I want my 03 CL-S back
#1
I want my 03 CL-S back
So I have a 2006 Audi A4 2.0 S-Line CVT with APR stage 1 chip, black on black now after my CL-S was flooded in the summer and got totaled. The Audi theoretically handles better and the interior is definitely an improvement with the Nav, and I have it basically fully loaded.
My 03 CL was black on black with intake, headers, springs, shocks, sways.
The Audi is more balanced on the road, but it just doesnt have the fun factor of the CL. Also, the 2.0 turbo sounds like a piece of shit. Just hitting the gas and hearing the beautiful sound of the engine with intake and headers sounded so good and made the car very fun to drive. Also the CL gave me no problems for the most part after 7 years,
the Audi already had a coil pack go bad, boost leak, and numerous CEL lights. Pain in the butt.
So for everyone who complains about their CL, I have to say I still love it and wish I had a 6 speed CL
My 03 CL was black on black with intake, headers, springs, shocks, sways.
The Audi is more balanced on the road, but it just doesnt have the fun factor of the CL. Also, the 2.0 turbo sounds like a piece of shit. Just hitting the gas and hearing the beautiful sound of the engine with intake and headers sounded so good and made the car very fun to drive. Also the CL gave me no problems for the most part after 7 years,
the Audi already had a coil pack go bad, boost leak, and numerous CEL lights. Pain in the butt.
So for everyone who complains about their CL, I have to say I still love it and wish I had a 6 speed CL
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So I have a 2006 Audi A4 2.0 S-Line CVT with APR stage 1 chip, black on black now after my CL-S was flooded in the summer and got totaled. The Audi theoretically handles better and the interior is definitely an improvement with the Nav, and I have it basically fully loaded.
My 03 CL was black on black with intake, headers, springs, shocks, sways.
The Audi is more balanced on the road, but it just doesnt have the fun factor of the CL. Also, the 2.0 turbo sounds like a piece of shit. Just hitting the gas and hearing the beautiful sound of the engine with intake and headers sounded so good and made the car very fun to drive. Also the CL gave me no problems for the most part after 7 years,
the Audi already had a coil pack go bad, boost leak, and numerous CEL lights. Pain in the butt.
So for everyone who complains about their CL, I have to say I still love it and wish I had a 6 speed CL
My 03 CL was black on black with intake, headers, springs, shocks, sways.
The Audi is more balanced on the road, but it just doesnt have the fun factor of the CL. Also, the 2.0 turbo sounds like a piece of shit. Just hitting the gas and hearing the beautiful sound of the engine with intake and headers sounded so good and made the car very fun to drive. Also the CL gave me no problems for the most part after 7 years,
the Audi already had a coil pack go bad, boost leak, and numerous CEL lights. Pain in the butt.
So for everyone who complains about their CL, I have to say I still love it and wish I had a 6 speed CL
#4
I'm not saying I dont like the audi, it's a nice car, and overall I havent truly had that many problems with it...at least out of pocket. It already has high miles, 69k and it runs smoothly. It was cheap, just a 2 yr stop gap.
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Thats actually nice to hear from a former owner. Im used to hearing former owners bitch about this and that.
Ive loved my car since the day I got it. The only way I see myself getting rid of it is if its totalled or stolen (I hope niether).
Ive loved my car since the day I got it. The only way I see myself getting rid of it is if its totalled or stolen (I hope niether).
#7
The interior dominates the crap out of the CL, besides the seats, I like the audi and its a good car and value, just was saying that the CL is a fun car to drive even though people give it a lot of crap. The intake/header combo is intoxicating and the top end pull is great vs the audi which is a torque monster with the chip, but falls on its face high end
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I have no clue what the heck you are talking about, it doesnt have any new front suspension. And it doesnt have warranty. And I'm okay with that.
