actually, i called the dealer, if the residual is lower than car market value after lease expiration, They will pay me the difference. But!,,, here is the catch.: if we set the residual value too low, they will jack up the monthly lease payment. Set residual value high, monthly payment goes down---> higher chance that at the end of lease, you will have to pay them more cash instead if market value of car is lower than your agreed residual.


It is so tricky, I am really starting to lose interest in this vehicle.

don't get a car you clearly can't afford.

allroads seems to have tranny problems and air suspenison problems.

Shenya is right...

2 biggest concerns w/ the allroad is the air bag suspension and the tranny.

The airbag issue isn't a HUGE deal if you can do things yourself... perviously you had to order the bags outta europe as no one in north america typically carries them anymore due to the allroad not be made. However a very well known US company that has been doing air ride suspesion for many many years has now been selling allroad specific bags and the feedback is great.

Other just swap out the bags and put in coil-overs, but that kinda defeats the allroad idea.

We bought an 02 allroad a little over a year ago. prices were MUCH higher then they are now.

Our's is a US car and it had close to 90,000 miles. It was already here in canada @ a only-slightly-shady dealership.

The only reason i felt good about buying is i'd been doing research on them for 6 months+ prior to buying and the car was imported by an audi tech and he went through it and did all the major things.

Car had a new tranny and all new air bags and a ton of other minor things. he ended up trading it to this particaular dealer for a A3 as it was to bad on gas for him. All w/ receipts from north shore audi.

This is by far the best allroad site:

www.audiworld.com - allroad section is incredible, the site format just blows goats.

There is typically an allroad section in any audi site, it's just not near as active.

The reason i went w/ the allroad was:

The 2.7 T, so all S4 mods (or well, most) transfer over.
I love the look, for a family wagon I think it kicks ass.
It has a factory hitch rated for 5000+ pounds - 2" receiver. People use allroads to tow a trailer w/ race car, etc...
The adjustible ride height means I can jack it up and get in most logging/fire roads for hiking/biking/etc...

the gas milage is bad around town. No doubt about it. I'm lucky to get 350-400 km's a tank (65 liters or so). Typically around 16L per 100 km.

On the highway its MUCh better doing 10L/100 KM

I think its a great car. The interior is fantastic, good looks, GREAT power from the 2.7 bi-turbo. over-all a very funcational car.

Until something big goes wrong... then i'm in trouble (no warranty) but my and my friends have always worked on our own cars so most labour will be saved.

If we weren't doing work ourselves, i would of had to think alot harder about the car

This.

Lease interest rate is high. You're already worried about maintenance costs. Throw in fuel and insurance too. At the end of the lease, you're on the hook for $13k for an eight year old car. Whee!

Oh, edit: industry average for milage on a used car is considered to be 24k k/year. In practice, especially in the city, the annual milage tends to be lower.

Dealer offers extended warantee (powertrain) at a $3000 dollar for 3 yrs. This way I will not have to worry about paying for suspension or transmission problems when it appear.

is this an audi dealer? with factory warranty?

otherwise those after market warranty's arn't worth the paper they are printed on

is it even a canadian car? Or a US car and they are reporting the milage in KM's?

That's really cheap for a canadian allroad, especially if its @ an audi dealership.

That's pretty normal for a DD. ~1600/mn or ~400/week or ~55/day

Do NOT take this.

I made the mistake of leasing my MB for 8.5% when there were cars available for 3-4%, cause I liked the car and wanted nothing else.
I learned an important lesson, it wasn't worth it.

You should NEVER have to leave that much down on a lease. You obviously have bad credit, or are making a bad decision.

I'm only calculating $4.8K more (considering a 0% loan to finance), yet you probably have to pay some admin fees (which you don't, they are a scam, negotiate them).

Its not an audi dealer, its a private dealer in West Vancouver. Car is US car but been in BC for past year. They told me the warantee will be same as factory, and an audi dealership will honer that and service me. The car dealer itself does not do service. Here is the dealer website :http://www.urbangarage.com/cars.asp?Category=TUGN

It's not a candian car:


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We imported and sold this car approximately three years ago.

so thats why its so cheap. Canadian allroads are alot more cash.

Get full service records for it, etc... Also you have a very expensive maintainence bill coming up with the timing belt. Upwards of a grand or so I believe which is not covered under warranty.

Also, i'd be VERY worried about what they say in regards to that warranty. Call up the dealer and confirm it, don't trust anything about an aftermarket warranty.

Ask if the airbag suspension is covered and the turbo's. VERY expensive in both labour and parts.

If I was to go back... I would of waited to find a 4.2 car, less issues for sure. And the sound is sooo nice.

If you are interested I am open to give up my lease for my car:

2008 GTI
United Gray
4 DR
DSG, Fully Loaded leather interior
16K
Almost 2 years left on a lease contract.
Monthly payments after tax: CDN 550.00
Buyout: 18K (0 down)
Services and leased from Clarksdale

If you are interested we could negotiate a deal for a lease-takeover.

So how is this related to his post about an Audi, that isn't even close to your GTI...?

On the whole, if you're mechanically inclined, Audi's are pretty easy to work on. There are lots of european parts suppliers around, and most of them carry parts for major models. As far as the deal goes, I wouldn't lease it, and would instead probably just go down to Seattle and pick up one for way less. Audi's sell for ridiculous prices down there. Can get a 01 TT for under $10K.

here's another great site with alot of reference material:

http://www.allroadfaq.com/

Including this:

http://www.jaxed.com/cgi-bin/mash.cg...state=&ys=&ye=

this thing combs craiglist locations for allroads forsale. Its really good!