Looking for a New Ride

[Steve B]

Interesting perspective, thanks Tony!

I too am contemplating the addition of a TDI to the stable.  One other  
parameter for me is the smog check situation.  I an extremely leery of  
buying any gasoline powered car newer than say 1974 these days.

Steve Buchholz (mobile)

-----Original message-----
From: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
To: mkb <mkb125 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "quattro at audifans.com" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 10:41:03 PDT
Subject: Re: Looking for a New Ride

Timing belt job is a bit $$, and quite honestly if you aren't driving a lot
of miles (probably in the 20K+ range) a TDI has a hard time paying for
itself on just fuel savings. THey are more $$ to buy than a comparable 2.0,
more $$ in maint.

If you want low maintenance and good fuel economy, a Corolla is honestly
hard to beat <ducks>

On the A6's, you know what to look for on teh 2.8's. Similar on the 3.0's,
but no camchain tensioners to leak. However, they do have head gasket
issues on occasion. Also, other oil leaks. But, what VAG engine doesn't?

Tony

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:11 AM, mkb <mkb125 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hey Folks,
>
> So a couple weeks ago, I was involved in a four car pile up a couple miles
> from home.  A couple 16 year old kids driving home from school rear ended
> the car behind me, which rear ended me, and then I rear ended the car in
> front.  Luckily, everyone was OK, but felt bad for the kids.  They
> genuinely looked upset and apologized to everyone.  Alas, seems like one  
of
> life's lessons is getting involved in auto accidents.
>
> Anyway, the A6 had rear end damage and very little front end damage and
> was still very drivable.  The insurance folks decided to write it off so
> I've a nice little check of $5300 to go car shopping with again.
>
> As much as I really liked the A6 and my previous A4, the premium gas and
> mileage in the low 20's was hurting my pocket.  At this point I'm leaning
> towards getting a used TDI.  It's going to be my daily driver and I ain't
> hauling a whole lotta stuff.  I may even consider a different VW product
> such as a Passat or Jetta but I think I'm going 2WD this time.  I even
> considered looking at Subaru's and other makes, but somehow I just can't
> see my self in anything other than a VAG product and I've owned an Audi of
> one sort or another for the past 15 years.  Having become familiar with  
the
> in's and out's and having a number of the Bentley's I reckon I may as well
> stick with VW Audi group.
>
> Everyday though, craigslist does tempt me with nice A6's from the early
> 2000's within my budget, but I have to say, I've remained strong and
> resisted...so far.  Well, wish me luck in finding my next ride, and
> hopefully it might end up being a TDI with mileage in the mid 100K range.
> And if anyone has any advice on what to look for in a TDI, I'd love to
> hear.  I'll also hit up the TDI forum.
>
> Oh BTW, the Mitsubishi Crapant rental really sucks.  The build and ride
> quality of my wrecked A6 is far superior.
>
>
> Thanks for listening as always.
>
> --
> mohammed
> 2008 A4 2.0tqa S-Line
> 1999 A6 2.8qa avant - accident took her
>
> 1997 A4 1.8tqa - traded in for the 2K8 A4
> 1988 80qa - my first signs of madness
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