16x02 - Avant-ed Audi (2001 Audi S4 Avant Turbo)

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Audi RS. It's not an
RS4, is it? No, but it is a

2001 S-Line Audi. And
you know what that means?

250-odd horsepower
from a 2.7-litre V6

Quattro, all-wheel
drive, et cetera, et cetera.

Yes, we all agree
it's epic. It's an S-Line.

That's what they do.
But it's also an Avant,

which means... V4. That's what it means.
Ah yes, the French. But it also means...

You can put a wardrobe into the back
of this. That's not all of it. Excuse me.

Okay, so it's got some problems.
But where would life be without problems?

Did you plug the leak?
David, have you done one of these before?

I've never done it before.
Or as the French would say, problems.

You know, people often ask me, what is a
modern classic and where is the smart money

going to be in the future? And I would
definitely say the smart money is going to

be in an Audi S4, or in particular, the one
that I'm going to go and see, this Avant.

And that's because this car
was rare, straight out the box.

They only made 1,250 S4 Avant.
And of them, only 358 of them were silver.

It's not the 4Vac version, the RS4 with its
big wide body kit. This is the understated

version. It's the S4. This car looks
like a normal estate car on the outside.

But underneath the bonnet is a twin-turbo
V6 engine. And if you want to win the

traffic light Grand Prix with
your kids strapped in the back,

well, you're definitely going
to win it in an S4 Avant.

So the car I'm on my way to go and see
belongs to a guy called Mike. It's a 2001,

that rare silver colour.
So I'm very excited

about seeing it. It's
done 95,000 miles.

It's got a good Audi
service history and the

price. He's advertised
the car for $8,000.

Now, I've seen them sell for $12,000. And
I know at an attractive price like $8,000,

it won't hang around for long.

Mike.

How's it going?

I'm happy now. Really nice to meet you.

Pleasure to meet you.

I'll tell you why I'm happy now,
because I'm staring at what I've been

hoping I'm going to be
staring at, which is this.

That's the Audi.

What a lovely looking car.

I'll tell you, I've got my hands
on an Audi S4. This is fantastic.

OK, well, let's have a good
look around it from front to back.

Look at that.
V6, twin turbo, lots of horsepower.

Good power.

The only problem is,
is the accessibility to

do anything, because
they are rather tight.

And I can see it's a little bit
wet as well in a couple of areas.

It's got a rear main seal oil leak.

Three words that my mechanic
absolutely hates to hear.

Rear main seal.

Oh, very nice inside.

Yes. Yeah, very good.

Yeah, this is a little bit of a
problem, because the cup holder,

they never seem to go in.

It is difficult to fix.

And the other common problem.

Pixel.

Yeah, not an easy job to do.

And they're very difficult to find.

The rear blind, it's nice.

Spirit tires.

You really are having a mid-life
crisis if you want to get rid of this car.

Oh, yeah.

Any chance I can get it
out on the roads and feel it?

Yeah, go right ahead.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

I'm behind the wheels of an Audi S4 event.

And it does this when
you put your foot down.

You can see that this car is very quick.

And your license is going
to end up in the courthouse.

Now, this car, when it
come out in the early 2000s,

was pitched against the
likes of BMW and Mercedes.

It's part of the German big three.

The clever man went for the Audi S4.

This car comes with a
Quattro four-wheel drive system.

Audi pioneered that when they put a
four-wheel drive system in a passenger car,

first manufactured to do it.

They absolutely nailed it.

It means that with this car, you
can push it that little bit harder

when you come into the
sweeping bends or the curve.

You can get on the accelerator
pedal that little bit quicker,

delivering 250 brake horsepower
all through a six-speed gearbox.

However, the big ticket item
on this car would be the engine.

I just hope it isn't a leak
coming from the rear main seal.

If it is, I'm likely to
be destroyed by ants.

So I'm hoping it isn't.

Other than that, we need to address the
fiddly little things, like this cup holder.

But let's not get away from
the fact this is a really cool car.

I just don't like it for the
price that he wants for it.

Now, I think what would
be fair is to go back

and make him a nice, fair
and proper offer of $7,000.

How was it?

Oh, I loved it.

Yeah.

Awesome.

It's a great car.

It really is.

Gearbox is nice.

It's got great power.

I can't really fault the
mechanicals of the car.

I like it a lot.

The only problem I've got with the
car is the bits that seem really simple,

but I know are going
to be really expensive.

