That's that - I'm passing on this one.

So in reading this forum and couple others, I'm hearing of the N62 engine horror stories along with the non-rebuildable trannys. I'm not new to high maintenance cars as I owned and worked on a B5 S4 for 6 years. On that platform, all talk was about turbos failing, yet 170k miles later mine were still fine. Replacing suspension air bags doesn't phase me; neither do window regulators. However, dropping $6k on new motor or tranny does. Is this reality on the 4.8is or are we just looking at a small sample pool?

tmv - 81k miles; every option except nav; appears very clean, almost too clean - engine bay is spotless; alcantera inserts; asking $22k.

Icer - can you pm me info on your ride