[V8] [s-cars] V8 vs A8 now 3.0 V6

Seamus O'Carey cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com
Wed Feb 24 19:55:06 PST 2010


If I'm not mistaken the leaky V6 issue was on the early AAH motors and was
fixed with the AFC's starting around '95.  You should be fine if it's an
'03.

Seamus

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:54 AM, Brian Armstead <barmstea at voanews.com>wrote:

> As an aside from this thread, does anyone know the reliability or any
> issues with the 3.0 V6?  I'm looking at a 2003 A6 Avant with one.  I
> like the pep, but don't want a leaking nightmare. Any other a6 Avant
> advice? Thanks!
>
> Best,
>
> Brian
> 93 S4
>
> Dave C wrote:
> > Howdy Q-heads,
> >
> > My fleet of Audi's consists of two 1987 type 44's.  I bought one of them
> in
> > 1992, and have been driving and maintaining these things for a very long
> > time, doing all my own maintenance and know them inside and out.  But
> they
> > are getting on in years and I find myself considering replacement with
> > something newer.  The question is "how much newer?"
> >
> > I'm nervous about not understanding how a car works and maybe being
> unable
> > to repair it when things go wrong, etc.  I recently drove a 2007 A8 for
> the
> > first time and was in awe of the complexity of the cockpit with so many
> > electronic gizzies.  I've never driven a V8, or even sat in one for that
> > matter, but I'm aware of the loyal following they have.
> >
> > It looks like I could buy a first generation A8 (D2) for somewhere in the
> > neighborhood of $10K but it would be a ten year old car with 100K miles
> on
> > it, so I would need to anticipate repairs from the start.  I don't want
> to
> > spend a whole lot more than $10 K on a car, but could go higher if I felt
> it
> > was worth it.
> >
> > I'd actually like to have an avant, but choices are limited.  A 2002-3 S6
> > avant would be very nice :-)  Maybe I should consider an A6 avant.
> >
> > Considering that I like to keep my cars for a long time and do my own
> > maintenance, would I be better off with the more familiar technology of
> the
> > V8 or an URS4/6?  I think there would be a benefit to getting something
> ten
> > years newer than that (A8) but it would still be a 10 year old car.
>  Another
> > upside re: the A8 is that there are a >lot< more of them available to
> choose
> > from.  Most of the V8's and URS4's are pretty beat by now... clean
> > low-mileage examples are quite scarce.
> >
> > So ...  should look for a clean V8 or URS4?
> >
> > Or should I look at something much newer and try to adapt to 21st century
> > automotive technology?
> >
> > Decisions, decisions.
> > - -
> > David Conner
> > Columbus, OH
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