| Author | Message | ||
     Brent Fox (Bfox) Member Username: Bfox Post Number: 150 Registered: 10-2002 |
I am currently commuting a minimum of 650 miles per week. My disco gets about 11 miles to the gallon. I started looking for a car to make the driving more bearable and I found what appears to be a good deal on a 95 Audi A6 AWD. It seems to be in real good shape. However, what can I expect for reliability from this car? It has about 110,000 miles on it. Aside from normal maintanance, are the any issues with these? Thanks in advance | ||
| Jim Reynolds (4x4xfar) Senior Member Username: 4x4xfar Post Number: 336 Registered: 05-2003 |
After driving your Disco the Audi should seem like a Civic??  I think like anything the previos owner and maintanence are the key to a reliable auto. -Jim | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 548 Registered: 01-2003 |
My wife drives a 2001 audi a4 avant with the 1.8t. We have like 58k miles on it. Great car, but much like the disco, if it's not maintained it can be a big headache. Old audis are good, just get it checked out first. The other issue is mileage, my modified 95 d1 makes 15-17mpg highway, our 01 4 cylinder audi makes 25mpg highway. My old commute to work was 68 miles round trip. I'd put in an average 22 gallons in the disco per week at the cost of about $38 per tank. The audi I'd have to put 14 gallon of gas a week at about $25 per tank. So I saved approx. $50 a month on gas. If you want a cheap commuter don't get a all wheel drive anything, get that civic. Audi parts are more expensive than rover parts and the v-6 will probably get you 22 mpg highway and 18 mpg city. I stopped driving her car to work and started driving the disco when I realized I only save $50. The drive was more entertaining with the audi, but not really any cheaper. Plus think about what you'll save on gas money and then what you'll spend on insurance for another car. | ||
| Dean Chrismon (Chrismonda) Member Username: Chrismonda Post Number: 167 Registered: 12-2002 |
One of the best cars I owned was a 1986 Audi Coupe Gt.Non turbo or Quattro but was a fine car. Had a 2.5 cyl was very good on gas. | ||
| Steve Sherman (Ssherman) Member Username: Ssherman Post Number: 142 Registered: 11-2002 |
Hey Brent, I'm getting ready to sell my 2K VW Golf...how much are you looking to spend? Steve   | ||
| Christopher Boese (Christopher) Senior Member Username: Christopher Post Number: 280 Registered: 10-2002 |
I have a '99 A4 Avant 1.8T. Fun car to drive, and easy to maintain. The only major problems in 75000 miles have been... defective wheel bearing (warranty repair) tie rod ends replaced (recall) detached converter (warranty repair) bad MAF sensor ($543 - most cars would be half that) So parts are expensive. And mileage is surprisingly low, for a four-cylinder car - about 25 or 26 overall. If you're looking at an A6, look at mileage, and look at recall repairs to make sure they've been done. You might also post here: http://www.audiworld.com/ | ||
| Brent Fox (Bfox) Member Username: Bfox Post Number: 152 Registered: 10-2002 |
Thanks for the advice guys. I had been looking at economy cars such as civics and corollas but they didn't excite me at all (Yes, I know that's not the point). Also, I'm 6'3" and they didn't seem real comfortable. The Audi seemed a little better on both regards. Andy, if I could get 17mpg like your Disco, I could probably live with that. I made 2 trips in real windy conditions and I actually got below 10mpg. I'm not knocking my Disco, I will probably keep it forever, but this is not what I bought it for. I appologize for the carfax request. I didn't realize I was stepping into a sh#t hole. Thanks again Brent | ||
| Andy Thoma (Andythoma) Senior Member Username: Andythoma Post Number: 549 Registered: 01-2003 |
I actually have a roof rack on the disco and a yakima ski and bike rack on the audi. An Audi will suffer the same way a disco can in reguards to mpg if you use that right foot to much. | ||
| Matt Anderson (Disco01) Member Username: Disco01 Post Number: 233 Registered: 10-2003 |
Brent some things to consider. As long as the Audi has been well maintained it should be fine. However, check for puddles in the front footwells after rain, I heard they tended to leak, but once repaired are fine. Also, I am not so sure about the gas mileage, but the Audi with Quattro is a big heavy car with only 172 horses and an automatic ••••••. I am not saying it wont be fast enough for you, but I bet it wont get much if any better than 19-20. I guess this is good compared to your Disco, but you could find a similair wagon with better mileage. My mom had a Volvo V70(850) with the 5 banger and it was a nice car. Probably would get about 28 mpg. I think the Audi is real nice, I was just throwing that out for ya. | ||
| Ron Brown (Ron) Senior Member Username: Ron Post Number: 696 Registered: 04-2001 |
BMW | ||
| flyor (Flyor) Member Username: Flyor Post Number: 57 Registered: 05-2003 |
Audi all the way! | ||
| Chris Browne (Chris_browne) Senior Member Username: Chris_browne Post Number: 640 Registered: 02-2003 |
Andy: Apart from my d1 we have a 98 Volvo v70 (non turbo) and an 03 xc70 Some transmission trauma on the 03 hopefully fixed with a new valve body this week and good god what an incredible difference...I'm now going from respect to like on these cars 98 gets 24mpg xc 21, ...I'm 6 ft 3 240lbs and fit in both. |
