[s-cars] Buying a C6 A6

[Theodore Chen]

>What is an A6 4.0T? Isn't that an S6?

Heh heh.

I still have the UrS4.  I should sell it, but can't bring myself to do it, and I still drive it.  It's pretty cool to have the earliest and most recent Audi S sedans.

The S6 is very very fast, but it doesn't feel like it, and it's almost underwhelming because it's so quiet and refined.  The dual clutch transmission works really well, with nary a harsh shift or hesitation, but if I could swap it for a manual and delete the fancy MMI and save $10k, I'd have done it.  The torque vectoring is magic and goes a long way toward reducing understeer.  I had the chance to drive an S6 and S7 at an Audi Driving Experience at Sears Point, and they do surprisingly well for big heavy luxury sedans.  They really need better rubber, though.  I wasn't too impressed with the Pirelli P Zeros, and 255 is relatively skinny for a 4300 lb performance sedan.  S6 is also a little underdamped (and the S7 was marginally worse), but the tires were definitely the weak point.


My friend is looking at a C6 S6.  With the high prices of those cars, I told him to get a C7 A6 3.0T which is faster, gets better mileage, and handles better due to the MLP platform and 40/60 torque split.  You can also get quite a bit more power with a tune.



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 From: Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>
To: S-car List <s-car-list at audifans.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Buying a C6 A6
 

Used car prices have gone up since 2008 due to the reduced supply.
Manufacturers made less cars, sold less cars and therefore, there are fewer
cars available as used cars. At the same time, leasing dropped off
dramatically (Chrysler stopped leasing altogether for a while until the
Ally reorganization) and any non tier 1 credit customers had difficulty
financing or leasing any car. So for all of these reasons, there are fewer
cars available these days, resulting in higher prices. I wouldn't call the
market inflated- the large influx of off-lease cars depresses the market-
when that is not present, the prices go up, naturally.

What is an A6 4.0T? Isn't that an S6? In a facelifted C6 A6, it's hard to
find a 3.0T Avant, but they are out there. There are fewer now because they
are not coming off-lease any longer. The sedans are not hard to find.
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