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sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 19:30

They seen like an excellent all purpose vehicle, good motorway crusier and light off road duties.
Some very cool features like carbon fibre roof and adjustable airbag suspension.

2.5 V6 TDI std @ 180bhp, maps to 215bhp. Four wheel drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJtdeOiR9ec&feature=related

What do you think?

*JonnyG*

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20th Oct 09 at 19:35

Hmmm, Its just a big A4 tbh.

mwg

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20th Oct 09 at 19:36

Bound to be expensive if it goes wrong. I really would not want to run an Audi out of warranty due to cost of parts and labour

j10E W

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20th Oct 09 at 19:36

my neighbor has one quite a late one , AA have been out side countless times towing it away
can i ask why your looking at one? i never see the purpose of these half 4x4 things?

SXi_Tim

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20th Oct 09 at 19:37

Check the air suspension, its an absolute fortune when it goes wrong and quite a common problem on these.

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 19:40

Its an A6 chassis.

I work on building sites 4 days a week, motorway commute 1 day a week and enjoy active camping holidays, also girlfriend will be at uni 350 miles away next year so could do with something better than a van to do that journey in! Thought it would be a great all round option.

Worrying regarding the AA being outside alot! I think cambelts and fuel pumps are the things to watch on these engines.

Oh i wouldnt be paying Audi rates, Pattern parts and DIY fit! FTW

[Edited on 20-10-2009 by sigibbons]

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 19:41

Oh air suspension i have looked into, yes the units do fail @ £270 a corner.

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20th Oct 09 at 21:35

DONT DO IT, more issues with allroads than any other model

good luck trying to do DIY on air suspension

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 21:41

Jr: What kind of issues do they have?

There is a bunch of guys on VWAUDI Forum doing airbag repairs fixes along with cam belts change (no easy task). Fuel Pump unit replacement which i did on another car.

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20th Oct 09 at 21:42

i remeber air suspenion going tits up, bags and the pumps, ecu, conviniance control, suspension ecu, engine ecu

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 21:49

Yeah those are issues ive heard about. Convenience control box gets water damage from water coming into the car IIRC??

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20th Oct 09 at 21:50

1) through pollen filter housing

2) because they are made of cheese

John

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20th Oct 09 at 21:50

JR you worked for Audi didn't you, anybody who works in a parts department/service department will always be able to say X car is crap, that doesn't really give a wider picture though.

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20th Oct 09 at 21:54

sorry dont see what your on about, after dealing with them for 6 years i know whats good and whats not

the guy thats intrested in buying one as heard exactley the same things through an owners forum, that i know through working for them and have listed here, that not tell you something ?

John

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20th Oct 09 at 21:56

Yes it does, you see all the broken ones.

I'm not disputing they have their faults, every single audi or vw ever does though if you've seen all the broken ones.

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20th Oct 09 at 21:59

i also saw the ones that come in for a service and a note with "cant you just check why the suspension on level 2 wont sit right", or "the windows stopped working last week can you have a quick look"

to find out that the suspension air bags have holes in, and the convinicance control unit is shagged because dirk back in germany sealed the pollen filter in with a mix of spit and some bathroom sealant

you'd be suprised, not every car that was in at a dealer was broken, just the majority of allroads were

[Edited on 20-10-2009 by jr]

CorsAsh

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20th Oct 09 at 22:00

Buy a Range Rover. Or a Defender. And be happy.

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20th Oct 09 at 22:00

also of you really want to be scared off the v6 tdi has a habbit of wearing the cam loabs off

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 22:20

What a shame the Allroad has these problems.

Problems which inevitably will be in the normal A6 V6 TDI as they share the same engine.

I thought Audi's were good cars?

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 22:20

quote:
Originally posted by CorsAsh
Buy a Range Rover. Or a Defender. And be happy.

As a motorway crusier?

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 22:22

quote:
Originally posted by jr
also of you really want to be scared off the v6 tdi has a habbit of wearing the cam loabs off

Yes this one too! Nasty Nasty problem, owners club members blame the long life oil changes 20k IIRC? They are all doing them at less than 5k now. Thats a job i wouldnt like to tackle.

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20th Oct 09 at 22:22

quote:
Originally posted by sigibbons
What a shame the Allroad has these problems.

Problems which inevitably will be in the normal A6 V6 TDI as they share the same engine.

I thought Audi's were good cars?

yep the 2. tdi suffer from the camshaft issue

SXi_Tim

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20th Oct 09 at 22:23

And they sound like tanks

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 22:26

quote:
Originally posted by jr

quote:
Originally posted by sigibbons
What a shame the Allroad has these problems.

Problems which inevitably will be in the normal A6 V6 TDI as they share the same engine.

I thought Audi's were good cars?

yep the 2. tdi suffer from the camshaft issue

2.5?

The only other diesel in the a6 is the 1.9 which ive heard is a goodun but is quite agricultural and underpowered??

sigibbons

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20th Oct 09 at 22:27

Are Audi's generally crap nowadays then?

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