overheating and instrument clusters

[Grant]

If its overheating, the dealer obviously did not check and prep it, so 
I'd return it and re-negotiate. What else did he overlook?

If you really want to help him find it - check the usual suspects; 
thermostat, water pump and, well, that's about it. If they have to do  
water pump, maybe you can get a timing belt for free? That would be a 
win.

The instrument clusters suck, they all fail, and they are $1000.  You 
decide if its a major concern. For $1000, i need not know the mileage 
to empty, so long as  the gas guage works.

Grant
On Nov 9, 2005, at 1:40 PM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

> From: Alexander Lee <thomas_three at hotmail.com>
> Date: November 9, 2005 10:33:03 AM EST
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: A6 question
>
>
> On Friday, a co-worker purchased a '99 A6 Quattro w/ 72 K miles. 
> Friday night, the car was coming dangerously close to overheating. The 
> dealer is trying for a repair so he doesn't have to abide by 3-day 
> money back guarantee, but has yet to figure out the problem.  Any 
> thoughts? There is one other thing, the information cluster in the 
> center of the dash does not work. Is this a major concern?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Thomas Alexander
> '89 80 Quattro