There's that tiny little
leak coming from the front,

plus the fact that it is not as if it's an
easy fix because of the accessibility.

Whole front of the car
might have to come off.

But I do like it.

That's understandable.

Yeah, good.

Well, listen, I'd like to buy it.

I just don't think I can get
to the price that you want,

which you want eight grand for it.

That's right.

I think you get a lot
of people around here

bidding you six, but I'm
not going to be that guy.

I'd like to offer you seven grand for it.

Seven grand?

How about 75?

It's not enough money in it for me to
stop worrying about what's in front of me

because just pulling the front of
this car off can be really expensive.

If you don't want to sell
me the car, no problem.

I'll go off and find another one.

But if you can sell me the car, I'm
going to stick firm at seven grand.

What do you say?

Yeah, you got a deal.

Yeah, top man.

Well done.

That's a great deal.

I just bought myself an Audi S4 Advance.

I couldn't be happier.

The market is always
strong for cars like this.

They are rare and have a
real enthusiastic following.

The buyer will understand
the car they're buying,

understated but with great
handling and performance.

The buyer for this
car doesn't need all the

spoilers and noise that
comes from the likes of AMG.

This one is for the quietly
confident, the connoisseur.

All right, it's an Audi RS4.

It's not an RS4, is it?

No, it's not an RS4.

It's the US tamedown version,
which they call the S4 Avant.

The Avant?

What's Avant?

Nobody knows.

It's just a fancy word.

They've been using it since 1977.

Right, is it any good?

Yeah, oh yeah.

This is a car that may look like
a salesman's car on the outside,

but you can put a wardrobe
into the back of this,

and you can get it to
where you need to get it fast.

You've got a fire breathing engine
under this bonnet, and it looks great.

Right, well actually it does look great.

But I expect it is absolutely mint inside.

Well, sit inside this sea of deep black
leather, and you can see it's beautiful.

Let me just talk you through it.

Electric sunroof,
electrically adjustable seats,

both sides, multi-function,
adjustable steering column.

You've got absolutely beautiful,
yeah, don't worry about that.

It's got a broken cup holder.

And if any potential buyer
comes to see this car,

like you, straight away,
they're going to go for that.

So you have to repair it.

That's classic, my bro.

Is it?

Yeah, yeah, you do that.

Well, because... No,
no, you do that a lot.

You kind of... Do I?

Yeah, you lead me down this path,
and then you smack me in the guts.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

How nice is that?

Huh?

See, now you're smiling.

That's nice.

What is that?

Well, that is what they call The Matrix.

It gives you car information.

Now, in the past, I've actually
taken one of those out and repaired it.

Okay.

Or... Oh, so is that you taking
responsibility for this job?

I can do that, yeah.

So either I can get that repaired,

and if I can't get it
repaired, I'll replace it.

Huh?

Not bad.

Go on, pop the bonnet.

I'll show you under the engine.

I did notice there is a small
little leak coming from the end...

front of the engine that I need addressing.

Right, so this is a twin turbo
car, so it's got a turbo leak.

No, I never said that.

Just because I said it's got twin turbos,
and then later on, I said the word leak.

Yeah, but you have a
little bit of a reputation.

I didn't say it's got a turbo leak, did I?

Yeah, but in the past, you've always
bought me cars with leaky turbos.

Yes, the assumption is I will
buy you a car with a leaky turbo.

It's not an assumption if
they're backed up by facts,

and the fact is that you
bring cars with leaky turbos.

The good news is, if it is coming
from the front of the engine,

the only way to access it, because
it's all been crammed in there,

is you have to take the
whole front of the car off,

and you need to move it out
the way, and come down the back.

I'll show you the ski sack.

What's a ski sack?

Ski sack, it's down here.

Look at this, look.

You'll love this.

Put your head in there.

It's really cool, this.

Right, so think about it.

This is a Quattro.

Quattro four-wheel drive means that
you can be a bit more adventurous,

go and do some fun stuff.

A lot of people use these to go skiing.

So what you do is you push your
skis into your very own ski sack.

How cool is that, huh?

It's wicked, isn't it?

That was an optional extra.

OK, great.

So you bought an Audi, which is fantastic.

What's the big issue on the car?

Don't know.

What do you mean, don't know?

I don't know.

I don't know what the big issue is.

It's fine.

I like the car as it is.

It's perfect.

But I don't know.

