Thinking about buying an A4 B8

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So as the title says, I want to purchase an A4 B8. A particular ad interests me, but I have some questions.

The ad says the car is a "2x s-line: interior and suspension". What does that even mean? It has no s-line badges, the ride height seems high and no interior features that I'd expect to see on an s-line. Is the seller just lying? See the attached images.

Also it's a 2008 2.0 TFSI, apparently those engines have some oil consumption problems. The ad says nothing about this, but the car failed the previous inspection due to excessive carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emissions, could that be a sign that the engine has problems? A month later it passed the inspection without any problems.

VIN is WAUZZZ8K29A119194.
 

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Ask the seller the questions as we can't really help on that tbh, then assess their answers if they ring true.
 
Well I'm not an Audi enthusiast, so at first I'm trying to make sense of what I can see from the ad.
 
Ask the questions directly then come back on here & advise the replies.
 
Here's the 2009 UK brochure in case it is of any help.
I believe it was the 1.8 engine that had piston ring problems, not sure about the 2.0.
 

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Was b8 & b8.5 & also included 2.0 from my recollection of owners advising.
 
Unless you can prove the piston works have been carried out by Audi, you should walk away. I had the 2.0 B8 on MY11 plate... Was drinking a ltr of oil under 600 miles before the work was done. AUDI only accepted full dealer history to carry out the work at a cost of approx £5k.