Eigdoog

Just been looking about and saw a a6 with 188k miles and the service light on.

Are they a good car for 900 notes? Just a 1.8 t se model. Not drev

Cheers!

phil_rs

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Generally good cars that take the miles well. I would say correctly maintained it has plenty of life left. Give it a good test drive though to make sure it's running as it should and that everything works electronically etc.

Eigdoog

Ill have to give it ago then, i thought for the money its kinda alot of car.

DAN P

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the 1.8 t is a very good engine that does miles well if looked after seen a few over 220k

Eigdoog

Thats alot! Should i be worried at the service is on ? meaning costs

phil_rs

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Nope, all pretty straight forward stuff. Euro Carparts are cheap for service parts, especially if you have a trade account.

Sp3no

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My old mans A4 i drove 160miles at the weekend is just shy of 200'000 miles, originaly turbo everything, and the service light was on. Cant knock them, he would get over 2K trade in on it as well

Oranoco

A lot of people service themselves but don't have VAGcom to turn the lights out. It will have one of three service displays oil, In 1 or In 2. Mine had teh lights on when I got it and that was 65,000 miles ago and is now on 146,000. Can't knock it, best car I've owned bar none.

Only thing to watch for really is the multi link suspension as the ball joints wear and really need to be done as a full set of 8 arms 2 upper and 2 lower on each side with additional drop links and TRE's. Without exception ALL pattern items are total fucking shit and you must replace with OE quality kit which leaves you with either Meyle or Lemforder. Regular oil chnages are a must as well as the engines are prone to sludging which block the pickup strainer and fucks the engine

stevos

The brother in law has an audi tt 225 with 145k on it full audi service history and it drives as well as my cupra r leon with 56k on it.

DanW@FastFord

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Drive it. If it drives like a high miler, then walk away. If if drives mint, and feels tight then it's worth considering.

It all depends on what kind of life the car has led. You could get a 200K car that drives better than a 50K car if one has had the shit kicked out of it, and not been looked after properly.

gingeRS

amen to that, my golf beeps everyttime i use it, and the dash looks like a christmas tree

serviced it myself though, £60 for the parts from halfrauds (with trade)

naturally aspirated

The service lights on Audi's up to 2004 can be reset yourself using odometer button/ignition key, etc. Not sure of the sequence, but it is quite easy.

R4N SS

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the auto gearboxes are proper wank on them so make sure its smooth and not notchy or jerky when pulling off or changing gears. The gearbox ECU is over a grand and then you have a approx 2.5k worth of gearbox on top too.

Oranoco

Not always, I've done 2 or 3 now and on each occasion the various suggested sequences did nothing and it required a reset with VAGcom

LHD220Turbo

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I think you'd be disappointed, personally the 1.8t is underpowered for the a6, and with that amount of miles i expect its lost a few bhp.

not sure if its a common problem but i've seen 3 recently with blocked strainers which caused the bottom end to sieze

stevos

Very true about the oil pick up tube from what I read it's to with the steamers using the wrong oil when servicing the cars when they were new and this caused slugging in the sump.

Fil

ive only had an old highish mileage Audi that felt brand new,

would love to know how well a brand new one feels? much the same i expect!

botters

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ive known the strainers on these to block with an engine flush as well so dont flush it

as mentioned above the front suspension needs checking too can run into hundreds of pounds replacing the front arms

and as also mentioned they aint the fastest of things, to be frank they feel pretty flat on boost to be fair

Oranoco

A remap livens them up no end.

steven8489

Hi chaps

Fiddy

Good engines if looked after. dicko on here had an octavia vrs with the 1.8T, done something stupid like 220k miles, and it ran like a swiss watch. it had been very well serviced and looked after though.

scholesyy

Im interested in this as im actually looking at getting one atm myself but was slightly put of by the amount of high millage ones about. Sounds like they will run on for ever though if looked after!