[A4] new / used a4

[Brian J White]

Yeah..it's a big car.   And with a relatively soft suspension.....a 
HUGE cure for that dynamics issue is lowering the car a bit with the 
420 mod, adding H-sport anti-sway bars at the hard setting, and 
removing the silly Servotronic relay for the power steering.    I've 
removed the Servotronic relay....and I may do H-sports someday.  But 
I won't do the 420 mod.

The 420 mod lowers the Allroad even further than the setting 1 on the 
adjustable suspension.  Basically, you tell the computer that the car 
is higher than it really is (via VAG-COM) and the car compensates by 
lowering a bit more.   A rather popular mod in the Allroad crowd.  (A 
'free' lowering kit! )


At 11:07 2006-07-07, docwyte at comcast.net wrote:
>I recently got a '01 silver allroad 6 speed with 84k miles on it for 
>$15,800.  Nice enough car, very large, doesn't do well on gas.  I 
>sold it shortly after buying it and got out clean.  Dynamically it 
>wasn't what I was looking for.
>
>-------------- Original message --------------
>From: thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com>
>
> > yeah ive been looking at 6spd allroads too. paint the fenders + 
> bumpers and
> > lose the stupid lowrider suspension and you have a budget s6 clone.
> >
> > whered you find the allroad? how is it on gas?
> >
> >
> > On 7/7/06, Brian J White wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah..he got a tiptronic. He certainly didn't know any better.
> > >
> > > I paid $21000 for my 1998 BMW 540i 6-speed in March of 05. Had
> > > 54000 miles on it and was beautiful, complete, and a local car
> > > always. The original window sticker on the car was $57000. For
> > > my purposes, it has been like a brand new $57k car for the price of a
> > > new WhatDaYaCallItEconomyCar.
> > >
> > &g!
>t; I pa id $24500 for my 2001 Allroad 2.7T 6-speed (w/3rd row seat,
> > > rare). Also had 54000 miles on it and was beautiful and
> > > complete. Atlas grey 6-speeds with 3rd row seat is a pretty rare
> > > car, so I was lucky enough to find it. But compare that to the $58k
> > > sticker price. (IIRC anyway...)
> > >
> > > At 09:50 2006-07-07, thejimrose wrote:
> > > >i have to say i totally agree that leasing is akin to setting your cash
> > > on
> > > >fire. i also HATE spending $$ on cars. it's SUCH a massive 
> disinvestment
> > > [i
> > > >prefer booze, women, and carbon fiber motorcycle parts.. =]
> > > >
> > > >ive always had great luck buying cheap cars, well maintained, 
> with around
> > > >100k and dealing with the occasional hassle of repairs. im also a
> > > mod-nut,
> > > >so that works out well. if you can afford to lose $20k o! ver 
> the course
> > > >of 3-4 years on a car, go for it.
> > > >
> > > >i bought my 98 a4 for 7grand with 100k about 1.5 yrs ago. it's been
> > > >fantastic. i always get the 'ooooh, fancy car' bit from people 
> [not that
> > > i
> > > >care - they dont have to crawl around under it]. it broke down 
> thje first
> > > >week i had it [the common downpipe split] and has been awesome since. i
> > > put
> > > >a ton of miles on my cars too and i live and work in SF - either bus or
> > > >moto to work.
> > > >
> > > >all that said the new a4 is superpimp. a good buddy of mine who doesnt
> > > know
> > > >any better just got a new 07 a4 3.2 tip, nav, loaded for 43 
> grand. OUCH.
> > > >
> > > >can you say "used m5" ?
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