To the owners of A6

Winning attitude there, idiot. I don't even own an Audi, and I take offense to you stating your opinion as fact. I suppose that I could state as fact that anyone named "Vlad" is an asshole. Give me a break, you come to an Audi forum to ask help from mostly Audi owners and you insult them while asking them for feedback. Smart move.

Randy

Subaru is a lot cheaper than Audi, so do consider it (advice from someone with a 1999 Legacy Outback and a 1998 Audi A4 2.8Q), but these two features of the car you drove are not normal for an Audi. Pass on that car and find a different Audi.

You have a mental problem, I'm sorry for you, have a good life then

"KIP"

What size tires/rims do you have?

Sounds like you're the one with a piece of junk. My A4 doesn't suffer from either one of these problems. See if you can have someone (dealer or an indy shop) look at the car. Maybe it needs an alignment. And maybe the gas pedal stiffness can be adjusted.

Volvo S60R comes with a manual tranny. Not sure how good their AWD system is though.

Cheers,

Pete

Vlad

I've been driving A6s for many years, dating back to when they were 5000 series (then 100/200). I have never had the troubles you speak of. I would search for a different Audi, because that one is acting strangely. Consider the A6 with the 4.2 engine and Tiptronic xmsn. Great car.

I owned a Suby one time. Broke it within a year. Traded it in for a VW Synchro (Audi engine/running gear).

Dave RS6

Was that a Passat or a Bora/Jetta ? Sychro was the name given to the older VW's 4wd system, which they now call 4-motion over here, if it was a Bora how did you find the Haldex Vs Torsen, as you now have RS?

I've never driven a Haldex 4wd but can't imagine I would feel as secure as I do in my A4.

Ronny

It was an 86 Quantum Synchro with an Audi five cylinder and an Audi transaxle. It was the same as an Audi 4000 except with a VW wagon body. Great car. Joanne and I rallied in it for several years, finally giving it to my son-in-law when we bought a 90 5 cylinder Turbo 200 wagon.

Sychro was the name given to the older

I believe the Quantun had Torsen also, I may be wrong, but I believe it had the same running gear as an Audi, and not one of VW's engine/transaxle.

Love the RS6. Just coming up on 15K joy filled miles. It embarasses the hell out of most Corvettes and Porsches, but blasting STS "Dudes" is about as much fun as you can have in any car.

:) - one day maybe

Till then I gotta stick to a 1.8T quattro, which isn't such a bad thing

Operative word being "quattro". I've driven a friends 1.8T and it's a lot of fun.

When you get to be an old geezer and the kids are edumacated and the house is paid off, *then* ya can get that RS6. I never would have made it to old geezerhood if I had an RS6 when I was 21.

d;o)

A piece of junk because of that? Perhaps you are the one with the mental problem? A piece of junk is a Lada or a Zaporozhets, not some design peculiarity in a car such as the A6.

Ti ruski? Nye priyezhdzhai v innuyu stranu ludyei visivat'. With a name like 'vlad' you must be Russian/Ukrainian, couldn't imagine Americans naming their kid 'vlad'; I suggest you don't insult people in a country where you are an immigrant.

cp

Check out this test performed by a german TV-channel:

Regards Rune

-98 A6 Avant/Q 2.8 Tip

"Rune Skigelstrand" wrote

And this "test" is obviously rigged. I commented on this video a few days ago - you might be able to find my post in this newsgroup.

Cheers,

Pete

Hmmmmmmmm........... I'll just have to settle.

Larry

Then ask yourself whether having a stick-shift is a real requirement, or just a prejudice or superstition from another time. There isn't anything a stick-shift can do that an automatic cannot -- especially one like Audi's Tiptronic, which you can always drive as if it were a stick without having to worry about replacing clutches.

dk

Hmmmm. That's a very nice "settle". d;o)

It befuddles me why anyone will want a stick shift luxury car. Especially when the same model offers a tiptronic.

This is why I ended up with an Audi and not a WRX.

It befuddles me that anybody could use the words "luxury car" and "WRX" in the same sentence, in the manner in which you have.

Peter Smith

As you may have noticed, mindsets take a lot longer to change than technology. 50 years ago, automatics were clunkier, heavier and less fuel efficient than stick shifts, not to mention less responsive. They were also less reliable. Nowadays, things have reversed completely. Even race cars use automatics nowadays. Race drivers cannot shift as quickly as an automatic.

Some people however still cling to their prejudices.

Personally, I'd like to see stick-shifts outlawed as they are a definite safety hazard.

dk