I would be difficult to find a reliable B5 S4 for $11k. Most have been out of warranty long enough for people to start to ignore the little problems and just sell them when the repair bills start to pop up.
Plus he’s already had a 2.7T so he probably wants something different.
:word: if your looking for a 328/330 its gonna have either really high miles or somethings wrong with it. For 11k you should move down to the e36 body style and look for a nice 98ish 328i with lower miles.
Not sure the desire for black leather. I have it in the GTO and on a sunny day the interior of the car is a fucking oven. I really miss the tan leather of my Expedition.
For the options you want, your choices are rather narrow for the price range. Besides german cars I can’t think of anything besides what you had, and maybe a few BMWs. Subaru comes close to most of that but no HIDs in the year range you’d be looking. And the level or refinement won’t be nearly as close in a legacy in comparison to an Audi, or BMW.
it’s damn near impossible to get into one of those for under 15k. i spent about a day trying, but you needed at least 15k to start with and really about 20k to get something decent. those things are expensive.
EDIT: i take it the audi sold? i wish i could have afforded that car.