Audi A6 C6 Avant advice
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Andy JB said:
Maracus said:
Andy JB said:
Maracus said:
Andy JB said:
Tax on Auto £480
Only on some 06/56/07/57 models.Ours was a 58 reg, the latest renewal before we sold it was £280 p.a.
Kell said:
I love our 3.0TDi.
Plusses. More than enough power for 95% of driving situations - I think it would need bigger brakes before it needed more power. Big, comfortable, quattro, huge boot, tiptronic is a lovely gearbox, 40+ mpg on longer trips (had 42.5 showing last week), plus an 80 litre tank means longer between fill-ups.
Negatives: seems to attract dings. The mirrors aren't great and I find it hard to gauge where the left hand side of the car is so I often find I've parked it 2ft from a kerb. Fuel economy around town can be sub-20mpg. The size means that it can be a pain to park and I often have to pass spaces that I would fit the Mini in easily, it's looooong and, as ours is a Le Mans/S-Line it's low too. This causes problems with some speeds bumps round us and I couldn't have owned this car at our last house as it would go over the crest on our drive.
Overall, it's the most complete car I've ever owned. As an ownership proposition it's been far better than the E61 530d that it replaced. The only things I think I'd change are the ride height (we did toy with getting an allroad, but I couldn't stand that blingy grille) and the mirrors.
ETA: common failures:
The rear wash-wipe can fail (it did on ours).
The wheel bearings are like chocolate, we had one fail on ours at about 40k.
The unit for the central locking can fail on the passenger door - ours has just gone (at 67k).
Did 116k miles inh 07 3.0tdi tip. No mechanical issues at all except for arb drop links at. 90k miles. Had a new phone module in the first year but no other issues. Plusses. More than enough power for 95% of driving situations - I think it would need bigger brakes before it needed more power. Big, comfortable, quattro, huge boot, tiptronic is a lovely gearbox, 40+ mpg on longer trips (had 42.5 showing last week), plus an 80 litre tank means longer between fill-ups.
Negatives: seems to attract dings. The mirrors aren't great and I find it hard to gauge where the left hand side of the car is so I often find I've parked it 2ft from a kerb. Fuel economy around town can be sub-20mpg. The size means that it can be a pain to park and I often have to pass spaces that I would fit the Mini in easily, it's looooong and, as ours is a Le Mans/S-Line it's low too. This causes problems with some speeds bumps round us and I couldn't have owned this car at our last house as it would go over the crest on our drive.
Overall, it's the most complete car I've ever owned. As an ownership proposition it's been far better than the E61 530d that it replaced. The only things I think I'd change are the ride height (we did toy with getting an allroad, but I couldn't stand that blingy grille) and the mirrors.
ETA: common failures:
The rear wash-wipe can fail (it did on ours).
The wheel bearings are like chocolate, we had one fail on ours at about 40k.
The unit for the central locking can fail on the passenger door - ours has just gone (at 67k).
Edited by Kell on Tuesday 4th November 10:26
Edited by Kell on Tuesday 4th November 10:31
I also struggled with judging the near side Shen parking. When you get to a parking space you realise that it's a big car.
Kell said:
I love our 3.0TDi.
Plusses. More than enough power for 95% of driving situations - I think it would need bigger brakes before it needed more power. Big, comfortable, quattro, huge boot, tiptronic is a lovely gearbox, 40+ mpg on longer trips (had 42.5 showing last week), plus an 80 litre tank means longer between fill-ups.
Negatives: seems to attract dings. The mirrors aren't great and I find it hard to gauge where the left hand side of the car is so I often find I've parked it 2ft from a kerb. Fuel economy around town can be sub-20mpg. The size means that it can be a pain to park and I often have to pass spaces that I would fit the Mini in easily, it's looooong and, as ours is a Le Mans/S-Line it's low too. This causes problems with some speeds bumps round us and I couldn't have owned this car at our last house as it would go over the crest on our drive.
Overall, it's the most complete car I've ever owned. As an ownership proposition it's been far better than the E61 530d that it replaced. The only things I think I'd change are the ride height (we did toy with getting an allroad, but I couldn't stand that blingy grille) and the mirrors.
ETA: common failures:
The rear wash-wipe can fail (it did on ours).
The wheel bearings are like chocolate, we had one fail on ours at about 40k.
The unit for the central locking can fail on the passenger door - ours has just gone (at 67k).
Did 116k miles inh 07 3.0tdi tip. No mechanical issues at all except for arb drop links at. 90k miles. Had a new phone module in the first year but no other issues. Plusses. More than enough power for 95% of driving situations - I think it would need bigger brakes before it needed more power. Big, comfortable, quattro, huge boot, tiptronic is a lovely gearbox, 40+ mpg on longer trips (had 42.5 showing last week), plus an 80 litre tank means longer between fill-ups.
Negatives: seems to attract dings. The mirrors aren't great and I find it hard to gauge where the left hand side of the car is so I often find I've parked it 2ft from a kerb. Fuel economy around town can be sub-20mpg. The size means that it can be a pain to park and I often have to pass spaces that I would fit the Mini in easily, it's looooong and, as ours is a Le Mans/S-Line it's low too. This causes problems with some speeds bumps round us and I couldn't have owned this car at our last house as it would go over the crest on our drive.
Overall, it's the most complete car I've ever owned. As an ownership proposition it's been far better than the E61 530d that it replaced. The only things I think I'd change are the ride height (we did toy with getting an allroad, but I couldn't stand that blingy grille) and the mirrors.
ETA: common failures:
The rear wash-wipe can fail (it did on ours).
The wheel bearings are like chocolate, we had one fail on ours at about 40k.
The unit for the central locking can fail on the passenger door - ours has just gone (at 67k).
Edited by Kell on Tuesday 4th November 10:26
Edited by Kell on Tuesday 4th November 10:31
I also struggled with judging the near side Shen parking. When you get to a parking space you realise that it's a big car.
Maracus said:
Andy JB said:
Maracus said:
Andy JB said:
Maracus said:
Andy JB said:
Tax on Auto £480
Only on some 06/56/07/57 models.Ours was a 58 reg, the latest renewal before we sold it was £280 p.a.
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