Purchase question for used Audi for me *

[Fay Kelley]

W. Bean wrote:
>Grant Lenahan wrote:
>
>>Well, the 96-97 is the C4 and 98-99 is the C5 - radically different 
>>cars.
>>
>>Within the C4, the 96 is the 12v ( slow) and the 97 is the 30v ( fa, 
>>well, uh, less slow)
>
>I didn't think the C4 A6 got the 30v V6 at all... Even the 98 A6 Avants were 12v right?
> 

I'll check.    Is it gas mileage, performance, or something else to be concerned about with the different engines?

Thank you ~

>If you don't need a huge car (if you're selling real estate in it you might be cramped in an A4),

I have only taken a client in my car once, an 80 year old woman who didn't want to drive.

I give people the privacy to discuss stuff in their car without me .... and I don't like driving
people around ... my car is usually full of sporting equipment, files, stuff!  LOL
But, I don't need leg room.     That is why a two-seat coupe would be otta the equation.

> I'd look at an 00 or 01 A4, 1.8T or 2.8.  Not sure what your price point is,

well, I am at about $4K or $4.5 unless I wait and I have no drive-able car now unless I want to keep pouring fluid in it.    I borrow my hubby's work truck when I drive to Sedona and he is a little annoyed at having to empty stuff out of his truck when I use it.   Not to mention it cramps his driving freedom to come home mid-day and then I drop him at the job, unload his tools, etc.    But when we first moved here I drove him everywhere for months when he blew the tranny in his Audi, so he can help me out a little, LOL.

I got a great deal on a few cars I have purchased getting them from private party who didn't need to rob me, nice people who kept records and all, so I was hoping to get lucky.    Phoenix, Las Vegas, CO, CA have more Audis.   None in the rural areas here, so I'll have to drive/fly somewhere.

A $250 plane ticket to save $750 - $1000 is worth it to me.    Just so I don't have to drive back, LOL.

>but the 98 A6 sedan (C5) is one to avoid.

> I probably wouldn't look at a C5 A6 before '99, possibly '00

Great - thanks for letting me know.   I was kinda wondering about that .... because of the recall list.... appreciate you mentioning it ... be that takes me closer to $6,000 or so.     I think I need to get a car sooner unless we have a miracle here.

:-)


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