2011 Audi A6 3.0TDi Quattro S-Line Spec. Ed.u

[blueg33]

I found Ultrac Sessantas were the best tyre on my A6 Quattro

[swampdonkeygj]

blueg33 said:

I found Ultrac Sessantas were the best tyre on my A6 Quattro

How many miles did they last?

[blueg33]

swampdonkeygj said:

blueg33 said:

I found Ultrac Sessantas were the best tyre on my A6 Quattro

How many miles did they last?

About 25k. I got 18k from the Pirellis and 22k from Dunlops. I always changed all 4 tyres together, and rotated them at about 10k miles.

[Faxo]

Interesting that the indie charged you 2.5hrs labour. I'm an Audi tech, and we charge out 0.7hrs. Also, it's a fixed price for 3 years and over, at £175 - this is parts and labour, so only £20 more than your parts bill?

Audi really look after 3+ owners, so always worth checking their prices. Also, we price match with a valid quote

[swampdonkeygj]

Faxo said:

Interesting that the indie charged you 2.5hrs labour. I'm an Audi tech, and we charge out 0.7hrs. Also, it's a fixed price for 3 years and over, at £175 - this is parts and labour, so only £20 more than your parts bill?

Audi really look after 3+ owners, so always worth checking their prices. Also, we price match with a valid quote

Are you talking about the multitronic gearbox? Mine is tiptronic.

Oil alone from Audi for the tiptronic box comes for £180 for 6 litres... The tiptronic oil change at the Audi dealer was close to £600.

[swampdonkeygj]

Not updated this for a while, and want to keep it going for my own record and also so others considering one of these can see running costs and experiences etc....

I've done around 9k miles since the last service, and took the car to cornwall and devon for a couple of weeks camping. So bought some roof bars, a roof box and some bike carriers for it.



I previously mentioned the car was due for some new tyres, and these were fitted at the end of July. I went for Michelin PS3's, in 255/35ZR19 size, and paid £639.77 fitted. These were fitted at 80,074 miles. I'm hoping to see 30,000 out of these tyres if the reviews are to be believed.

Since then the car has been faultless and I am averaging 35mpg overall, measured on the road trip app. Before fitting the new tyres I was averaging 36mpg, so the change from Pirelli P-Zero Rosso's has made a slight difference.

I have also just had a hunter 4 wheel alignment done at as I wanted to ensure everything was perfect with the car. Below are before and after printouts, as you can see it wasn't too bad before. £78 altogether, and this work was carried out at 85,377 miles.



Next week I am having the oil and filter changed - trying to keep to 10,000 for oil changes as I intend on racking up big miles in this car.

Cheers

Edited by swampdonkeygj on Tuesday 20th October 12:40

[swampdonkeygj]

Time for another update:

The car had an oil and filter change on 26th of October, at 86,006 miles. This cost me £112.99, and included a 1L bottle of Castrol Edge 5W30 in case I needed a top up. I priced up oil alone and it was going to cost around £80, so it was a no brainer to have it done at the garage in my opinion.

And today the car has been for an MOT. I thought the car came with a 12 month MOT when I bought it in Feb last year, but after talking to a friend on Friday, I checked online, and it had expired on November 6th!! I took the car in to Derby Audi today and it passed with no advisories. They replaced a number plate bulb which I told them was faulty, and the total cost was £50.31 - £49.99 for the MOT with MOT protection insurance for next year, and 32p for the bulb.

The tyres which I replaced at 80k miles ago are all at 5.0mm. I am now on 89,900 miles.

The total cost to run so far, including fuel & servicing, tyres, tax and the remap, but not including insurance and depreciation, has been 25p per mile.

Needs a good wash now!

[swampdonkeygj]

Time for another update as the car went into Audi for another oil and filter change today, along with a health check. No problems to report. The tyres are now down to 4mm tread depth, so at the current wear rate I think they should do another 10k miles before they are down to 2mm. If they do, then that's around 25k miles on this set which I will be quite happy with.

I recently machine polished the car ready for a friends wedding, and put a coat of Auto Finesse Tough Coat on the paint - it's not completely swirl free, but I wasn't expecting it to be. I'm pretty happy with how it looks though for saying it's used so much.



My long term average fuel consumption has gone down to 34.1mpg, but I think this may be down to the colder temps over the winter, and hopefully this should improve again slightly as time goes on.

I've now done over 27k miles, completely trouble free, and now just coming up to 95k miles on the odometer. Over that mileage the car has cost 25.9 pence per mile to run, not including the cost to buy it, which I think is pretty good for a car like this.

Thanks for reading.

Edited by swampdonkeygj on Monday 21st March 15:15

[Smitters]

Lovely car - looks in great condition.

I have an older 2.7TDi and I've found that if you really want economy out of the old girl, you have to cruise at about 65. Then I can easily get 50+ on the OBC. Might be worth totting up the time versus fuel. I know its not very PH, but extra 20 minutes on 2 1/2 hours of M4 fun is the difference between 35mpg and 55mpg for me.

[swampdonkeygj]

Smitters said:

Lovely car - looks in great condition.

