"2001 AUDI A6 2.7L BI-TURBO"

[mike]

my '99 S4 has just gone through 200k. It's had oil every 6k and has only just started needing a top up between changes

--- On Sat, 2/4/11, Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com> wrote:

> From: Cody Forbes <cody at 5000tq.com>
> Subject: Re: "2001 AUDI A6 2.7L BI-TURBO"
> To: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> Cc: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Date: Saturday, 2 April, 2011, 14:42
> 300k I doubt, 200k I could see. 
> 
> -Cody (mobile)
> 
> On Apr 2, 2011, at 7:16 AM, Kent McLean <kentmclean at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Cody Forbes wrote:
> >> Your tech buddies ONLY SEE THE BROKEN ONES. The
> cars that aren't broken are
> >> not in the shop for the techs to see. I'd never
> buy an S4, but I'd be all
> >> over a manual trans A6tt. The A6's don't have the
> under-hood heat problems
> >> for the most part and are generally pretty
> reliable cars on the Audi scale.
> > 
> > That's the first positive review I've seen. 
> Everything else has warned of
> > turbos dying as early as 60K miles.
> > 
> > So, are the turbos good for 200K? 300K? :)
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kent McLean
> > 1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
> > 1990 200 Avant mit V8 conversion
> > gone: too many to count, including my first, "Bad
> Puppy"
> > 
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