Used Car of the Day: 2007 Audi RS4

by Tim Healey

Published: January 24th, 2023

Today's used car of the day is a sporty Audi sedan that asks $27,500. This 2007 Audi RS4 sedan has a manual transmission and is in Pennsylvania.

This car has the Premium Package and is red with a black interior. The mileage is about 137K. The windows have a 15-percent tint and the car has a mix of aftermarket and OEM upgrades, both in terms of cosmetics and performance. Upgrades include the suspension, sway bars, brake rotors, exhaust tune, clutch, K&N filter, and more.

The seller says the car just recently passed state inspection.

[Images: The seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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TDIGuy on Jan 25, 2023

You can tell by the way the ad is written that the owner thinks the mods add value and would use that to justify being called out on the price.
No mention of the timing chain being replaced. Which S4 model is this? The one that you have to take the front off the car to reach the timing chain? Or the one with the timing belt hat is not supposed to nee replacing, but the support pieces will eat themselves over time?

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- SPPPP on Jan 25, 2023
  
  I think it has the same timing chain location at the rear of the engine, meaning you have to remove the bumper and radiator support, then remove the engine, to access the timing chain. However, some of the RS4 timing chain guides may be more robust (aluminum with plastic liner) than the S4 version (all plastic). I don't know how long they last in upgraded form. Either way, it's something you will want to plan ahead for. P.S. - If I had bought a new S4 with the all-plastic version, I would be so upset when I learned that Audi already had a better version, but they chose not to include it on my car.
  
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- FreedMike on Jan 25, 2023
  
  Audi life...sigh
  
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- Zerofoo on Jan 25, 2023
  
  The Audi "service position", from what I understand, is designed to allow access to the front of the engine. I believe, the Audi V8s from that era have timing chains that are on the back of the engine. Servicing the timing chain or the guides requires removal of the engine. I think the RS4 has metal timing chain guides, and the S4 has plastic guides. Unless you are willing to incur the cost of pulling the engine to service the chains I recommend avoiding these cars.
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on Jan 25, 2023
  
  VAG: Now second and third hand Audi owners it is time to assume the service position.
  
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ToolGuy on Jan 25, 2023

The fire truck is pretty sweet.

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