[s-cars] Looking at an 1995 S6 avant today ...advice on what to look out for?

[matt ludwig.]

Hey Peter,

I awesome ride, and good luck! : ) My list on the avants to look for  
is th following:

- read hatch door interior trim; does it rattle/ is it loose?
- rear suspension; did they haul a lot of heavy items, etc? this is  
not bad cause we know you will lower it anyway ; ) but the rear can  
get soft due to this, IMO.

have a great time on the test dive!

Sincerely,


matt ludwig.

1995.5 S6 Avant
Portland, Maine

On 18Sep , 2006, at 9:49 AM, Peter Schulz wrote:

> Gents:
>
> Looking at a northeast US 1995 S6 avant today in the "highly
> desirable" green/ecru (LOL) combination.
>
> I'm not enamoured with the interior color, but the car is going to be
> a family hauler, and the fact that a lighter color interior reflects
> heat better than a dark one may offset the obvious challenge in
> keeping a very light interior clean with 4 & 7 year old boys in it.
>
> Car has high miles (>200k), no mods,  but a very long list of
> maintenance work done in the last 50K miles ( suspension, brakes, TB,
> sensors, switches, yadda yadda.)
>
> Other than coil packs, POS, cam position sensors, are there other
> gotchas that I should look out for ( other than the obvious road rash
> from the miles on the body) ???  How does one easily test the Climate
> Control for error codes?
>
> I plan on bringing my VAGCOM...
>
>  From my sig, you can tell that my experience is with the type 89s
> and late 44s, so distributer-less ignition is something new to me.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> -Peter Schulz
> Chelmsford Ma, USA
> http://www.naaclub.org/
>
> 1991 200 20v Q Avant Titan Grey
> 1991 200 20v Q Avant Indigo Mica
> 1991 90 20v Q Red
>
> 1990 CQ silver (awaiting S2 engine transplant)
> 1991 CQ silver  (potentially replacing the 1990 for  the transplant)
> 1990 CQ red ( to part or not)
>
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