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

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:19:21 +0100, Martin Crook  
<Martin.CrookBOGOFF!@rl.ac.uk> wrote:


> 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
>
>


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.