[s-cars] 2000 A6 Quattro

[Lee Levitt]

Jeremiah writes:

> I also am an ex allroad auto owner.  The Auto went out on me twice (stock
> power) and cost over $5,000 to fix the first time, the second time I just
> dumped the car.  Even when it worked it had some very annoying lag.  Also
> the multi-link suspension is great, but it has a lot of control arms with
> permanent bushings.  Keeping the suspension up can get expensive.  The
> interior was also a step or two down in quality from my URS6 or 200 20v.
> The heater fan has the annoying squeak that audi owners are familiar with.
> 
> Overall I enjoyed driving the car, but could not recommend that vintage of
> Audi (or Passat for that matter, had a 99) based on the quality of the
> build.  I consider those Audi's dark years in terms of quality.


While the allroad is a more complicated car due to the air suspension, it is
otherwise mechanically similar to the A6 sedan/wagon. Later years have
beefier transmissions, and those of us that run into trannie issues are
tempted to do the 6MT swapŠfor now mine¹s fine at 130KŠ

I would disagree on the quality issuesŠ

My C4s were great cars, and we¹re just at the end with our ¹96 A6 at
235KŠstill running strong.

I¹ve owned a ¹99 A6, an ¹02 A6 and now an ¹04 allroad. The ¹99 was one of my
favorite carsŠbought it from Chris Semple 8 or so years ago with 135K, and
sold it last year with 230K.  There were some niggling issues along the way,
but overall, I wouldn¹t hesitate to buy another C5 (and bought a needy ¹04
allroad a year ago!).

Our ¹05 C6 does feel like the quality is down a bitŠinterior isn¹t quite as
solid, and new stupid things are going wrong (wonky intermittent taillight
that either needs a new bulb, grounds cleaned, or replacementŠ). Oh wellŠ

We didn¹t buy these cars because they are rock solid boringŠ :)

Lee