How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?

[donohue at nycap.rr.com]

Bought am 02 Allroad with 150k, a shot air suspension, needing struts and cam seals, etc. for $4k.  Put another $6 into it, including an Arnott coil spring suspension and all the above fixes, (including new tires), last fall.  Now has 160k and it is like driving a new vehicle.  I've heard some scuttlebutt that the 01s are the best, but have no personal experience and am very pleased with the 02.  My .02.  Tom



---- Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> wrote: 
> 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
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