Upgrade from A4 to A6 2.7t

[Jim Green]

On 5/24/05, mkb <mkb125 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok folks, friend of mine has beening trying to put
> this crazy idea that I upgrade my A4 18tqa to a more
> potent A6 2.7t.
> 
> I've been resisting the urge, but a quick glance at
> cars.com and autotrader.com, I've seen 2000 models
> with under 100k miles for $12k.  Best one I've seen is
> an 02 model with 56k miles for $14.5k.
> 
> So the pragmatist in me thinks that I should keep the
> mode of transportation that reliably and comfortably
> takes me to work and back and to the odd errand every
> day while the more ostentatious side of me would very
> much like to ride in a German super-lux sedan with 250
> screaming horses under-hood, all-wheel drive, coddled
> in rich leather and sumptuous creature comforts.  Mind
> you, I think I'd have to change the tb on of these
> suckers as well.
> 
> Can I be talked out of this or has Audi ownership
> driven me insane?

Keep in mind the low price of these cars is pretty much assuming you
may be doing a $5k turbo replacement/upgrade in the future.  They're
great cars, but the K03 turbo's have been proven undersized and prone
to failure, any consumer reports type review of the car will mention
it, hense the low resale value.  Now, I say good for us, bad for the
seller!  If you're not afraid of doing the work yourself, it's a good
opportunity to upgrade to K04's and some other RS4 goodies and have a
really fast car.

-- 
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html