Re: a list of broken things on my a6

[four.rings@MCIONE.com]

oleg@veritas.com (Oleg Kiselev) wrote:

>we have a '98 a6 quattro.  got it last november.  we have 9k miles on 
>it by now.
>here is a list of all things that went wrong with the car in the last 6
>months in order of occurance, with probable cause and the resolution:

[a long list of minor, albeit annoying and inexcusable flaws in the new
A6Q snipped]

>hesitant to trust another audi.  i don't like things breaking left and
>right.  i don't want these little annoyances adding stress to my life.
>so we are most probably not going to get the a4q avant for the 2nd car,
>despite a4q being quite a real joy to drive (stick + less weight = a 
>lot more fun than a6).

I bought my '98 A4 1.8TQ on 22 December 97 and it already shows 4700mi
on the odo (this coming Wed it goes to Don Rosen P-A for the first oil
change).
It has been _totally_and_completely trouble free, quite in the
Accordesque fashion, but unlike most other cars on the US market,
including the Accord itself, it provides driving pleasure in industrial
duty quantities.
Maybe your car is just a random bad example, Oleg? Maybe the '98 A6 is
too new and is not yet sorted out (remember the crappy IR remotes on the
'96 A4 2.8 or the broken WG valve rods on the '97 1.8T?)

>since audi doesn't yet have the "allroad" a6q out and we need this 2nd 
>vehicle *now*, and since a4q does not quite have the luxury level and 
>the cargo capacity we've been looking for, it makes it easier for us to
>look at other brands.

Did you have a chance to look at an V70AWD Cross Country? I saw it in
person for the first time this morning at a local dealer, the car oozes
class! And I thought it was an ugly Outbackish wagon-SUV mongrel. 
It also has an enormous cargo capacity AND is available with a manual
transmission. 
Methinks that at $38k sticker it's quite a buy.

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Igor Kessel
'89 200TQ -- 18psi (TAP)
'98 A4TQ -- nothing to declare
Philadelphia, PA
USA
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/8949/homepage.html
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