12 Months in. Audi A6 (C8) Allroad 3.0 TDI

[smallpaul]

Sensing the need for a large estate and previously owned a Golf Alltrack, I was looking for something large and not a land rover. I found this audi A6 from my local dealer last year which ticked a fair few boxes.

Air suspension
Matrix headlights
Black on silver Interior
Large rear boot.
Virtual cockpit

Service history was immaculate. Serviced every 9,000 miles at dealership. Replacement front disks and pads were also done at the dealership.

First job was to machine polish and ceramic coat. Roughly cost £40 for the new pads. I already had the polish in the garage and chose Gyeon Syncro.

Quite labour intensive. The process took 5 days

Wash
Decontaminate with clay bar
Medium cut polish
Fine cut polish
Degrease all the polishing oils
Apply 2 coats of mohs
Apply 2 coats of skin
Then did not let it get wet for 7 days.

The upmost important item when ceramic coating is the wipe off. It's got to be done with 2 sides of a plush microfibre until there are no streaks at all. Leaving any streaks will not wash off. They will need to be polished or sometimes wet sanded out. I took great care in this since my Boxster still has one or two bits (that I haven't got round to fixing yet).

Result:

[MDMA .]

Very nice. I like these a lot. Friend had one for his horse box!

[CornedBeef]

I must say that does look mean doesn't it! Interior pics?

[Jobbo]

Ooh, I wanted a C8 Allroad to replace my second C7 but they had dropped making it and used prices were madly high. So I bought a new S6 Avant instead but whenever I see an Allroad I still think it’s the best looking C8.

While I don’t regret the S6 after nearly 50k miles, I’ll look forward to reading your experiences. Being able to raise the suspension and take a green lane was sometimes very valuable.

[smallpaul]

The car has been on "estate car duties" lately

Got a good price for tiles for the 5th extension to the outdoor patio. Apparently not being sold any more so done 3 runs



Barely noticed the extra weight in the back. Just have to watch the electric load cover and retract it before adding a large load.

Had a cement mixer in there too. Then collected some Ikea furniture. I think the a6 has got the best amount of usable space of any estate car. It has a much bigger boot and more rear legroom than my A8. The next step up would be a Discovery.

Took a load of metal to the scrap man after changing the brake disks on the Boxster.



Next job is to remove both car seats and give the interior a good clean and investigate why the washer fluid pisses out the bumper when activating the rear washers. I've also got condensers to replace on the Boxster. Planning on having 2 bumpers off of cars at the same time (possibly keep them in the kitchen). Haven't informed other half of this plan. Wish me luck.

Edited by smallpaul on Thursday 4th September 11:32

[Jhonno]

Love a big wagon! Air suspension I take it? My 530d would carry loads of weight and you wouldn't even notice.

[smallpaul]

Cleaned the interior. Badly needed done. Also, someone asked for interior pictures.

Removed both car seaths. Used carpet cleaner into a spray bottle, work it in with a brush and then use henry to mop it up. Then coated the whole interior wiht Zaino - Z-10