How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?

[Lee Levitt]

Well,

I'm starting to think about moving my '99 A6 Quattro avant over to my daughter and replacing it with an allroad.

Even late allroads are coming up cheap, under $10k. I might lean towards a 6 speed and would ditch the air suspension. Find a car that somebody had been dealer maintaining (see stack of invoices) and just got tired    of the $5k annual expense. What will go wrong next?

I'll take that car, with 75 or 100k on it, replacing my 200k A6. :) Private mechanic, preventive maintenance, understanding of the value/quality payoff, and I'll drive that car for the next 5+ years.

Anybody have thoughts on the best years for allroads? In my experience, my '99 A6 is less complicated and less costly to maintain than my (now gone) 2002 A6. Is earlier better for allroads?

TIA,

Lee