Proud new owner of 98 A6

[Bill Rowe]

I wrote Audi not dealer.  Check your owner's/maintenance manual that
came w/ your wife's Avant.  When the dealer replaces your timing belt
will that be covered under the extended warranty?

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael L. Riebs [mailto:michael at 1stchoicegranite.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 3:53 PM
To: rowe at yankeeprinter.com; 'b cart'; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Proud new owner of 98 A6

> Audi recommends 90k, some Q listers have recommended 75k.  Isn't 60k a
> bit premature?

Actually my wife's A6Q Avant has 65K on it, and now has a leaky water
pump -
which is being replaced by warrantybynet.com. The dealer told me that we
may
as well do the timing belt at the same time, "since that ought to be
done at
60K" according to the dealer here in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Don't know - which dealer recommended 90K to you? I seem to have read
(on
the list?) that it *used* to be recommended at 90K, but the mileage has
been
reduced since the manual was printed to 60K. Any BTDT's?

Michael Riebs
Grand Rapids, MI
'90 V8Q (#7)
'98 A6Q Avant (#6)
Only 6 & 7 remain.

> Well, first off - see if you can find somewhere to buy an extended
> warranty
> plan. We bought ours from www.warrantybynet.com. Audi will also offer
> extended warranty plans.
>
> Second - you'll need to replace the timing belt in another 12.000
miles,
> @60K.
>
> Third - is this your first ever Audi? If so - beware! There's
something
> about owning and driving these cars that is highly addictive - it
won't
> be
> your last! ESPECIALLY a Quattro. Are you on snow country?
>
> Michael Riebs
> Grand Rapids, MI
> '90 V8Q (#7)
> '98 A6Q Avant (#6)
> Only 6 & 7 remain.
>
>
> > Howdy,
> > As a proud new/used owner of a 98 A6 quatro with 48k miles was just
> > inquiring on things I should look out for in the future.
> >
> > Any owners out their who can share some insight to this car would be
> > appreicated.
> >
> > Bill
> > Denver, CO
> >
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