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the A6 we have would've been diesel if only the old 2.5 wasn't (a) hateful, (b) not very efficient and (c) loads more expensive to buy anyway at the time, even given a and b
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Why hateful? And it is not bad regards efficiency either. They are more expensive but you get what you pay for. We bought ours last April and at that time you could get 1.8 petrol for £1k, 1.9TDI for £1.5k but 180HP 2.5TDI's quattro sport with manual gearbox were going £2.5k. We managed to get one for £2.2k in good nick and full ASH with recently refurbished fuel pump and injectors troubleshooting vibration which was then tracked down to DMF and also replaced- all at the dealers. Turbo have also been replaced at dealers not too long ago. It has saved over £2k in fuel costs so actually paid for itself. No common camshaft wear either and as far as I know it's still got original camshafts at almost 160k miles.
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Currently 8less
2011 Q7 S Line 3.0TDI, 2016 Tesla Model S 90D
8 history:
2006 A8 Sport 4.2TDI quattro SOLD,
1997 S8, reached end of life with gearbox failure
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