No doubt, when you get it up on the
ramp, you're going to find something.

But, you know... Right, so I'm yet to
be bitten in the bum by the big issue.

Seven grand, $7,000 I paid for this.

That's 5,000 pounds.

All right, come on, it's a great car.

Let's get it in.

It'd be fun to work on this one.

You're going to love it.

Mike, there's so much focus on
the ski sack, and we live in LA.

Now this is a classy car.

See, it's one of those cars
that if you know, you know.

See, on the face of it,
it looks kind of average.

And my joke about
carpet tiles was a bit mean,

because I'm a car guy.

And if you're a car guy like me,
you would own this car in a heartbeat.

Problem is, though, Mike's gone
and found one with an oil leak.

And even worse than that,

Mike doesn't know where
the oil leak is coming from.

And at the moment, neither do I.

So if you're dealing with an unknown
oil leak from a silver 2001 S4 Audi estate,

unfortunately, it leads
to a load of work like this,

which I like to call
classic brewer stitch-up.

Now inside this sheet-coated
family wagon is this.

2.7-litre, 30-valve V6 engine.

It's 250 horsepower, has twin
turbos and twin intercoolers.

I mean, it's a freaking epic engine.

The only problem is, I've got to take
the car apart just so I can have a look.

All this hard work is
just so I can have a peek.

Now it's got two intercoolers
here, one there, one there,

and the turbos are buried
right at the back, one either side.

The valve covers are definitely leaking.

There's a real mess in there,

which doesn't necessarily
mean that the turbos themselves

are leaking, which would annoyingly make
Mike right, but would mean less work for me.

Not that I'm work-shy.

I mean, I've come this far.

It makes sense to me just to go a few steps
further, even further than Mike wanted,

because I'm now going
to be fitting all of this.

See, this means extra work for me,

but it's going to help Mike
when it comes time to sell,

because the new buyer is going to be buying
a car that's had a load of improvements.

Now get this, and this is the best bit.

All these bits, bear in mind there
for an Audi, are only 340 bucks.

That's about 270 quid.

Not only is it going to improve
the car, it's going to add real value.

Between finding the
leak and installing all this

new kit, I'm going to have
my work cut out for me.

The core support is easy.

It just unbolts.

Using this air-powered wrench,

I can shock the nut free that
holds the viscous fan in place.

Remember, this is a left-handed thread.

Next up is removing the intercooler pipes,

which means unscrewing the hose
clamps from where the pipes run

from the air intake to the
turbocharger and the throttle body.

That exposes the serpentine valve.

Nice little tip is to loosen the power
steering pulley with the belt still on.

Otherwise, it just spins.

The belt holds it in place.

Then remove the belt.

And the loosened power steering pulley.

Next to come off is the topmost
layer of the whole timing belt system.

One tensioner.

And three covers.

Now I can rotate the engine clockwise.

Now, before I go any further,
and this is really important,

I'm just going to place my
engine at top dead center,

which means rotating the crank
till this little white dot matches up.

with that Mark there.

Perfect.

Now it's safe to unbolt
the harmonic balancer.

One last timing belt cover.

And the fan clutch pulley.

Now, the reason I've locked
the engine is all about timing.

See, at the moment,

the engine's working in perfect
Harmony because of this timing belt.

It's driven off the crankshaft here, and
it basically powers everything it touches.

But the most important
thing are these two camshafts

because they operate
the valves within the head.

It also doubles back here
and powers the water pump.

And the reason why it's important

is because the Audi's fitted
with an interference engine.

What that means is that when
the piston rises in the bore,

the valve in the head has to be closed.

Otherwise, the piston and
the valve are going to hit.

Now, the problem is,

is if you lose a timing belt
or it goes out of sequence,

or in my case, I refit it out of timing,
I run the risk of the piston rising.

At the same time, the valve comes down,

and if a rising piston
hits a lowering valve,

you've got a big problem.

I'm using this little puller here.

just to help me pop
these cam sprockets off.

Between an impact g*n
and a special puller tool,

I loosen the cam sprockets enough to be able
to remove the other two belt tensioners.

Then the idler.

And finally, the timing belt itself.

The two cam sprockets,

the engine timing covers,

and the crankshaft timing gear.

So finally, I get to have a proper look.

And it looks like the oil
leak's actually coming

from the valve covers,
which isn't a major job.

Plus, the kit comes with
new valve cover gaskets.

The only problem is, I've
got to take more stuff off.

