Used 4.2L A6's going cheap-what's up?

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If your going by what they are "Selling" on ebay, I wouldn't put much on those numbers. Ebay is not an accurate representation of used car values. 

----- Original Message -----
From: audiSean <audisean at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:58 am
Subject: Re: Used 4.2L A6's going cheap-what's up?

> The only "downsides" that I can think of, that are specific to the 
> C5 4.2, are:
> 
> oil cooler leaks ($$$ due to the 7 hours of labor to replace)
> 
> Other than that, same old C5 issues:
> fading info display in the instrument cluster
> controls arms need to be replaced when the imbedded ball joints 
> wear out
> 
> To be honest, I'd prefer a 2001 A6 4.2 with sport package over any of
> the C5 A6s. I think the price issue has more to do with these cars
> coming off of their 4 year/50k mile manufacturer warranty.
> 
> 
> On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:50:00 EST, Mikea2769 at aol.com 
> <Mikea2769 at aol.com> wrote:
> > I've noticed many 2000-2001 A6 with the 4.2 V8 selling for $14-
> 20,000, way
> > below "book value".
> > 
> > Were these problem models? Any info on weak points is appreciated,
> > especially regarding the tiptronic.
> > 
> > Mike  Aiello
> > 87 5kcstq, 311k miles, orig.  owner
> > 
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> Sean [99 A6 2.8q]
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