Thinking of purchasing an A6

[David VS]

Welcome to the list, Ross!

Here's my opinion on late model A6 Audi's...

Depends what your "end game" is Ross.  If you plan to buy a low 
mileage/well cared for car and  drive it  for a couple of years and then 
dump it you will really enjoy the A6.  But if you buy a high mileage car 
or plan to keep the car long term then they can get very expensive to 
maintain.  Here in the states (at least where I'm at) the market for 
used A6s is very soft. 

One of the partners where I work just traded in his 2000 A6 2.8 q 
(126,000 miles) and the dealer only gave him $6800 US.  He loved the car 
but instead of just "nickel and dime'ing" him, it started to "$100 
dollar bill" him.  The air bag light came on, he could never get the 
check-engine light to stay out for more that a couple of weeks, the 
in-dash navigation screen was losing pixels, the passenger window was 
starting to bind and so on.

It's sad, Audi has some of the best technology out there, but their long 
term gizmo reliability is really poor (IMO).  So unless I know someone 
is a serious car geek who can put-up with a high maintenance car I don't 
recommend buying an Audi. :)

 From what I've heard, if you think Audi's are expensive to fix, BMWs 
are even worse.  Although I have no first-hand experience to back this 
up...  YMMV. :)

Dave VS
90 90q20v



Ross Clifford wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>I'm new to the list so forgive me if I have the wrong forum for the
>question. I'm looking in a few months to but 2nd hand A6 or 5 Series
>(sorry to mention that one). I'm looking at around a 2002 model 2.7T
>Quattro or 3.0 Quattro, my question is does anyone have any views of the
>2 cars, what are they like for servicing and running costs in the UK,
>any problems I should look for.
>All in all  any info you guys might have would be great.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Ross UK
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