terrible idea? major problem areas?
terrible idea? major problem areas?
No major problem areas besides the turbos being notoriously short-lived, air suspension failures, mandatory timing belt changes well in advance of the recommended interval, frequent coil pack failures, they eat tires and brakes really fast, catalytic converter failures, generic audi electrical problems, and a complete intolerance of less than perfect maintenance. But other than that, no major problems.....but they are nice to drive when they work.
Do you already have vagcom and lemmiwinks?
sounds like its about what I thought it would be.... typical VAG
the air suspension tend to fail and when they do, its 700 dollars a corner...
also finding a manual trans on it is incredibly rare and you can always turn around and sell it for what you got into it in that case.
fidelity101 wrote: the air suspension tend to fail and when they do, its 700 dollars a corner...
Can the air suspension be easily replaced with coils?
In reply to psteav:
yeah, you can always replace it with a normal a6 suspension. to what needs to be swapped is beyond me, my friend is a BMW/Audi/Porsche tech and he always warned me to stay way from them, especially because of my pocket book size.
Drive it for a year, sell it, and just remember the good times! That's what I did.
Mine was a '00 A6 2.7T with the 6 speed manual trans. The impending doom of replacing this, that, and the other thing made me sell it and get a car loan 3 times at much as the Audi's. And I still think I got out cheaply.
Ever since I first saw an Allroad, I have had unhealthy fantasies of lowering one about 4", painting the cladding to match the bodywork, putting some 10" wide wheels under it, and boosting the crap out of it. 
Not even MacGyver can fix one:
The turbos in these actually last a decent amount of time. Air suspensions can be problematic, aftermarket parts are available so you don't have to use OEM bags. You can do a coil conversion, go to www.quattroworld.com and search in the allroad forum.
Timing belt changes every 75k miles or so, not different than any other car.
It's imperative that you get one that's been maintained! Otherwise prepare to spend a lot of time and money to get the car up to snuff.
6MT's are hard to find and desirable, they sell for a premium.
docwyte wrote: Timing belt changes every 75k miles or so, not different than any other car.
Neons came with a 100,000 timing belt interval. Just sayin.
Duke wrote:docwyte wrote: Timing belt changes every 75k miles or so, not different than any other car.Neons came with a 100,000 timing belt interval. Just sayin.
Even a neon you should change it more like 80k if you dont want to risk having the water pump fail.
There was a half-hour infomercial about the Allroad back in the day. They ran it on dirt roads near a racetrack, then lowered it down and hit the track. Watch that, and then try to resist the siren call of the Allroad.
Travis_K wrote:Duke wrote:Even a neon you should change it more like 80k if you dont want to risk having the water pump fail.docwyte wrote: Timing belt changes every 75k miles or so, not different than any other car.Neons came with a 100,000 timing belt interval. Just sayin.
I had two '95 Neons that went 100,000 miles each and never had waterpump or timing belt issues, despite having the living piss driven out of them and only "that'll do" maintenance.
Now, headgaskets, well.. cough mumble
Duke wrote:docwyte wrote: Timing belt changes every 75k miles or so, not different than any other car.Neons came with a 100,000 timing belt interval. Just sayin.
lvo is 105k miles I'll probably do it around 75k though
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