[s-cars] Dirt cheap allroads

[Tom Green]

It does sound vaguely familiar. :-)  Sounds like an allroad owner  
trying to prop up the market, although less blatant than the URS6  
proposal.  :-)  The example I gave was a 37K mile certified allroad,  
so much like the S8 market, I think there are real bargains out  
there.  I would insist on the certified
extended warranty for those 1100 unique parts, though, since it can  
only be a bargain with Audi footing most of the repair bills.

Tom

On Mar 27, 2007, at 9:26 AM, Bill Noland wrote:

> Shop dirt cheap examples of most any model and you'll most likely  
> get what you pay for. The allroad wasn't especially cheap to start  
> with. Better to pay mid-$20's to $30's and get a lower mileage  
> example.
>
> Audi claims that the allroad has over 1100 unique parts from the A6  
> Avant. The chassis is seriously strengthened and it is available  
> with the highly-tunable 2.7T motor and manual tranny.
>
> The air suspension is either a future maintenence nightmare or a  
> great utilitarian piece of work, depending upon your point of view  
> (and whether the car is in the shop or not). I like the ability to  
> raise the car for more ground clearance than about 1/2 the SUV's on  
> the road, or to settle it down for autobahn cruise mode. Suspension  
> is VAG tunable, should one desire even more clearance, or the  
> slammed look. Some have tossed the air suspension for coilovers all  
> around.
>
> The brakes suck and need to be replaced. This guy went the RS6 route:
> http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Features/article_2447.shtml
>
> So you have a manual tranny car that can be transformed into  
> something quite excellent with chip/turbo upgrade and aftermarket  
> suspension and brakes. Hmmmm, sounds vaguely familiar.
>
> Bill N
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