Wanting to P/X my B8.5 to a B8- How reliable is the B8 in comparison?

sat1983

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• Feb 9, 2020

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I have a 2013 B8.5 but would like to chop it in for an all road. That one is an 2009 one though- but well cared for. Are B8's as bad as I have been reading?

 

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You do realise they’re the same car? A 11 year old car isn’t going to be perfect.

 

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Yep as above they are the same car just a facelift exterior, 10 year old car you want to make sure it's had a clutch and flywheel if it's a diesel and check the MOTs it's been looked after. In my experience the best time to buy is 120K miles, most stuff has broke and been fixed by then.

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They're not the same. By the time the facelift happened loads of bugs were ironed out- such as high oil consumption apparently.

 

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Well that is true for the 1.8TFSI and 2.0TFSI - but will your Offroad not use diesel ? The other issue you probably read about would be the auto trans - that could/should/might be an issue, but I've never bought an auto trans Audi.

 

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• Feb 11, 2020

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I have a B8 TDI and think its probably one of the best cars I have owned