Unfortunately with the snow and ice we ge here, they tend to use alot of rock in the road sand which does alot of damage to vehicles. I would rather spare the A3 that damage since most of my winter driving is on the highway.
I have looked through your checklist, it is very informative. I have checked for the coolant migration issue and see no problems there. The car has 174000 kms on it and body wise is in very good condition. I am currently looking into the glowplug recall and the car still needs the sunroof drain recall to be performed. I want to get the camshaft inspected, but unfortunately the car isn't local so arranging inspection is a little bit of a pain. Though I'm not overly concerned about it since I would be doing the work myself it would be nice to know for negotiating purposes.
What I am curious about is what sort of life I can expect out of this engine assuming it has been properly maintained. Also just to confirm with ESP, ASR is included? I read somewhere that they were two separate options on older Jettas, though I'm not sure what they meant by older.
I have been trying to find an 03 to avoid the PD engine, but I'm not sure if I really need to be as concerned about it as I am.
Thanks for the info!