I have an older 2.7TDi and I've found that if you really want economy out of the old girl, you have to cruise at about 65. Then I can easily get 50+ on the OBC. Might be worth totting up the time versus fuel. I know its not very PH, but extra 20 minutes on 2 1/2 hours of M4 fun is the difference between 35mpg and 55mpg for me.

Thanks Smitters.

I think sitting at 65 would drive me mad - my commute is 94 miles each way, 3 days a week. Also, the OBC lies to me. Mine says my long term average is 41.5mpg, which I know isn't the case. I do a fair bit of local driving at the weekends which does kill the economy quite a bit.

[Smitters]

swampdonkeygj said:

Thanks Smitters.

I think sitting at 65 would drive me mad - my commute is 94 miles each way, 3 days a week. Also, the OBC lies to me. Mine says my long term average is 41.5mpg, which I know isn't the case. I do a fair bit of local driving at the weekends which does kill the economy quite a bit.

I can imagine - mine's an occasional one, so easier to bear and make a game of, but daily it would be much harder! I just imagine I'm Clarkson doing at A8 fuel test to Edinburgh and back... little things to amuse my little mind!


ETA - interesting to see your tyre mileage too - I don't get anything like that from mine, which I suspect speaks volumes about my commute route and my view on "reasonable" roundabout speeds...

[Budleigh]

Great looking car - there's something so very nice about an A6 Avant. Don't feel quite the same about the sedan. Have you managed to get comfortable with the seats yet?

[swampdonkeygj]

Budleigh said:

Great looking car - there's something so very nice about an A6 Avant. Don't feel quite the same about the sedan. Have you managed to get comfortable with the seats yet?

Sorry I missed this reply - yes I am very comfortable in the seat now. I think it just took me a while to find the right settings for the seat. And then it's annoying when I take it for a service and I have to find the right seating position again after the technician has been in it.

[swampdonkeygj]

Smitters said:

swampdonkeygj said:

Thanks Smitters.

I think sitting at 65 would drive me mad - my commute is 94 miles each way, 3 days a week. Also, the OBC lies to me. Mine says my long term average is 41.5mpg, which I know isn't the case. I do a fair bit of local driving at the weekends which does kill the economy quite a bit.

I can imagine - mine's an occasional one, so easier to bear and make a game of, but daily it would be much harder! I just imagine I'm Clarkson doing at A8 fuel test to Edinburgh and back... little things to amuse my little mind!


ETA - interesting to see your tyre mileage too - I don't get anything like that from mine, which I suspect speaks volumes about my commute route and my view on "reasonable" roundabout speeds...

I have done a couple of slower runs and the OBC can show up to 50mpg, but it lies. My last tank was 38.5mpg overall which was good. I'm now on 101k and still going strong. The tyres are still over 3mm so expect them to last a few k more yet. But I'm starting to consider what to replace them with now.

[muchacho]

Nice car swampdonkeygj - an Avant 2.7 V6 diesel was my last car and I ran it from 100k to 165k miles with only two problems. The first was a burnt-out rear wiper and the second was a failed throttle valve (an electric widget sitting on top of the engine and sorted very competently at Dr G's establishment). The best characteristic was the engine and the worst was the fibbing economy meter - I learned to knock at least 5mpg from the computer's average! Overall it was a great car but I changed it for something 17 years older and with a little more soul.

p.s. For tyres I quickly worked out that the Pirellis really did not suit the S-line suspension on 18" wheels and cottoned-on to some Barum Bravuris (a Continental brand) which were much more forgiving and quieter. Oh and Nokian WR A3 for winter.

Edited by muchacho on Tuesday 14th June 23:51

[Barchettaman]

Barum Bravuris are marked E for rolling resistance, maybe worth bearing in mind if economy is a consideration.

Nice car OP, hope you continue to enjoy it.

[swampdonkeygj]

Small update: A van driver ran into the back of my car on the M1 J23 on Wednesday. Only slow speed so mininal damage, and it's off to the repairers on Monday. I have a hire car coming for the which the paperworks states the insurance company are being charged £387.10... per day!!! Unbelievable.

[blueg33]

swampdonkeygj said:

Small update: A van driver ran into the back of my car on the M1 J23 on Wednesday. Only slow speed so mininal damage, and it's off to the repairers on Monday. I have a hire car coming for the which the paperworks states the insurance company are being charged £387.10... per day!!! Unbelievable.

Be careful

If you can't justify the need for the hire car you may have to pick up the tab. Same if you are found partly to blame. Plenty of threads on here about it.

[dandam]

I thought if someone runs into the back of you it is always their fault, they were too close, didn't react, etc, how could you be to blame ?

Nice A6 btw, I've always been a big fan of these

[blueg33]

dandam said:

I thought if someone runs into the back of you it is always their fault, they were too close, didn't react, etc, how could you be to blame ?

Nice A6 btw, I've always been a big fan of these

Not always. Say a car pulled into the 2 second space and immediately braked, or there were faulty brake lights.

An insurer can challenge the need for a hire car. Is there access to another car? Would a cheaper hire car do the same job