The interior dominates the crap out of the CL, besides the seats, I like the audi and its a good car and value, just was saying that the CL is a fun car to drive even though people give it a lot of crap. The intake/header combo is intoxicating and the top end pull is great vs the audi which is a torque monster with the chip, but falls on its face high end
The interior dominates the crap out of the CL, besides the seats, I like the audi and its a good car and value, just was saying that the CL is a fun car to drive even though people give it a lot of crap. The intake/header combo is intoxicating and the top end pull is great vs the audi which is a torque monster with the chip, but falls on its face high end
it was/or still is common enough that you can go down to the local imports parts store (not the dealer) and go buy a complete front suspension kit to rebuild it with all new arms and such, and they would actually have it in stock, and it is not their main warehouse/store ethier
and i figure warrenty since you said "at least out of pocket"
#9
alot of audis have issues with the front suspensions wearing out extremely earlier with only like 30-40K miles on them (you can feel play in the suspension when you check them) so they might have fixed it by the 2006's, but it was going on for at least a 10 good years before that for wearing out prematurely
it was/or still is common enough that you can go down to the local imports parts store (not the dealer) and go buy a complete front suspension kit to rebuild it with all new arms and such, and they would actually have it in stock, and it is not their main warehouse/store ethier
and i figure warrenty since you said "at least out of pocket"
it was/or still is common enough that you can go down to the local imports parts store (not the dealer) and go buy a complete front suspension kit to rebuild it with all new arms and such, and they would actually have it in stock, and it is not their main warehouse/store ethier
and i figure warrenty since you said "at least out of pocket"
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and was that boost leak like a torn intercooler plumbing boot or something ??? the rubber is not the best, so don't get a girl pregenant too soon
#11
also about that coil pack i would check all the wiring at the top of the engine (including injecter wiring), it likes to get a bit toasty up there, and the wiring insulation degrades where the wires like to short out to each other
and was that boost leak like a torn intercooler plumbing boot or something ??? the rubber is not the best, so don't get a girl pregenant too soon
and was that boost leak like a torn intercooler plumbing boot or something ??? the rubber is not the best, so don't get a girl pregenant too soon
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haha i went the same way with my cars. selling my tl and going to audi. Audi has shitty handling quattro is like shit. even when the car is dumped the handling is still like shit no power. Even when i chipped it with a giac chip i had it boosting 18 psi's still slow. I ended up blowing the turbo, head, all coil packs going out, abs pump, cat broke off from weak welds. Ended up selling it for 2500 and picking up the cl 6 speed. BTW smoked a 02 s4 with my cl 6 speed taking a on ramp at 100. THEY HANDLE LIKE SHIT his car was swerving.
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If you don't have warranty, CPO would've been priced more than what you got but worth it for sure if you found one because maintenance is a biatch as for price. Mine was CPO and I drove it like I stole it but once I was out of my CPO limitations I had to let it go.
My 1.8T sounded fantastic with exhaust but on the Audi, the right exhaust setup is over $1000 for Milltek and a carb legal downpipe will set you bout another $4-500 and my car had a great tone. No V-6 of course but it was perfect for a turbo 4 cyl.
Lastly, you should just remove the stock DV because running chipped with that thing on is just going to cause issues fast because it's plastic and will begin to fail running the extra boost. Find yourself a Forge DV. They come with extra springs for adjustments and aren't made from plastic. Maybe $150 for that but it's an easy DIY.
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haha i went the same way with my cars. selling my tl and going to audi. Audi has shitty handling quattro is like shit. even when the car is dumped the handling is still like shit no power. Even when i chipped it with a giac chip i had it boosting 18 psi's still slow. I ended up blowing the turbo, head, all coil packs going out, abs pump, cat broke off from weak welds. Ended up selling it for 2500 and picking up the cl 6 speed. BTW smoked a 02 s4 with my cl 6 speed taking a on ramp at 100. THEY HANDLE LIKE SHIT his car was swerving.
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Your real problem for performance was the CVT tranny. I think you must also have FWD. Never go Audi without Quattro, missing out on the main reason of buying an Audi for any sort of performance. I had a 1.8T speed that had all kinds of coilpack issues. Now that it's gone, I got the letter about reimbursement for at least 4 service appointments.
If you don't have warranty, CPO would've been priced more than what you got but worth it for sure if you found one because maintenance is a biatch as for price. Mine was CPO and I drove it like I stole it but once I was out of my CPO limitations I had to let it go.
My 1.8T sounded fantastic with exhaust but on the Audi, the right exhaust setup is over $1000 for Milltek and a carb legal downpipe will set you bout another $4-500 and my car had a great tone. No V-6 of course but it was perfect for a turbo 4 cyl.
Lastly, you should just remove the stock DV because running chipped with that thing on is just going to cause issues fast because it's plastic and will begin to fail running the extra boost. Find yourself a Forge DV. They come with extra springs for adjustments and aren't made from plastic. Maybe $150 for that but it's an easy DIY.
If you don't have warranty, CPO would've been priced more than what you got but worth it for sure if you found one because maintenance is a biatch as for price. Mine was CPO and I drove it like I stole it but once I was out of my CPO limitations I had to let it go.
My 1.8T sounded fantastic with exhaust but on the Audi, the right exhaust setup is over $1000 for Milltek and a carb legal downpipe will set you bout another $4-500 and my car had a great tone. No V-6 of course but it was perfect for a turbo 4 cyl.
Lastly, you should just remove the stock DV because running chipped with that thing on is just going to cause issues fast because it's plastic and will begin to fail running the extra boost. Find yourself a Forge DV. They come with extra springs for adjustments and aren't made from plastic. Maybe $150 for that but it's an easy DIY.
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i blew the turbo because of those weak welds on the cat. the cat is directly bolted to the turbo the flange was still connected to the turbo but the cat was off. that made the turbo work harder and then blew it out. basically i was running open headers shit was loud as hell setting alarms off like nothing.
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