What am I in for? (Clutch?)

At worst a clutch, but more likely a dodgy clutch cable (if it's a cable clutch) or either the master or slave cylinder (if it's hydraulic)

I had almost exactly the same problem, I stopped at lights and could not get it out of gear, I had to pull away in 5th which was quite interesting :)

It cost me approx £1000 ($2000) on my A4 2.6 quattro to have the gearbox removed, repair the faulty selector, replace 2 x gear wheels and they put a new clutch in just for safe measure.

The dealer was very unhelpfull and just said sorry but we have got to replace the whole box, and the cost was stupid (over 3k ) that's nearly $6000

So it went to an independant gearbox repair place.

The car had about 130k miles it, but the garage said the clutch was still like new (1st clutch) but they advised me to put a new in as the box was out anyway. the cost was only about £100 for the clutch.

Sounds exactly like the lies the Audi shops likes to tell you. Goddamn I hate those bastards. I got a quote of around $1500 to change the right front bearing and the front shocks to get rid of a strange noise in the front end.

Neither of them needed replacement, but the inner, lower rubber bushing of the front wheel suspension thingy (sorry, don't know the term) was in bad shape and needed replacement. Noise gone.

Good Plan (tm) - so did I.

Yup, Audi are fine for servicing if you are a company car driver, or need a job that's easy to do like a fuel pump, but when it comes to major work they will always go for the easiest option for them.

If you snap a cam belt they will quote you 5k for a new engine, when in reality all you need is a new head, less than 600quid and if you are a whizz with the old grinding paste 300 quid for a set of valves and a decent mechanic.

Unless you are really really unlucky and smash a piston :(

I suppose it makes sense as my local Audi dealer charges over £90 a hour.

It's the below mentioned A6 2.7t. I *believe* it has a hydraulic clutch, but I don't have the relevant documentation in front of me.

How would a clutch failure cause the above symptoms? The primary symptom is that the gear shifter can't move *into* position. The clutch seemed to engage completely when I started the car with the shifter in position.

Thanks!!!