sanity check in aisle 9.. 2005 a6 v8 sline

[Grant Lenahan]

OK, its different, but my 2002 S6 avant gets 13-15 around town; 17-20 (downhill) on the highway.

And baby-ing it makes essentially no difference.

Grant
On Oct 26, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Vincent Gelinas wrote:

> My A8, driven gently at 75mph here in the mountains, gets about 27mpg on the
> highway and 15-18 in the city, again driven mostly carefully.  Hooning and
> stomping on the gas will drain your wallet pretty quick.  I think the tank
> is the same as in the a8, so about 24 gallons.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:27 AM, thejimrose <thejimrose at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> thanks guys. looks to be a pretty nice ride overall. ppl say around 22mpg
>> on
>> the highway which isnt terrible. no worse than my brothers outback wagon..
>> 
>> ill let you know what i wind up with...
>> 
>> cheers
>> jim
>> 
>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:13 AM, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> My experience is that the C6 is definately a better car than the C5 it
>>> replaced, but they are newer as well, so not as much time for things to
>>> break (like the window regulator clips). I'm pretty sure the V8's are
>> timing
>>> chain as well, switched from belts in the previous model. MAKE SURE you
>> do
>>> oil changes every 5k max. ALL of these late model VAG engines have sludge
>>> issues, and if those timing chain tensioners got gummed up, you are
>> looking
>>> at $$$$! Chains at teh back of the engine, does it look easy to pull?
>> Nope,
>>> and it will cost some good amount of money to fix.
>>> 
>>> Other than that, they appear to be good cars, and certainly very solidly
>>> built, even stronger than the previous A6, which was no wet noodle. Check
>>> out vids on teh side impact crash on youtube, you will be sold!! The car
>>> hardly deforms at all, mostly bends in the sheetmetal.
>>> 
>>> Tony
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Grant Lenahan <glenahan at vfemail.net
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The 4.2 V8 is bulletproof for the most part. Hope your gas-buying wallet
>>>> is too.
>>>> 
>>>> They are complicated. need a VAG tool to do rear brakes (electric
>> parking
>>>> brake), etc.
>>>> 
>>>> I believe the stats on audi basically say "newer is better"
>>>> 
>>>> Grant
>>>> On Oct 25, 2011, at 8:26 PM, thejimrose wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> hey kids - just totaled the 08 a4 last week. need to replace it STAT.
>>>> found
>>>>> the above local with 47k, 1 owner, looks to be well maintained for
>> $18k.
>>>>> seems like a score. beautiful car. bit of a grandpa mobile but i need
>>>> that -
>>>>> slow it down a bit. little bigger, quieter, comfier, etc.
>>>>> 
>>>>> am i walking into a nightmare here? i know there's LOTS of doodads to
>>>> break,
>>>>> and the v8's can be expensive to maintain but what a nice car.
>>>>> 
>>>>> TIA
>>>>> jim
>>>> 
>>> 
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