Maybe a new ride for Honey ?

[Andrée-Anne Bourgeois]

Thanks Stephen, this is very encouraging (sp?).

I am not afraid of the Gods, I have an urQ, you know... And following this
list made my fears fly away a long time ago : I am more in the dark with a
carbureted car than any Audi since the 80's. 

In fact, it looks like this should be a nice addition to the family. When I
was younger, I always wanted a 4KQ, after that a 80Q, but for some reason,
the A4 did not made my heartbeat pulse faster, until that B6 appeared. Now
is the time to get a small chassis Audi.


I am testing 2009 Audi these days : S8-V10 this week, Q7 TDI next week, Q5
3.2 the other week. That S8 is a phenomenally strong car, never drove a
wider powerband engine, with the possible exception of the GT-R. There is so
much torque/HP that if you floor it at 60 mph to pass a truck, the nose of
the car rise while the V10 climbs toward the 7500 rpm cut-off... Amazing
beast. But the ride is way too harsh compare to a regular A8, even if the
wheels are "only" 19 inchers with four-seasons Pirelli P6s.

Louis-Alain


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Louis,

At the risk of angering the Audi 'Gods', I have had none of those 
problems on my car, a 2002 3.0 A4 quattro sedan,6-spd manual 
transmission, with 114,000 km. Also, no problems with the LED display, 
as mentioned by another 'lister'. Those problems were pretty common with 
the B5 A4s, but not the B6s, AFAIK.

The car has been pretty reliable, so far, although I recently detected 
some gear oil seepage from the rear of the transmission. Probably the 
rear seal, which will need to be replaced soon. Oh well, I was planning 
on changing the transmission & rear diff gear oil soon, anyway.

A year & a half ago, the passenger side lumbar support switch shorted 
out, burning a lot of the wiring harness under the seat. Pretty scary 
seeing all the smoke coming from under the seat. Bad design, with no 
small current fuse or breaker protecting that part of the circuit, only 
a large current breaker for all circuits, including the seat adjust 
motors with their high current draw.

Check the glove box hinges & 'brake', which causes the glove box door to 
slowly open instead of dropping suddenly. The early versions of the 
'brake' put undue strain on the hinges, causing them to break or crack. 
Can be repaired, as I am doing with mine right now.

The clutch switch broke a couple of years ago, which didn't allow the 
cruise control to function. Easy fix, especially if you have access to 
VAG-COM or VCDS as it is now called.

The speaker connectors sometimes go intermittent. Known problem, easy fix.

Nothing much else to report in the way of recent major problems.

HTH

Stephen Kormilo
Nanoose Bay, BC

2002 Audi A4 3.0 - Silver
Departed:
1998.5 Audi A4 2.8 - Silver
1985 Mazda Rx7 GSL-SE - Black

email: stephen at kormilo.ca

> Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 18:23:46 -0400
> From: "Louis-Alain Richard" <laraa at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Maybe a new ride for Honey ?
> To: <quattro at audifans.com>
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> 
> One colleague offered me an 2002 A4 Quattro Avant, 3.0 liter and 6-speed.
> Very nice car, black over cr?me, sport chassis with new 17 in. P-Zero
Rosso.
> New clutch. 145 000 km, 90K miles. Price is very good, I just want to know
> what are the usual suspects : front suspension a-arms, V6 intake gasket,
oil
> separation circuit, anything else ?  
> 
> She doesn?t ride much, 20 km a day, and I have at least 1 other car for
the
> week-end rides, so she won?t pile too much miles on it.
> 
> Should she trade the 01 Saab 9-5 Wagon for that Q ?
> 
> Louis-Alain
> 
> Montreal