[s-cars] A6Q 2.7 6spd

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

Dave,

I think the turbo deal is more common at altitude, and especially in chipped
cars at altitude.  As far as the 2nd gear goes, I am not too sure that this
is due to the overzealous teenage drivers.  One of my friends, who is by no
means a bang the hell out of the car sort of driver, has just encountered
this problem at 35k miles.  Even the cheap Borg Warner T-5's in the 5.0
Mustangs from the 80's could stand the worst of teenage abuse for that long;
and the tranny repair cost + clutch in the S4tt is about 1/3 the price of
that whole car :)  It just smells like a design flaw to me that Audi doesn't
want to take the wrap for on the tranny.  Kind of like our 1st gear whine
that reared its ugly head at 80k miles or so on some of our cars....but at
least that waited until 80k miles...usually.

--Calvin




-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of dave flagg
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:08 AM
To: Kent McLean; s-car-list at audifans.com
Cc: s.richter at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [s-cars] A6Q 2.7 6spd


gotta challenge that; we have yet to replace a 2.7 T turbo because it failed
prematurely. We've had many,many. Audi does occasionally sell a car to a
"fragile" owner who doesn't have the savvy the change the oil in a timely
manner.
However, we have seen several six speed transmissions that were weak; we
think it's largely due to aggressive shifting by youthful hot rods.
generally they bang second gear from first thus bending the shift fork
inside the gearbox. this has mostly been with S 4's that Dad bought for his
kid and the kid and his friends, of course , are anxious to see what the car
will do. But we have seen several.
.02
DF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Cc: <s.richter at comcast.net>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] A6Q 2.7 6spd


> s.richter at comcast.net wrote:
>> I just drove a 2001 A6Q 2.7 6speed, sport package, zenons etc.   Anything
>> I should look out for before considering purchase?  It's a certified car
>> from a dealer.
>
> Is it a Twin Turbo? I think I remember something about those turbos
> being fragile and dying at around 60K miles (someone feel free to
> tell me I'm wrong). I'd want to see full maintenance records for
> the car, which a dealer should be able to provide.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
>
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