Audi A6 Avant

[Heidi_374226052]

Hi all and merry christmas.

Thinking about trading /selling wifes Picasso 2.0 hdi and my Trooper 3.1dt.Only need one car now.

Have been taking serious interest in the A6 2.5 Avant,probably up to a 99-2000 model.

Anyone have any experiance of these cars?

Currently tow a 05 Vendee but may go for a Senator next year.

Thanx Heidi's hubby.

 

[spj]

Hi,

we used to tow a 1400kg van with an Audi A4 2.5 tdi quattro 180bhp, fantastic tow car although a touch thirsty, 40mpg solo and 26mpg towing at 60mph, four wheel drive added a bit of wieght but the A6 is a bit bigger so will be similar, the V6 diesel is smooth and if they were heavy enough for our new van I would have bought a 2.5tdi A6 Allroad. You will also notice the build quality after your Citroen, the Audis are superb.

 

[Heidi_374226052]

Hi,

we used to tow a 1400kg van with an Audi A4 2.5 tdi quattro 180bhp, fantastic tow car although a touch thirsty, 40mpg solo and 26mpg towing at 60mph, four wheel drive added a bit of wieght but the A6 is a bit bigger so will be similar, the V6 diesel is smooth and if they were heavy enough for our new van I would have bought a 2.5tdi A6 Allroad. You will also notice the build quality after your Citroen, the Audis are superb.

Gotta admit spj the Citroen's been a good car for the past two years,build quality not upto Audi,but ok.

Did have a 2.8 Passat petrol b4 the Isuzu,four wheel drive,tiptronic etc,But at only 13mpg towing it did'nt live at our house long.

Am getting avg of 44mpg out of Citroen and 28-32 from Trooper,so 40 a'int that bad.

Cheers.

 

[emmitdb]

Hi Heidi,

I treated myself to an Audi A6 Avant 2.5 Tdi six months ago. Its a 2002 and has just about every bell and whistle I could want for.

I swopped from a Citroen 2.0 C5 as I had gone up in weight to a van that a Max weight of 1400kgs(Lunar Lexon CS)

Whilst I must accept that the Audi isnt as good as the Citroen on fuel economy when solo(I can get 46 on a run but it isnt as good when on short trips), I did notice that when towing and setting my sights a little lower in speed I could get 32mpg.(That was from the docks at Dover to the A303 in Whltshire)

Thats good enough for me especially when I see the sort of figures being returned by the 4x4 boys.

Add to that the comfort of leather,climate control,cruise control,cd autochanger etc etc.

 

[GeorgeB]

Heidi's Hubby,

I currently run an A4 Avant 2ltr Tdi,& tow a Senator Indiana, but used to run Audi Allroads, all 2.5 tdi auto.

The Allroad is based on the A6 Body with modifications for the air suspension.

The 2.5 tdi is a blisteringly brilliant towing engine, whatever model it's in, A4 or A6, bags of torque & ultra reliable, providing the services are carried out at the correct intervals. Early ones were 150bhp, later 180bhp.

Yes, I have to declare an interest here, I work for a group of garages which currently have six Audi dealerships, & have been the service manager at 5 of them at various times.

If you get a quatro model, then fuel efficiency is not good for a car, but is better than the usuall 4X4's, economy on the front wheel drive is better, both solo & towing.

As there is no set levels of trim & options, it all depends on what the original purchaser ordered when the car was new, the fitted options can vary from car to car, but the standard spec for the UK included climate control, alloy wheels and radio cassette.

If you find one you like, let me know & I'll check the service history for you.

They rarely go wrong, & I can't think of anything really to look for, save the usuall, condition, number of owners, mileage & service history, but if they do go wrong, they can be expensive to put right.

By the way, don't take Towsure's listed Kerbside weight, thats for a base, & I mean base model as supplied in Germany! if it's got a service book, look in page 1, at the botton of the sticker (thats the options & build data for that car) is the KW as weighed as it came of the production line. E.G. my current car is listed in Towsure data as having a KW of 1490kg, when actually it is 1618gk, and that makes a hell of a difference when it comes to your outfit matching.

GeorgeB