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Want Audi estate for my wife -- please advise
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I've never been on car market since 2010 And it looks like I miss some important wisdom here It is time to get "estate" family car for my wife (ideally in "women's colour", i.e. lipstick red) Budget £10k+ or so 1. want Petrol 2. want Manual 3. want low RPM on highway speeds for good noise comfort 4. want simplicity and something that will last forever if maintained properly Would happily buy just another D2 FL 3.7, but they are not available with estate chassis & manual (my A8 3.7 makes 1.5k RPM @ 70mph @ 5th gear, which is absolutely superb) Interestingly, don't see many A3, A4 and A6s on the market with 1. large displacement naturally aspirated petrol engines 2. with manual It looks like v8 and v6 engines are only found in S- or RS- series, but those won't satisfy my 3rd criteria since they will rev like crazy at motorway speeds. Please advise what I should look at -- I will welcome all your comments! Also, where should I search for used cars sold in the UK? (I have only looked at autotrader.co.uk and cars section on eBay) What's the ultimate place to find great stuff these days?
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I'd rather drive on left Last edited by notorious; 7th June 2018 at 03:14 PM. |
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A6 2.7tt??
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113037347726? Not exactly a ladies colour, and I assume with £10k you're after something a little newer?
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Matt 2004 A8 3.7q, 1998 A4 2.8q, 1994 Coupe 2.8q SORN, |
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Good call, thanks
Those old A6s can be an option Interestingly you can't find those big displacement engines on newer A6s
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Admittedly the one in the advert has been modified to 320bhp and carries a premium in their asking price. Quite rare now to find a nice clean example of the A6 2.7tt.
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Matt 2004 A8 3.7q, 1998 A4 2.8q, 1994 Coupe 2.8q SORN, |
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Thanks Mikki -- will followup on all your suggestions.
This is exactly what I think -- I specified a unicorn !! Happy to sacrifice colour.
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Its fairly easy to find something that ticks three of the four boxes, but a full house in a fun colour is going to be a challenge...
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Cheers Miki.
Forgot the colour. Replaced it with 'immaculate condition'...
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i think you will need to consider the TFSI engine
----------------------------------------------------- be careful withe older stuff 56reg etc do a DVLA check as some 3.2 petrols carry the dredded £540 a year taxdisc
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Looking for the Holy Grail Audi .. 2018 VW Caravelle Executive T6 2010 A6-C6 3.0tdi LeMans Quattro Last edited by roberto; 7th June 2018 at 03:34 PM. |
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Thanks Roberto!
Are they 'bullet proof'? Direct injection looks scary after D2!
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I was thinking A4 B7 with the 3.2 FSI, but there's only one red one on ebay and its an auto https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2006-56-A...5/173354093760
There's a bit more choice if you go diesel https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-55-A...R/163070549505 This red-painted 'Black Edition' (ie de-chromed) looks lush, but misses the drivetrain mark completely with a 2.0TDI auto https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A4-2...d/142816407842 Going up a size to the C6 A6, there is a darker metallic red available but its pretty rare. Otherwise everything is monochrome or dark blue. Not much choice of fun colours there, and most of them are diesels. You might have specified a unicorn there Maybe buy something monochrome and wrap it a fun colour? Last edited by MikkiJayne; 7th June 2018 at 03:24 PM. |
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