# 2000 Audi A4 - good first car? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** audi, a4\ **Created:** [December 12, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228 "2020-12-12T00:35:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FireFox552](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/0ea827/32.png) [@FireFox552](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FireFox552)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/1 "2020-12-12T00:35:45Z")
would a used 2000 Audi A4 1.8t sedan be a good first car? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/2 "2020-12-12T01:02:47Z")
No , unless you really like expensive repair bills . ---
**Author:** ![oldnotdeadyet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a6a055/32.png) [@oldnotdeadyet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldnotdeadyet)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/3 "2020-12-12T22:38:05Z")
I’ll second that. Unless you have a lot of extra money, this car will require more repairs and they will be more expensive. Only a few mechanics will know what they are doing. If you know one, don’t buy the car without his/her inspection. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/4 "2020-12-14T20:24:15Z")
NO. And I am an Audi owner. If you want a 20 year old car as your first car…nothing wrong with that… don’t choose a complicated expensive one with complicated (and expensive) repair procedures. Choose a simpler car with easy repair access and parts availability. No Saabs, no Fiats, no BMWs, no Mercedes, no Suzukis (in the US), no Wartburgs. ---
**Author:** ![COROLLAGUY1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/corollaguy1/32/7575_2.png) [@COROLLAGUY1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/COROLLAGUY1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/5 "2020-12-14T20:58:06Z")
Stay away and don’t look back. Very expensive after warranty ends ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/6 "2020-12-14T21:16:00Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > No Saabs, no Fiats, no BMWs, no Mercedes, no Suzukis (in the US), no Wartburgs\*\*\*\*\*. - … and no Range Rovers/Land Rovers or Jaguars, either. - I’m pretty sure that Mustangman included that marque as a joke, because any Wartburg automobiles that are still running would now be a minimum of 30 years old, and none were even imported into the US since… I think… the late '50s. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-audi-a4-good-first-car/173228/7 "2020-12-14T22:03:36Z")
I’ll stick my neck out here and venture that the cost to keep a 20 year old Audi (or any of the brands listed above)operating plus the cost for a rental car while waiting for parts and repairs could buy a nice, reliable, basic model that required significantly less maintenance and repair. I would guess that I could keep a 1964 Studebaker Lark on the road as a daily driver cheaper than any of those European models.