Most prominently in the way is the
top intercooler pipe and a pair of hoses.

But I also have to move
aside the cooler reservoir,

remove the decorative cover,

pull the ignition wire from the coil packs,

then remove the coil packs.

And at long last, the valve cover.

Blimey.

Both valve covers need a good
old scrub to clean off the old oil.

Now, this valve cover gasket
has actually become quite brittle.

In fact, it's breaking in my hand.

Another thing I noticed
when I took the coil packs

out, there was quite
a bit of oil in the end.

And it's obvious that
this centre gasket here,

that is also leaking.

Wow.

With the valve covers clean,

I have to think about
both surfaces being perfect

so that when the gasket
goes in, it's absolutely oil tight.

And this is an aluminium engine, so
I'm going to be careful and use this.

It's actually a plastic blade.

So the thing about plastic,
it's not as strong as aluminium.

So there's no chance I'm going to
put any scratches or dents into it.

I am going to clean it.

Now I can lay in the new gasket.

And then a Fender number two.

And remount the valve cover.

While I'm here, I'm going
to replace the spark plugs.

And then get everything up top, bolted,
plugged and plumbed back together.

And this all gets finished
off by this nice little cover.

The thing is, that is only half a job.

And I need to tackle the other side.

Now that is it.

The valve covers finally are done.

Now the good news is the
turbos are fine, they're solid,

which means I've fixed Mike's oil leak.

And part of this deconstruction
is what it takes to do that fix.

But now it's all open and accessible,
I can turn my attention to prevention.

Starting off with that oil seal.

Hammering in a screw and
prying out is the easiest way

to remove an oil seal that's
going in the bin anyway.

A bit of lube will help me
hammer the new seal into

place, since by its
definition, it's a tight fit.

I repeat the process with
the two camshaft seals.

Now the belt itself is a kind of rubber,

but inside here is usually
Kevlar or fibreglass,

which makes it incredibly strong,
but still have a degree of flexibility.

According to the
service history on our car,

the old timing belt did
around 50,000 miles.

And this new one's going
to be good for about 75,000,

so the new owner's going
to be good for a while.

Now on top of that, I've got this.

This is called a cam locking tool,

and it's got these two
little n*pples either side of it.

The internal one is fatter to fit the
larger hole, and the outer one is slimmer.

And if I lock this in
here, like so, and like so,

now that tool guarantees that the
camshafts stay in exactly the right place.

So as long as my
crankshaft sits at top dead

center, and these now
can't move, they're locked,

that is the position I'm
going to lock my engine in.

And then when I restart it,
it's going to time correctly.

And the tension on the belt is
held in place by this device here.

It's essentially a
spring inside a cylinder,

and that spring's so strong that when
it pops up, it puts tension on the belt.

Now it's also so strong that it's
currently held in place by this pin.

It's like a grenade, and
the key is like a grenade.

Don't pull the pin until you're ready.

And it's really important
that you also replace

this unit that keeps
tension on the belt.

If you lose tension, unfortunately,
you run the risk of skipping a tooth.

And if you skip a tooth and it goes
out of sequence, that is expensive.

I'm just going to put a bit
of tension against the pin.

Wow, you all right, Sunshine?
What have you been up to?

Yo, what do you mean,
what have I been up to?

Back up, back up, keep going,
keep going, cast your eyes over there.

Blimey.

Yeah, look what you made me do.

Did you find a leak?

Yeah, I got the leak.

And actually, in fairness,
it wasn't the turbos.

It was the valve cover,
so please don't gloat.

Oh, no, see, I know not
all leaks come from turbos.

They can come from other places.

And I've got a reputation
for giving you leaky turbos.

But did you plug the leak?

Yeah, I'm in the middle of it.
It's going to be done.

Lovely. All right, well, look what I got.

It's not for you, it's for me.

This is the little LCD screen for the Gauge

that's in the middle of
the instrument cluster.

I need you to get that Gauge
out so I can get this sorted.

OK, well, I reckon in the time
it'll take me to whip that out,

it'll give you enough time
to knock up a... Cup of tea.

I know my place.

Good lad.

That little centre section,
that screen on the instrument

cluster is actually a
failure point on this Audi.

In fact, loads of other Audis use it.

And of course, they fail too.

And getting it out is quite easy.

This little plastic trim just clips off.

Pull that little shroud back.

And there's two little Torx bolts.

