Allroad owners

I get the impression there's a gathering of Allroad owners here on Pistonheads, especially from the PH C7 buying guide, so I thought I'd start an owners thread to see if it has any "traction" haha.

I sold my A6 Avant to cash in on the used car prices (and due to an imminent move out of London) and got myself an Allroad with the same 272 TDI. It's a Tornado grey 65 reg with 127K miles. So far I've cleaned the leather (inc steering wheel), replaced the rear tyres and tomorrow it's having a gearbox oil change for peace of mind. That'll be it until two front tyres in a couple of months.

Options on it are quite scarce. It's got BOSE, better nav, heated wheel and body coloured wheel arches. I think that's it. Oh it's a Sport so it's got the same seats I'm used to on the A6. Nice to have proper exhaust pipes again!



Show us your Allroad; A4/A6, all welcome!

Nice car! Looking at its MOT history, you're only about 25 or 30K miles ahead of me and nice also to see the contrasting interior.

Great cars both. I will admit the Allroad doesn’t look as good in silver, err, sorry I mean Tornado Grey! It was however the cheapest example with the stuff I was used to ie LED lights, same wheels and seats etc. It has since had a very good report from the service, having been mostly been used as a motorway car by the previous owner.

Thanks both for that.

Shall bring it up at the next service.

Hope you get those issues sorted!

Have now done done 3k miles in mine since getting it - and the car itself through 130K miles this week and going well. Topped up the Adblue earlier in the week and got the first litre or so on my jeans and shoes. I'll blame the cheap Halfords nozzle!

Otherwise all ok. Still get the rear squeaks but it's rarely sat higher than the second-from-bottom setting but will aim to book it into the Phirm in Camberley for its next service later in the year instead of taking it to the local garage.

How did your viewing go? Have only just come back to the thread but check you're happy with rear legroom. In addition, until a month ago there were two 2017 A4 Allroads in my extended family, both 3.0 272s. One had heated seats (front) and the other didn't so I guess they weren't standard at the time!

I'd say the same sort of things you'd look for or want on a standard Avant really. Principally, look at the nav, even if you'll never use it, the better nav comes with a bigger MMI screen and a touchpad down by the gearstick, where as the lesser version (smaller screen) has radio preset buttons there instead. Be careful, just because you're looking at the Bi-TDI versions, it doesn't mean they came with the better nav as standard!

Sport trim on the Allroad is the equivalent of S-line on the Avant, so if I've got this right, any lesser a trim level on the Allroad comes with what I call the "flat" seats.

I changed from a Black Edition Avant to my Allroad Sport in October for two reasons, to free up cash for a house move and to not have a pristine, well specced Avant ruined by two kids and numerous Hampshire pot holes! When I was looking for the Allroad, I wanted the same engine (272) and at least BOSE and the better nav (as I had both (and more) in the Avant).

Let us know how you get on!

How's everyone's Allroads going? I've had mine a year next month. Can't believe how fast the time has gone.

Mine passed through 134,000 miles a few days ago. As mentioned previously I've got the squeaky suspension issue but also now cropping up occasionally is an issue with the handbrake (light on dash then flashing light on the handbrake button itself) so I am looking to get it booked in with the specialist in the next couple of weeks for those two issues.

Am intending to keep this one until at least 150,000 miles, all being well!

If I remember, I'll ask tomorrow (about L-R specific) when hopefully I'll get the quote back.

It's cheaper and less hassle than changing cars, and if I was buying my car in 15,000 miles time (I'd look for a replacement at 150K miles I think), I'd be fine with seeing the paperwork to say all this work's been done.

Nice car!

I had the car's suspension squeak sorted temporarily when it was in for its service and would be interested to know how long that would last for, but it's getting sorted properly in a couple of weeks when it goes in for a few bits.