How can anyone buy a used Audi anymore ?

Wed Jun 20 12:32:13 PDT 2012

Every Audi i've owned has been used except the Q7, which was new.  I traded  
the allroad for it after suspension issues drove me nuts.  Would have kept  
it and ditched the suspension for coilovers had it been a manual but with  
the torque converter issues I'd heard about on the QW forums i decided it  
was time to let it go.  Loved it while i had though otherwise.  I must say  
that the Q7 has been remarkable to own, at almost 95K miles now.  My wife  
drives it daily and her only complaint is that it's Calla White.  I know, I  
know....it'll break tomorrow.

Wylie Bean
theringmeister at triad.rr.com
90 cq
91 90q20v
91 200q20v
92 urS4
08 Q7

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   1. RE:  How can anyone buy a used Audi anymore? (Dave)
   2. RE: How can anyone buy a used Audi anymore? (Jeremiah Curry)
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      (Grant)

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:50:12 +1200
From: Dave <Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz>
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Subject: RE:  How can anyone buy a used Audi anymore?
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6 years with an allroad, and just had the first bill for something other
than annual maintenance - worn suspension linkages and a sticky door
catch.  can't complain about that.

dave
'08 rs6 avant
'04 allroad tdi

On 20/06/12 8:42 AM, "John Cassidy <qforsail at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I have three friends that have owned allroads.? All have had suspension
>issues with the air system, from one or two corners to a complete
>system.? All have been very expensive to repair.? I asked them all how
>often they use the height adjustment, and none regularly do (or did).?
>Really, who is going to off road a car like that to the point it needs to
>be lifted anyway?? One guy nixed the whole system and used some sort of
>coil over system that was less expensive than redoing the stock system,
>and improved the ride and handling.? He's the only one of the three that
>still owns the Audi.
>
>
>BTW, 2 of those cars had torque converter issues that required $3000
>repairs.? Which begs the question...How can anyone buy a used Audi
>anymore?
>
>?
>BTW,? my '91 200q still runs strong with 250,000 miles.? Original
>clutch.? No drive train repairs ever.? Other than the electrical
>gremlins...

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Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:49:17 -0600
From: Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net>
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I replaced the front air suspension on my allroad myself.  Not much  
different in price than the steel springs.  I use the suspension all the  
time to go mountain biking or hiking...but I live in st. George Utah.

My 200 20v was much more reliable than my allroad, but it did have its share  
of issues.  The second tranny died after not many miles (the first one bit  
the dust when a shop chocked the back wheels and put the front wheels on  
rollers for a emissions test) 

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:24:30 -0400
From: Grant <glenahan at vfemail.net>
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Subject: Re: How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?
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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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