And those two Torx bolts are all
that's holding the entire cluster in place.

And then it just slides out.

And then I need to get
behind to access three plugs.

Now, that last plug is quite fiddly.

And then the cluster itself just
simply slides out in the space.

Now, it's this little screen here.

There's actually a ribbon of
wires about the size of the screen

because there's tons of tiny
little wires that powers this.

And inside there, there's
loads of electronics.

So I'm actually kind of
glad Mike's taking this

out, because as you
can see, I'm pretty busy.

But it is really important
that this goes to a dedicated

auto-electrician that
specialises in this sort of job.

All right, fella, there's your cup of tea.

Very nice and tasty, that one.

Oh, blimey, it didn't take
you long to get that out, did it?

Nice one.

Right, enjoy your tea.

It's over there on the shelf.

Mike, my tea.

Well, I've nipped into a few of these
dealers to get a replacement cluster.

They only want $700.

$700 just for this part.

And I don't need all of it, I
just need the screen repairing.

That's about it.

Now, for me to get the screen repaired,
I need some specialists to do it for me,

because it's a common
problem with these Audis.

I've actually done it before
in England on an Audi TT.

Cost me 150 bucks.

But to do it here, well, if there isn't
a specialist that can do it for you,

sometimes, if you pardon the pun,
you have to think outside the box.

See?

It's not the obvious, is it?

A TV and video repair shop.

I just took the guy inside.

David is willing to take a
chance on me and my parts,

and it's not going to cost me
too much money, money, money.

There he is.

David, how are you?

How are you?

I'm all right, not bad at all.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

So, David, this is the
instrument cluster I told

you about, and it's a
little replacement panel.

OK.

So I know you're used
to repairing televisions,

but I thought, because
you fixed my TV so well,

that maybe you could
have a tackle at doing this.

OK, I do my best.

Yeah, right, cool.

So what are you going to do it?

I'm going to do it here.

Lovely.

OK.

Take the screw off.

So, David, have you
done one of these before?

I never done it before.

Never?

So this could be a new
business opportunity for you.

Here we go.

Look at that.

Considering how many S4s are
dead pixels in their LCD screens,

which is most of them, David
could have a line out the door.

You have to be careful
when you take it apart.

We don't break anything, you know.

Oh, yeah, look at that.

Plugged in, lit up like a Christmas tree,

and you can definitely
see that screen is broken.

So you have to change it.

Replace the LCD.

OK.

The screen.

This is like the kind of
stuff you have to deal

with all day with flat
panel TVs, isn't it?

Flat panel TVs, exactly.

Yes.

Oh, nice one, David.

You've got that off.

Oh, thank you.

What's this stuff you're
putting on now, David?

What's this?

This is acetone.

Just acetone?

Clean up the soldering area or some dirt.

Does the new part come
with solder already in it?

So you just have to-
It's not solder, yeah.

I have to solder.

You have to solder it?

Solder, yeah.

So you have to put solder in it as well.

Exactly.

It's not built in.

Exactly, yeah.

You have to line all
those pins up individually.

It's like surgery, isn't it?

There's over 30 tiny connections
that have to be individually soldered.

It takes a steady hand.

Oh, yeah, very good.

So you think you got it, David?

Yeah, I think I got it.

All right.

Let's test it.

Whoa, there you go.

Yeah, look at that.

All lights up.

That's fantastic, David.

See?

New business for you.

You just got to put it all back together.

Don't give me the parts and send me home.

I need you to rebuild it for me.

Show no power.

Yay!

Thank you.

David, we are done.

Listen, that is just like music
to my ears that we've done.

Brilliant.

I appreciate it.

I really do.

All right, no problem.

Let's get it back to the shop.

Thank you.

Take care.

All that for just 49 bucks.

Thinking outside the box
and coming somewhere they.

fix your Teddy box just
saved me around $650.

Joe, it's so easy to
forget the small stuff.

I mean, we can tell the potential
buyer all about the monumental

amount of work underneath
the bonnet and the benefits.

But the minute they sit in the driver's
seat and see a broken cup holder, they're

going to forget about it.

And the reason is drivers
care about the small details.

You can have a perfect
car, but if it has a small snag,

like the LCD screen doesn't work, or the
thread on the steering wheel is snagged,

or the gear lever is loose, or in our
case, the broken cup holder, it's actually

enough for people to
walk away from the sale.

I'm going to have to take this
apart and work out what's going on.

