuds]

I plan on keeping this car. It's so hard to find a Nogaro with less than 90,000 miles.


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[freuds]

The car definitely needs some love in the suspension, wheel bearings and brake pads department. Other than that, the engine pulls hard, tranny seems ok.


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[e30mclow]

Photooooos

[freuds]

Click on the photo link in my first post at the top of the thread


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[freuds]

What's the status man?

Good News! I was able to get a hold of the previous owner and here is what he said:

"It has the giac tune, 3" dps, 3" scorpion exhaust, 710n dvs, darintake, awe drivetrain stabilizer, snub mount, h sport sway bars, awe boost gauge, jhm short shifter, jhm lightweight flywheel with stage 3 or 4 clutch. I was going to put it k04s but decided to get rid of my 2 cars, the s4 and an e46 m3, and get a 16 s4. It was also wired for a sub and had adams rotors and hps brake pads when I traded it in. It also has oem e-code headlights. I did the timing belt and water pump a few years ago but it was under 10k ago. I used the kit from ecs but I thought the water pump was making noise from the day I did it. The rear sway bar end links had play and the rr spring was broken when. I traded it in"

I think i'm in good shape where he left off to turn this Nogaro into a Stage III which is what i will eventually do!

[uponone nogaro]

Nice find

[MacDaddy]

Just do a TB job, not worth chancing it on a car like that

[freuds]

Very true


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