Proud new owner of 98 A6

[Steve Kramer]

I second Michael's comment on the extended warranty.  If you bought the 
car from an audi dealership the assured warranty i think is 5/100,000 
miles from the first in service date.   If the car's first in service 
date was in 1998 then you're covered till 2003.  I would encourage you 
to also buy an additional extended warranty.

we had a 96 a6 wagon until 2 weeks ago when we traded it for a 2000 a6 
avant.  my main reason for trading was that we had a throttle switch go 
bad on the 96 wagon at 62k that was $400.  it was due for a 60k 
maintenance service that was $700 plus the back rotors were shot and 
needed to be replace $400.  It can get pretty expensive.  but 2 of these 
were purely due to road miles.  However, the throttle switch hit us by 
surprise.  And our audi was out of the assured warranty that lapsed in 
august.  we still had 2 years to pay for the car.( our "new avant" has 2 
years left on the original warranty and the additional 2 years of the 
assured warranty)

not trying to scare you.

  I am addicted to audi's  - like everyone here they perform great and 
are very dependable - especially 93-02 models.  great handling , rust 
free bodies, smart interiors and quattro handling.  plus your 98 comes 
with tiptronic which is verrrry cool and the new body shape.

Also last point go to audi and have them pull up all the audi work that 
was done.  This will show all warranty work, recalls and what have you.


Enjoy your 98 audi

Steve Kramer
89 200 t
95 a6 wagon
96 a6 wagon
00 a6 avant


On Wednesday, January 16, 2002, at 01:54 PM, Michael L. Riebs wrote:

> 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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