Re: need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T- HELP
 

GT tarantino writes:

> By the way, the A8 4.2 have similar problems.
>He had to change it after less than 100,000 km (not miles).

Perhaps it is the way your friend drives or takes care of his cars. I owned a
2000 A6 4.2. Finest car I owned until I replaced it with my RS6. My
son-in-law bought the 4.2 from me and it is still running very well, with about
100k *miles* on it. There is nothing wrong with Audi's Tiptronic xmsn.
Dave
http://hometown.aol.com/davplac/myhomepage/index.html

Re: need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T- HELP
 

OUCH! That hurt. I stand corrected. I shall go and sit in the corner now.
You guys can just go and play without me.

Paul



"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1p6sl0th0usnv1vho9hlnjlqor4ap14cf1@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:46:44 -0500, "Paul Bunyan"
> <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"JMurph" <J.Murphy@geac.com> wrote in message
>>news:8f63ef8.0409291103.181f73df@posting.google. com...
>>>I can buy a used 2001 Audi 2.7T with about 40,000 miles for an
>>> attractive price. I have researched the car, and it appears that back
>>> in 2001 there were complaints about it, recalls, etcc. Of course,
>>> there are complaints on all car forums.
>>> If you own this model year, what do you think about the reliability?
>>>
>>> Thanks- I have to pull the trigger, make my decision by next week.
>>> This will be my first Audi.
>>
>
>>Hi;
>>
>>Depends on what an "attractive price" is.
>>If you are in the US, invest $19.95 at carfax.com. You will need the VIN
>>number. It looks like it is a turbo model so I would have a qualified
>>mechanic check that over. The more I look at your post, I can't seem to
>>find what model you are talking about. A4, A6, etc. I presume the 2.7T is
>>the engine.
>
> So....the Subject line "need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T-
> HELP"
> doesn't give you a clue?
>
> ;-)

Re: need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T- HELP
 

OUCH! That hurt. I stand corrected. I shall go and sit in the corner now.
You guys can just go and play without me.

Paul



"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1p6sl0th0usnv1vho9hlnjlqor4ap14cf1@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:46:44 -0500, "Paul Bunyan"
> <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>"JMurph" <J.Murphy@geac.com> wrote in message
>>news:8f63ef8.0409291103.181f73df@posting.google. com...
>>>I can buy a used 2001 Audi 2.7T with about 40,000 miles for an
>>> attractive price. I have researched the car, and it appears that back
>>> in 2001 there were complaints about it, recalls, etcc. Of course,
>>> there are complaints on all car forums.
>>> If you own this model year, what do you think about the reliability?
>>>
>>> Thanks- I have to pull the trigger, make my decision by next week.
>>> This will be my first Audi.
>>
>
>>Hi;
>>
>>Depends on what an "attractive price" is.
>>If you are in the US, invest $19.95 at carfax.com. You will need the VIN
>>number. It looks like it is a turbo model so I would have a qualified
>>mechanic check that over. The more I look at your post, I can't seem to
>>find what model you are talking about. A4, A6, etc. I presume the 2.7T is
>>the engine.
>
> So....the Subject line "need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T-
> HELP"
> doesn't give you a clue?
>
> ;-)

Re: need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T- HELP
 

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:58:07 -0500, "Paul Bunyan" <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
>"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1p6sl0th0usnv1vho9hlnjlqor4ap14cf1@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:46:44 -0500, "Paul Bunyan"
>> <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"JMurph" <J.Murphy@geac.com> wrote in message
>>>news:8f63ef8.0409291103.181f73df@posting.google .com...
>>>>I can buy a used 2001 Audi 2.7T with about 40,000 miles for an
>>>> attractive price. I have researched the car, and it appears that back
>>>> in 2001 there were complaints about it, recalls, etcc. Of course,
>>>> there are complaints on all car forums.
>>>> If you own this model year, what do you think about the reliability?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks- I have to pull the trigger, make my decision by next week.
>>>> This will be my first Audi.
>>>
>>
>>>Hi;
>>>
>>>Depends on what an "attractive price" is.
>>>If you are in the US, invest $19.95 at carfax.com. You will need the VIN
>>>number. It looks like it is a turbo model so I would have a qualified
>>>mechanic check that over. The more I look at your post, I can't seem to
>>>find what model you are talking about. A4, A6, etc. I presume the 2.7T is
>>>the engine.
>>
>> So....the Subject line "need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T-
>> HELP"
>> doesn't give you a clue?
>>
>> ;-)
>
>OUCH! That hurt. I stand corrected. I shall go and sit in the corner now.
>You guys can just go and play without me.
>
>Paul

Aw, don't feel bad about it - you can always blame it on Outhouse Distress ;-)

/daytripper (and say "Hello" to Blue for me ;-)
'00 s4 6spd

Re: need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T- HELP
 

On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 15:58:07 -0500, "Paul Bunyan" <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>
>"daytripper" <day_trippr@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:1p6sl0th0usnv1vho9hlnjlqor4ap14cf1@4ax.com.. .
>> On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 21:46:44 -0500, "Paul Bunyan"
>> <paulbunyan1999@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"JMurph" <J.Murphy@geac.com> wrote in message
>>>news:8f63ef8.0409291103.181f73df@posting.google .com...
>>>>I can buy a used 2001 Audi 2.7T with about 40,000 miles for an
>>>> attractive price. I have researched the car, and it appears that back
>>>> in 2001 there were complaints about it, recalls, etcc. Of course,
>>>> there are complaints on all car forums.
>>>> If you own this model year, what do you think about the reliability?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks- I have to pull the trigger, make my decision by next week.
>>>> This will be my first Audi.
>>>
>>
>>>Hi;
>>>
>>>Depends on what an "attractive price" is.
>>>If you are in the US, invest $19.95 at carfax.com. You will need the VIN
>>>number. It looks like it is a turbo model so I would have a qualified
>>>mechanic check that over. The more I look at your post, I can't seem to
>>>find what model you are talking about. A4, A6, etc. I presume the 2.7T is
>>>the engine.
>>
>> So....the Subject line "need advise on buying a used 2001 Audi A6 2.7T-
>> HELP"
>> doesn't give you a clue?
>>
>> ;-)
>
>OUCH! That hurt. I stand corrected. I shall go and sit in the corner now.
>You guys can just go and play without me.
>
>Paul

Aw, don't feel bad about it - you can always blame it on Outhouse Distress ;-)

/daytripper (and say "Hello" to Blue for me ;-)
'00 s4 6spd