I believe Audi had some pretty bad quality problems in the late 90's and early 00's. A friend of mine had a 2000 A4 and while she loved the car, she got rid of it last year because of all the maintenance headaches it had. I am looking at getting a new(er) car in 2-3 years. I would LOVE an S4, and if I bought a 2-3 year old one I could afford it. Something much like this one if I were to be purchasing right now. So pretty much I would be buying a car that is new or nearly new right now, in 2-3 years. Is buying a used manual transmission sports car a pretty bad idea or is Audi quality high enough now that I'm not insane?