RE: Shed of the Week: Audi A6
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RoverP6B said:
If it was a well-equipped Quattro with a 5, 6 or 8-cylinder engine, I might take more of an interest, but just a base-spec dog-slow 4-cylinder...
Why would it be available for Shed money if it were a well equipped Quattro with a big engine? (unless it were shagged to death or badly broken)
I like it, 20 years old and it looks pretty much as it did when it was new, its very plain, it isnt fast but I bet it would last another 20 years and another 114, 000 miles with the odd oil change and consumables, its the ultimate evolution of what was a pretty good car so anything will have been ironed out, there isnt that much to go wrong, these seem impervious to British weather, I remember getting a scratch on my 100 and I expected it to rust, 4 years later it hadnt.
There are still 1980's C4's around, the odd one pops up, Ferris Buellers dad had one.
My car has all manner of stuff on it, most of it I wouldn't miss, the main things are a radio and a heater, air con is nice but could go without, lcd screens are fine but meh, a car isnt a Fisher Price Activity Centre for bored adults, its a conveyance, this will do that job as well as anything.
It cant depreciate, it probably wont break, it wont rust and any strange noises wont fill you with terror, you can leave it anywhere and do 500 miles in it with ease, it will do 35 to the gallon on a run, insurance will be cheap, its fairly safe, tax will be £230 ish, full set of disks and pads is £100 or not much more, loads of second hand bits available if you need them.
And its only £795, prob get it for £650/700, its like the car equivalent of that nondescript, aging brown mongrel at the dogs home.
There are still 1980's C4's around, the odd one pops up, Ferris Buellers dad had one.
My car has all manner of stuff on it, most of it I wouldn't miss, the main things are a radio and a heater, air con is nice but could go without, lcd screens are fine but meh, a car isnt a Fisher Price Activity Centre for bored adults, its a conveyance, this will do that job as well as anything.
It cant depreciate, it probably wont break, it wont rust and any strange noises wont fill you with terror, you can leave it anywhere and do 500 miles in it with ease, it will do 35 to the gallon on a run, insurance will be cheap, its fairly safe, tax will be £230 ish, full set of disks and pads is £100 or not much more, loads of second hand bits available if you need them.
And its only £795, prob get it for £650/700, its like the car equivalent of that nondescript, aging brown mongrel at the dogs home.
Edited by J4CKO on Friday 22 January 14:06
J4CKO said:
There are still 1980's C4's around, the odd one pops up, Ferris Buellers dad had one.
Wasn't that the slippery C3, the 1982 ECoTY winner one?J4CKO said:
It cant depreciate, it probably wont break, it wont rust and any strange noises wont fill you with terror, you can leave it anywhere and do 500 miles in it with ease, it will do 35 to the gallon on a run, insurance will be cheap, its fairly safe, tax will be £230 ish, full set of disks and pads is £100 or not much more, loads of second hand bits available if you need them.
I assume these have the same brake accumulator 'bomb' as C3s as the C4 was essentially a reskin? They're available second hand?The 5 cylinder C3s can suffer from leaking PAS pumps, and I was told by one large VAG breaker that they'd cleared out their C3 stuff as there was so little demand for it now.
I suppose the 1.8 20V could be less prone to stuff going on the elderly five cylinders like exhaust manifold cracks or blown gaskets?
I've driven a 1.8 cc (cc as in trim level) C3 Avant. It worked and got there.
I agree with you on the likely bank vault like build quality.
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