Tell me about the A6 estate

loopylou · 16 Oct 2012 at 18:45

We've started looking at my potential new car today. We've had a look around today and my husband is keen on the A6 estate but I feel we don't know enough about the car to know if we're getting a good deal.

This is the one we have seen.
http://www.westdrive.co.uk/UsedDetail.aspx?VehicleId=62066413

It has the basic MMI, (red writing) so no visual nav and no parking sensors, cloth seats.

Is this a good deal? can we get better?

Car wants/needs -
Estate, SUV or hatch to get the baby bits in easily (current I'm in a Clio and I have to dismantle the pram to get in the boot)
30+mpg (I'll only do about 6000 miles a year but the higher the better)
5 doors
Toys - would be nice to have inbuilt nav, parking sensors, Bluetooth, ipod/mp3 connectivity but each of these is negotiable
Petrol or diesel
iso fix carset points
Ideally from a dealer so we can part exchange my car in

Budget £8000

Minstadave · 16 Oct 2012 at 18:56

Screams mondeo estate to me, you'll get a lot more kit.

Would go petrol too, you don't do the miles to make a diesel worth he hassle.

paradigm · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:21

Pretty sure you can get similar to mine for that price, so long as you aren't aiming for low mileage, and go petrol. My remapped 2.0TFSI has averaged 32MPG during my ownership, and will do around 40MPG on a motorway run.

Mines a 2008 2.0TFSI S Line Avant, full leather, has high MMI, nav, visual parking sensors, AMI.

TripleT · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:26

Definitely go petrol but good luck finding a decent petrol A6, I abandoned my search and I had a bigger budget.

[TW]Fox · 16 Oct 2012 at 19:32

You really don't want to saddle yourself with the 2.0 TDI for only 6k a year.

loopylou · 16 Oct 2012 at 21:19

[TW]Fox;22973739 said:
You really don't want to saddle yourself with the 2.0 TDI for only 6k a year.

Any suggestions for a better car? We're open to suggestions

Minstadave · 16 Oct 2012 at 21:23

loopylou said:
Any suggestions for a better car? We're open to suggestions

Ford Mondeo, Skoda Superb.

Nothing wrong with the A6 but you're going to get a high mileage/low kit version for the sake of having the badge.

loopylou · 16 Oct 2012 at 21:44

Minstadave said:
Ford Mondeo, Skoda Superb.

Nothing wrong with the A6 but you're going to get a high mileage/low kit version for the sake of having the badge.

I was planning having a look at both of those. I'll pop into the Ford showroom tomorrow

Minstadave · 16 Oct 2012 at 21:49

The Seat Exeo is the older version of the audi A4 that Seat are churning out. Although not cutting edge they're cheap and well put together. Bit smaller than the A6 but worth a look.

loopylou · 16 Oct 2012 at 22:25

Ohh hadn't thought of that one, just had a look and can't find any within budget just yet, but will keep an eye out on it.

Steve2000 · 18 Oct 2012 at 17:00

You'll get a fairly high-spec Mondeo for that budget. Quite a bit easier to find a petrol Mondy also as opposed to an A6.