my first Lexus
Congrats on the LS, and welcome to the forums.
Undoubtedly Audi makes some beautiful looking cars lately, (think R8, S8, RS4)
Thats nice looking Audi
Sadly, even the LS has a timing belt the if it were to snap, you would be required to replace the entire engine, but with all my time on the forums, i've never heard of this happening on a Lexus V8. Dealer recommends replacement every 90K.
Undoubtedly Audi makes some beautiful looking cars lately, (think R8, S8, RS4)
The A6 has much more character as far as looks and sound. It has a nice Euro V8 growl, equal performance to the LS but handles/maneuvers far better. The A6 4.2 looks timeless where as my 2001 Lexus LS shows its age. I had 5 spoke LS Sport 18's on mine which freshened up the look of my 2001 Ls430
The funny thing is that I want to go back to an Ls430, this time a 2004 model. I've never been so relaxed driving in an LS. It was maintenance free for the 2 years I had it. Nav was great and so quiet on the highway!! My friend wanted the car badly so I sold it to him. It was reliable during his ownership.
The Audi scares me. I had the transmission go on me. "Luckily" I got someone to do it for $4000 when the dealer quoted $7K. It has a timing belt and if it snaps while driving, although rare, you'd need a whole new engine. Luckily I educated myself on the Audi forums so I could diagnose and do alot of stuff on my own, but it would have been a nightmare for someone that's not mechanically inclined. I think the check engine light came on 10-15 times for the Audi vs 0 times in the LS.
If everything goes as planned I should have it sold by tomorrow. Won't go for another Ls right away. My goal is to find an 2004-05, local with Nav and sport wheels under $19K with less than 40-50K miles. Must have black interior in either dark gray, 1st choice, Blue, Black or silver. So it has to be the deal of the century
pics of my Audi ...
http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/o...=a6salepic.jpg
The funny thing is that I want to go back to an Ls430, this time a 2004 model. I've never been so relaxed driving in an LS. It was maintenance free for the 2 years I had it. Nav was great and so quiet on the highway!! My friend wanted the car badly so I sold it to him. It was reliable during his ownership.
The Audi scares me. I had the transmission go on me. "Luckily" I got someone to do it for $4000 when the dealer quoted $7K. It has a timing belt and if it snaps while driving, although rare, you'd need a whole new engine. Luckily I educated myself on the Audi forums so I could diagnose and do alot of stuff on my own, but it would have been a nightmare for someone that's not mechanically inclined. I think the check engine light came on 10-15 times for the Audi vs 0 times in the LS.
If everything goes as planned I should have it sold by tomorrow. Won't go for another Ls right away. My goal is to find an 2004-05, local with Nav and sport wheels under $19K with less than 40-50K miles. Must have black interior in either dark gray, 1st choice, Blue, Black or silver. So it has to be the deal of the century
pics of my Audi ...
http://s372.photobucket.com/albums/o...=a6salepic.jpg
Sadly, even the LS has a timing belt the if it were to snap, you would be required to replace the entire engine, but with all my time on the forums, i've never heard of this happening on a Lexus V8. Dealer recommends replacement every 90K.
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