And I need to remove the two
small clips holding the cup holder.

Now this should have a wire, yep, there.

Now I'm pretty sure I
know what the problem is.

It's actually quite common on these.

There's a bit floating around in there.

Like so.

First of all, pop that out.

And this piece of metal
here acts as a kind of a spring.

This actually seats and
mounts right at the front.

Right, the spring sits in there.

And there's this little
space in the cup holder.

I'll just push back in
the little yellow gear.

And that, see what happened was,

it's that metal coil that had dislodged
and got itself caught at the back,

which meant you could open
it, but when it came to closing it,

it was just resting up in this space
here and preventing it from closing.

Now that metal coil is
relocated in the right place.

It's doing its job, acting as a spring,

allowing the cup holder to
come out each and every time.

Right, get this little facade on.

And that sees the interior of the Audi Don.

And mechanically she's finished,

which just leaves the outside.

Now this is going to be one
of those cars that's going to be

difficult to give away, especially
now the engine's sorted

and all those annoying
details on the interior are done.

But for now, I'm going
to turn my attention to the

front, which means wheels,
lights, vents, bumper,

and this ducting.

These are the first bits I took off the car

and given how much work I
had to put into the engine bay,

it feels gratifying to be
putting them back on.

It's like I can finally see
the top of the mountain.

Right, interior done.

Engine bay, done.

Body, half done.

And by half done, I'm referring
to this little dent right here.

Now if this car was more beaten
up, I'd probably get away with it.

But the fact is this Audi's perfect.

So that stands out like a sore thumb.

But I reckon with some panel ticklers,

I can get rid of that.

It's a small enough dent that I don't need
to get out the slide hammer and fill it.

A gentler approach will work,

but I first need to pull out the Jack.

and then remove the tail light to
get access to the rear of the panel.

Now the best way to
see small dents on cars.

is with some light.

Yeah, much better.

I'm actually only going
to be using two tools.

This one, in case I go too
far, I can bang the panel back.

But most of the work is going
to be done by this rod here.

And it's perfectly designed with a
kink in the end and a nice handle.

So I can go through the light hole.

into that cavity between the inner
part of the car and the outer panel.

What I'm doing is I'm using the rod

just to get in that little
cavity behind the panel,

working it till I find it rests on
the dent perfectly right there.

And then very, very slowly,

I want to work the
dent out until it's gone.

If I go too far, metal has memory.

So I've got the wooden mallet,
just in case I need to bang it back.

It's all about little massages,
bit by bit, don't rush.

Now, I have just gone a touch too far.

So using the wooden mallet and
this nylon pin, this is a knockdown tool,

I just want to find in the
light where that high spot is.

and ever so gently knock it back in.

The reason why a wooden
mallet is better than a

metal one is it's just
that little bit softer.

And that, there's no way
Michael even know it was there.

You know, Mike really has
a gift for picking these cars.

I'd never tell him that though.

I'm behind the wheels of a Audi F4 event

and it does this when
you put your foot down.

If you want to go fast, look good

and think a week's worth of groceries
in the back, then this is your car.

This car looks and drives like a dream.

It just needed a few tweaks,
nothing for a man like Anne.

Blimey.

He sorted out the leaky valve
covers and a couple of little details.

I love it when it's simple.

While I tackle an Audi common problem,

dead pixels in the LCD.

This is like the kind of stuff you have
to deal with all day with flat panel TVs.

But German cars are not
known for being inexpensive

to repair, so I'm bracing
myself for bad news.

We paid $7,000 for the car.

Timing belt kit, 341.

Camshaft locking tool, 141.

Serpent time belt, just 60.

New hose clamps, a fiver.

Replacement LCD screen, 89.

And LCD installation, 49.

Which gives us a grand total of $7,685.

That's 5,900 pounds and
all done in just 23 man-hours.

Hills, trees, birds.

This is called the countryside.

And luckily, someone made
it better by putting a road in it.

And that, my friends,
is what's known in the

industry as an open road
and we have a fast car.

It's like, you know, peas and carrots.

Oh, you know what I'm saying.

Where are you going?

What the matter with it?

I don't know.

We must be going somewhere.

You're pointing the
vehicle in a certain direction.

I ain't got a clue.

I mean, about an hour
ago, I just tuned out.

I was enjoying driving the car so much,
I just thought I'd just keep on driving.

We're lost.

Don't worry about it.

Switch off.

