A7 Project

[HearMeSpool]

Hey guys... Long time member, first time A7 post. My last two cars were both B6 A4's, and my current is a murdered out B8 A5. I've been having an itch for a CPO A7. Was hoping to get some feedback on maybe what year is THE year to buy... what I should look for... etc..

I was pretty quick on the trigger when buying my A5 and if I could go back in time; I would have definitely chosen another car due to my lack of research/knowledge on the B8 A5 model.

[ntsantos]

I can tell you NOT to get a 2012. There a few things that were fixed for the 2013 that I wished I had in my '12.

[Soft]

Can you please elaborate a little on what those things are ?

[ntsantos]

Can you please elaborate a little on what those things are ?

I'll try to find the entire list, but the main one is the chrome window trim. On the '12, after time the trim develops this "smudged" look that can't be cleaned. I heard this was fixed on the '13. It kills me every time I look at it now. Only option is to either swap them for newer ones or wrap it.

[HearMeSpool]

I'll try to find the entire list, but the main one is the chrome window trim. On the '12, after time the trim develops this "smudged" look that can't be cleaned. I heard this was fixed on the '13. It kills me every time I look at it now. Only option is to either swap them for newer ones or wrap it.

I personally wouldn't be concerned over this as the plans would be to wrap the trim black anyways. Any major interior or exterior differences?

[ntsantos]

I personally wouldn't be concerned over this as the plans would be to wrap the trim black anyways. Any major interior or exterior differences?

I couldn't find the list. It's somewhere in Google land, but thought it was an AZ post. I'm happy with my '12, and wouldn't have noticed anything until I read that list.

Also, Audi releases a brochure for every new model year and list any improvements over the previous year, just search and you can these in .pdf

[yeuchau]

Thermostats and water pump just to name a few.
Thermostats is a recall, but water pump is not and likely will be an issue if not replacer to a newer version.
That's the only thing that I have replaced the past 2.5 years.

[cooncified]

No issues with 2012. And no smudges on my chrome window surround.

Thermostat popped in 2013 with 25k miles on it. Its been perfect since.

[HearMeSpool]

Thank you for the info. If anyone else has another other feedback I'd definitely appreciate it.