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Audi A6 - opinions

What opinions do you have on the Audi 2.4 A6 estate, auto box, petrol. I have a chance of buying a T reg which has 115k on the clock, one owner, fully dealer serviced from new and mostly motorway miles. Are there any serious gotchas with this car - like expensive failures waiting to happen? What kind of mileage is it likely to be good for? I've never owned such a car, will I be able to service it myself or will it have to be done at a dealer to sort out the management system and the like?

Currently driving a vectra 2.0Di, this was a bad buy - I have spent a lot of time with the spanners in hand! It does get 45mpg so I think this will be down to about 28mpg with the Audi, probably amounts to about an extra £700 per year in fuel (13k).

Cheers

Martin

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Martin Crook
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There's an after market software & hardware product that lets you do all the dealer management things, you need a few specialist tools to change the cambelt & the front wheel bearings are a pig without a hydraulic press. But it gives you an excuse to buy one when they go & it only takes an hr.

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Duncanwood

I just noticed this post so maybe it's a bit late to reply but here it is anyway:

Pros: Quiet, Comfortable, Good interior, classy car, Much better than a Vectra!, Spacious, ideal for high milage motorway driving.

Cons: Thirsty (18-24mpg), expensive to run, has some weak spots (see below), soft suspension (you may think this is a good thing YMMV!)

Weak spots: Front suspension (e.g. track rod ends), Electric windows (guides and linkages fail), Water pump, timing belt tensioner.

If you are interested check that all the servicing has been done especially timing belt. Check the windows work without sticking, listen for odd noises.

The servicing can be tricky because it is difficult (expensive) to source a service manual (No Haynes available). You can get service manuals off ebay but I haven't tried this yet.

Cheers, Mark.

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Mark

Thanks for the reply Mark, I've been speaking to a few people and the consensus seems to be that it will be much more difficult for me to work on than the Vectra and that failures will be expensive, in particular the tiptronix gearbox has been flagged as suspect (seriously expensive to replace - £4500!!) and the V6 doesn't seem to have a good reputation. I can't afford to throw cash at it if it goes wrong so looks like I'll be sticking with the Vectra until it keels over terminally.

Martin

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Martin Crook

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