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You won’t be if after a few years of ownership, not running synthetic, and not letting your turbo cool down before shutting down. Trust me on that one. Not that I’ve had a problem with oil coking on my own car (because I do run full synthetic, change every 5k miles AND run a turbo timer that lets things idle for 2 minutes while I’m not there), it will happen more or less.
What’s funny is that apparently audi is planning to use a supercharger on the next S4/S5, and not turbos. Perhaps too many problems with the biturbo in the first generation S4.
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I’m already using full synthetic for my G35 and changing oil every 4k miles. I know with turbo comes more care, but I can deal with that for the extra potential. I would get a turbo timer and a oil cooler if I get a turbo car anyways, so the reliability shouldn’t be too much of an issue.
BTW, there’s a new car wash/auto spa place that just open up in Sorrento Valley that uses Royal Purple. They’re charging $60-$65 for up to 6 quart of Royal Purple + a free car wash. I think that’s a pretty good deal considering Royal Purple goes for at least $6/quart and a car wash is $10.
I read about the new S4/S5 going with supercharger and I don’t like that decision. Problems with their old S4 shouldn’t be blame on the turbo but more of the engineering behind it. I never hear too much complaint from the Supra/Z/EVO/STI crowd regarding reliability, so I have to assume it’s more of an Audi problem and not turbo problem. It could also be the type of buyers as well. Supra/Z/EVO/STI buyers might know more about cars and not whine when something happen while S4 drivers might be more whiny to Audi. Who knows…
