1986 Audi 4000 CS Quattro from North America - Comments

The side-mirrors malfunction by continuing to operate after the switch is released.

The engine hesitates for 5-15 seconds before smoothing out as if it is running out of fuel then flooding. This is an intermittant problem. We are confused about it.

The connecting tube from the resonator is broken off..flush.

There is a small area of wear on left side of the driver's seat.

Aside from the intermittant fuel problem and the bubbley sounding exhaust, this car is a welcome purchase! It's absolutely fun to drive. Unlike it's predecessor, everything works as if I climbed into the old Audi and snapped my fingers!

I am very pleased so far and paid only $1000.00 for it from a man who was deciding if he wanted it fixed or sold. I eyed it sitting in a repair shop's lot for 4 weeks and inquired about it. The owner decided to sell it to me although he was very attached to it being that it was his father's car. It had great sentimental value and he took very good care of it.

I previously drove a 1986 Audi 4000 S until the gear linkage gave out. First the reverse went then the rest of the clutch and gears. It also suffered the door getting caught on my neighbor's fence and the fender receiving a small dent. That car is now sitting in my driveway for parts to be saved and some to be sold. The engine has 167,000 miles on it and it still purrs! Not bad for $50.00 five six years ago!

I am very pleased to comment on my cars in this review. My fiancee and I will to continue to search for a way to fix the intermittant problem ourselves. We also are working on devising a way to connect the tube back to it's resonator since they are rust and hole free. A good weld job maybe?

I highly suggest owning an Audi no matter what age it is.

I have an 86 4K-CSQ I purchased sometime around '87 or '88? It is red with grey cloth interior. It was an awesome car until my wife had a wreck in it, and though the insurance company fixed it, they raised our rate for full coverage to more than the car was worth- about $3,500.00 a year at the time. so we went "naked" and guess what? She wrecked it again, this time breaking several motor and transmission mounts- making it undrivable. I bought all the parts to fix except the hood and fender, and then placed it with a shop that I soon figured out was not competent to fix it, so I pulled it and put it in storage. I still have it, and it would make a great parts car for anyone needing parts.

MY GOD! I am shocked and refuse to pay some of the outrageous insurance prices that people pay!- - $3500/yr??? OMG! Each of my cars is about $100 every six months with base coverage and a multi-car discount. I am a male nurse who, with much overtime, makes well over six figures - so I am not broke. I just think it is crazy to spend that much money on anything - so I don't. My ex-wife always got mad- said I was a tight-wad... Well so be it. Good ridence... I prefer to call it a fiscal conservative - something people in the last generation seem to have forgotten.

I just bought an Audi 4000q and I raced my friend in his 00 grandam and my lil beast of a Audi is a 1985 And smoked the grandam good cars and great 4 the mountian trips.