quattro Digest, Vol 57, Issue 23

[Grant Lenahan]

pretty much only performance

On Jul 16, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Fay Kelley wrote:

>
> 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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>
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