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Originally Posted by sarg
Ian, if you've seen a better A6 3.0 TDI for less money, then please do point me in the right direction, I have scoured autotrader, audi.co.uk, pistonheads and ebay and this is the cheapest sub-60k 06 plate in the country, and anything even close to this price is definitely not a one previous meticulous retired owner, which is evident looking around the car.
I imagined retrofit Bose would not be a big deal, so I stand corrected on that one, but surely can't be too difficult to simply swap out just the speakers for better ones?
Good to know on the parts, will almost certainly be on the market for the wooden centre console thingy that surrounds the gear selector, as this has a scratch in it, though it might polish out, and eventually a set of 19"s
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Sorry, I phrased my reply very poorly - I meant its a lot of money, full stop. And you only end up with an A6. You can get an A8 for that kind on money and have a way better spec. You are right, Diesel A6's and A4's hold their value very very well, and I gave up trying to find one at sensible money, and that one is probably not a bad example if you want to spend that much dosh and 'only' end up with an A6....
Having evaluated all my options, I popped my 4.2 petrol through its MOT early on Tuesday, which it passed easily, and now I'm actively looking to lpg convert as soon as practically possible. I found on the way back from London last Weds evening that if I stick the cruise control on at 70 mph, and sit back for 3 hours straight, it comes out at 29.5mpg, which was quite reasonable.
Knock off around 10% power loss for LPG on the MPG, then factor in circa 71p / litre and it comes down to a very reasonable 12.14 pence per mile to run, which by my math is pretty much exactly the same as that tdi a6 would cost to run, but sounds far nicer
It would cost me circa 5K to 'upgrade' to a diesel a4 / a6. It'll cost less than half that to convert to gas.
Leaves me a couple of grand for other upgrades
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