a6 musings

[David Kavanagh]

I've gone from '865KT(2 of them)->'875KTQ->'91200q20v->'00A6biturbo/6-speed
With the older cars, I felt more connected to the road. The A6 is
quite fast and better in a lot of ways. Service scares me a little,
just because it so much more complex. I bought a VAG-COM to help me
out there.
The 4.2 A6 is nice, but I wanted to stick with the whole turbo quattro thing... 
On my A6, I have a leaky valve cover gasket (not unheard of) and need
to replace the seals on the turbo oil return lines. I hear you need to
keep an eye on the bypass valves (bought a Mity-Vac to help with
that).
I think if you find a nice used one, you'll be quite happy.

FWIW, the sport package might be nice. I don't have it, but tend to
think it would help the ride.

David

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 09:04:35 -0700 (PDT), Dan DiBiase
<d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
> No info, just saw an A6 4.2 twice in the last couple of days (same one, I think) - boy, what a great-looking car that is! The wider bodywork really beefs up the A6 body - which always looked a little amorphous to me... It looks great in grey.... I always liked the 2.7T as well, thought that it was a great 'Q-ship', even though it doesn't have the wider body of the 4.2....
> 
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8T q MT-6
> Central NJ USA
> 
> 
> 
> Chris Dyer <chrisdyer at hotmail.com> wrote:
> So the plan is for this time next year is to pick up a used ('00-03) a6 2.7t
> or possibly 4.2. Anyone familiar w/these as far as mechanical issues? I
> mean, c'mon, it's GERMAN.
> 
> I like these cars because of their depreciation/affordability, styling and
> size, and they're kind of the spiritual successor to my current '87 5kcstq.
> (Emphasis on "kind of"...)
> 
> Any info would be helpful, thanks!
> 
> from chrisdyer at hotmail.com
> 
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