Stuff I found on my hard drive
 

If anybody wants any of these emailing, contact me at stephendsargent@aol.com.

1. Workshop manual in PDF format for the D3 (tried to upload, but it failed, only 4765 KB so not sure why?)

2. 2009/10 Teleatlas sat nav files (D2 sat nav) - could never get these to work, probably because my CD writer is not clever enough, but anyone else is welcome to have a crack.

Also, am probably selling the Boxster in the Spring, will initally replace it with a diesel auto daily runner, thinking about the A6 2.0TDI, but I think this has a CVT box, can anyone confirm as I hate those gearboxes, the missus has got one on her Mini, it is truly horrid

You can get manual, cvt and now s-tronic gearboxes on the A6 2.0 tdi so it depends on the year. I beg you not to get a multitronic I hated the one in the A6 I had as a loaner a few months ago it sounded like a London taxi type gearbox noise when you drove it and it. Only had 500 miles from new on the clock. I can see it being lovely if all your miles were in London/any big city all of the time but for the love of god don't do it!!

Manual gearbox no good, the missus cannot drive them, despite what it says on her licence.

I thought S-Tronic was a CVT???

Far as I can see, the only way of getting a proper torque converter box from Audi, is to go Quattro, but this means a bigger engine and only 30mpg instead of 40mpg :(

I've started looking at 335d Beemers instead :eek3:

I had a loan A6 Avant Multitronic (diesel) from Audi a while back and actually thought it was very good.
The only thing I didn't like was moving off which was always a bit hesitant, so I never felt confident pulling out of side roads into a busy main road. But once moving it was fine, quiet, effective and economical.
Felt very weird at first the way the engine revs varied (or not), but I had it for quite a while and got used to it.

Multitronic is Audi's alternative name for CVT.

Yes, and you get them on the non-quattros.

Quattros get the proper Auto boxes :)

Go for t 335d
 

If u can go for the 335d...just be careful in the wet...otherwise an absolutely awesome car!!!!!!! I m waiting for the 535 Quattro to hit t second hand market...!!!!!!!

S-tronic = DSG so basically flappy paddle dual clutch box which can be driven as full auto or 'manually' on the paddles

Not sure on a6 availability?

My folks are car shopping at the moment in the used a4 class. Ended up looking at Mercs and Lexus IS250 which despite most adverts stating they're CVT apparently they are all a regular auto unless you go hybrid! Horrid cars but they won't break and the top spec SE-L has more toys than my S8! GS specs are the same in trim level terms I believe if you need something bigger?

A little confused

Multitronic is the CVT box.

S-Tronic is an automated manual?

Ranj, I had a 1995 328i Sport new back in the day, and a variety of higher powered rear wheel drive cars over the years, I know how to be careful in the wet, it's getting any traction at all in the snow that bothers me most +++

Yep - details on DSG here which suggests not available on the A6 or anything other than the most up to date A4 or A8

If no badge snobbery then the best option from the VAG stable on this front is the Skoda Octavia vRS 2.0 CR diesel which had/s DSG as an option. Otherwise, definitely look elsewhere for a conventional auto

The 335D is in another league to the E36 328I, trust me. We had an E36 328 and the 335D back to back coincidently. The 335 was almost undriveable in the wet nevermind the snow. More torque then a V10 M5. But in all honesty, forget the BMW and get a 4.2 TDI A8, screw the 2.0 TDI A6. I had a six month old one for a month, it was horribly slow from what I remember, and you know the A8 is what you REALLY want. If your going to go A6, get the 3.0 quattro at least.

The 328i was one, also had a Hartge modified 535i and a 3.0i Z4.

I'd love a TDI A8, but the size of the car is the problem, it will only just fit in my space at work and if anyone's parked badly (a lot of women work there!), then it will not fit, had this a lot with my D2 and end up paying £8 per day in a public car park for the privilege of going to work. I've even come out of work to find other cars parked so close I can't open the doors wide enough, a problem solved in the Boxster by dropping the roof and climbing in :)

My idea is to have something relatively cheap to run so I can start saving for a 2nd car, a D3 S8, which won't need to fit in the work car park as it won't be used as a daily.

Having said that, I change my mind a lot, a D3 A8 is still a possibility, Audi is my first choice, maybe even an A/S4, A/S6 or an A/S5 even, problem seems to be the transmissions unless I find a quattro, though that wouldn't be a bad thing either.