I've had a 2006 B9 since new.
I've had a 2006 B9 since new. I am NOT exaggerating when I say the car saved my butt several times, when I went from sunny pavement to shaded black ice in Oregon on a number of occasions. People around us were wrapped around trees or wheels up in a ditch and we never even lost traction: on summer tires! I was in denial about the lousy mileage (usually 220 to 240 miles per tank), or the fact that I smelled smoke when we were towing a small trailer uphill but what really baked my noodle was a blown headgasket and broken transmission valve body around 160K miles. The repairs exceeded the value of the car. I still have it but that was a damn shame, and the mechs said it happens to these cars all the time. Damn shame. That motor is too flimsy, and torques itself into oblivion on first overheat. I wish I could repower it; I'd keep it forever!