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having dropped my car off at the dealers they gave me an A6 to run around in, i was quite pleased with this as i could have got anything, i thought with it being new and my a8 being 7 years old that the ride would be comparable in some way, im sure its a good car just that the ride wasnt what i'm used to

i had to go to warrington and on the stretch between manchester and warrington its quite a bumpy motorway, never really noticed that much in the 8, but felt actually physically sick in the 6. i was always mistified why they had put warning signs up , now i know

the sound system was obviosly bog standard, no bose so was quite terrible, as of course was the quality of the sat nav voice, very tinny and didnt sound like a quality bit of kit.

likes
the drls, button that lowers the glove box lid, seems to have a media player, DIS and screen were very bright, crystal clear and colorful , boot space seems quite large maybe even as big as the 8, lovely grey metalic paint, actually fits in sainsburys car parking spaces. quite liked the ignition key being in the middle away from swinging on my knee,

dislikes
disliked the ride, bit more of a plasticy feel in general, first day felt quite cramped inside , second day got used to it so a bit better, but is still cramped, the mmi controls seem to be very close and not in a good position to use them comfortably,it took some time to find a comfortable position partly becuase it was manual and the clutch seemed quite far away, my 2 year old had only one observation "no barney daddy" refereing to the lack of rear headrests, the front ashtray seems todisapear under the dash not the i use it anyway. had to raise my own boot lid and get my fingers dirty uggh

of course i probably shouldnt compare these 2 cars, and im sure the A6 is actually a great car, but my point is, having got used to mine you can easily forget just how nice it is to drive the 8.

i cant wait to get mine back