How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?

[Grant]

Drive them back to back.

The steering feel, response, time to settle in transitions, are light 
years apart on the allorad and S6 avant. I too wished the Allroad was an 
S6 with a MT, but its not.

Drove the allroad several hundred miles. Bought the S6.  Love it, mostly.

Grant

On 6/19/2012 3:30 PM, Michael Veglia wrote:
> << I think of the allroad as a psuedo S6 avant with a six speed.To me the A4
> avant is too small and the A6 avant is auto only so the allroad was a
> logical choice. I would be very happy with an A6 avant with a six speed. I
> am not sure the air suspension is that much of an advantage where I live,
> but may be if it snows a lot where you live. >>
>
>
> Another feature of the air suspension besides the adjustable ride height is load leveling when carrying massive weight or towing.
>
> If you do your own maintenance, working on the air suspension (parts costs aside) is really pretty simple and easy (pinch bolt issues in the rust belt aside that is).
>
>
> I have heard of folks swapping out the air suspension to conventional and going back FWIW. When we got our allroad a little over two years ago I was seriously thinking about converting, but now after a couple years not so much.
>
> Mike Veglia
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