re; New Quattro

[Grant]

Well, I've not had an allroad, btu i had a 2.7 biturbo S4 and have an 
S6, so put them together and .....

You'll love it.  The chassis is very strong.  the 2.7 is very well 
built, as is the gearbox.

Problem areas are:

1. Turbos.  Small and expensive to replace, in pairs.  P:lus driven by 
people who dont know jack about turbo maint. Beware. A pair on an S4, 
replaced by Audi, was ~$5k.  Well maintained they go > 150k though.

2. Suspension bushings. bet you're shocked.

3. Clutch is durable, but 260 ft-lbs meets quattro and you never know.

Grant

On Dec 31, 2005, at 6:50 PM, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

> Subject: New Quattro??
>
>
> Fellow listers
>
> Thisnking about retiring the  '86 4KCSQ after > 500kmiles and getting 
> a 2001
> or so Allroad with manual trans.
>
> Anyone have any experience with them? Fuel mileage? Repair costs? 
> Trouble
> sport?
>
> Any and all info appreciated. Have found a couple in the Denver area I 
> might
> go look at in a few weeks- 20 hour roundtrip drive if the passes are 
> open.
>
> TIA
>
> Sam