Buying an A6 or A8 - things to look for?

[Ed Kellock]

Yeah, like why the hell for the second time in as many decades Audi's
flagship luxury model has flakey transmissions?!!

On 6/28/06, Doug Yoder <audifan at zordok.net> wrote:
>
> For the A8, I've heard that the transmissions might be a common failure
> item.  Can anyone shed some light on that?  Is there anything else?  How
> do
> I tell if the transmission is on it's way out, and what can I do about it
> ($2k for a rebuilt one?).
>