Switch the brain off.

Look at it.

Look, look, look, look, look, look.

Just powers away.

Look how quick it is.

The thing about windy
mountain cars is they have edges.

And they generally are quite steep.

Pull over for a second.

Why pull over?

The higher it is, the more
likely we are to get a signal.

Stop right here.

Right here.

Have you got a signal?

Look at the car.

Can you see that dent?

Ah, that is gone, isn't it?

I think you're going to
have to admit it, buddy.

We are lost.

Lost is just a four letter word.

Don't worry about it.

You see that?

That is where we're going.

Why?

Is there a signal up there?

Possibly, but who cares?

I just think we should go up the mountain.

Wouldn't it make better sense for
us to take the road we came from?

If we go back down
there, retrace our steps,

we're ultimately going to
end up where we started.

What's happened to you?

Where's your sense of adventure?

Come on, put your phone away.

Get in the car.

Let's just go for it and
take on the mountain.

Oh my God, it corners so well.

Let's not forget this is an estate car.

Doesn't it feel from the
passenger seat really sure-footed?

The car, yes.

The driver?

Oh, come on.

Questionable.

Look at this car.

Okay.

It's lovely, isn't it?

And it good.

And it good.

Look at it.

Whoever buys this car will
be smart on your average.

And I reckon I can sum
up this car in just a look.

You ready?

Smug.

Correct.

This car, the Audi, feels like
it flows better as an estate car,

because if you start
with the A4, stretch it out,

whereas the BMW and
the Mercedes, great cars.

Yeah.

They don't lend themselves to
becoming a station wagon or an estate car.

Yes.

Although the car still feels the same,
we haven't improved the drivability,

it just feels something like that.

This is one of those
cars, yeah, yeah, yeah,

but this is one of those cars you
don't have to make improvements.

It's not about adding power or
handling or starts or aesthetics.

This car needed reliability and
confidence, and it did have a leak.

Luckily, it wasn't a turbo leak, but
it was a leak, and well, you saw it.

So that whole front end of the car, whoever
takes it doesn't need to do that now.

Yeah, it's good.

And it means, you know,
for whoever does buy this car,

they're not going to get any warning
lights come up on a dashboard like before,

and especially now, you
can read the warning lights.

Do you think the chances
of us finding a coffee shop...

When was the last time you see
any cars, any civilization, a building...

Yeah, yeah, but bear with me.

A telegraph pole, anything.

Yeah, but listen, listen.

Yeah, but if I were to
have a coffee, guess what?

What?

I would be able to use my new cup holder.

Of course, that's why you said it.

It is epic. I love it.

Our Audi S4 event has come a very
long way, not only in our workshop,

because we've done some
incredible work to it, but also as a car,

because it can go a long way, this car.

It can do absolutely everything.

It's a trick of all trades.

You can take it up to the
mountains when it's snowing,

throw your skis in the back, or
you can go grocery shopping in it

and fill up that cavernous
boot that it's got,

or even Chuck your kids in the back and
take them to school at breakneck speeds.

This is a car that really suits America,

but rather strangely, Americans
never really bought into it.

Only a clever few people understood
what the S4 event was all about.

And one of those people
is this chap behind me.

He's called Mark.
He's been for a test drive.

Let's see if I can put the deal together.

Is that it, Mark? You like the drive?

Love it, yeah.
No, I used to have one of these.

Did you?

I had a 1.8, so not the S4, but
the A4 1.8, and I love these things.

And what would you be doing
with it if you were to buy this car?

Getting it sideways.

That's a real surprise.

I thought you were going to say,

because it's powerful and
four-wheel drive and sure-footed,

I'm going to drive it sensibly and safely.

But no, you want to
drive it like a rally driver.

That's right.

You're the first here.
I want $12,500 for it.

Where do you want to be?

Can you do 12?

I couldn't do 12, because I think
the car's worth more than that.

And I'm pretty convinced I can sell it.

So I'll meet you in the middle, $12,250.

All right, sounds good.

Yeah, hold out your hand.

You bought yourself an Audi S4 event.
Well done.

All right.

I'm really pleased with the
way that this one turned out.

I'm pleased because me and
Ant, we put a bit of European call.

on the roads of America, the land
of the SUV and the pickup truck.

And we've had a nice, tasty profit.

If you want to see more cars like this,

being turned around by me and Ant,

join us again soon on Wheel Of Dealers.

Ta-la.