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neil_g said:
hi audi owners :)

after some advise please, got about £6500 to buy a used A4 Avant TDI. seems this puts me on cars with 80-120k depending on spec (normal 130 sports lower miles for the price, s-line higher etc).

any advice for an audi newb? particular models to aim for and issues to look out for?
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For that price you are looking at high mileage B6 Models TDI engines are rock solid there arent too many issues with the B6 mine comfortably did 190K its only the B7 2005 onwards that you get the issues with DPF and the dreaded Hex shaft..

You should get a decent clean model for that kind of price although I wouldn't expect bells and whistles.. One thing to check the glove compartment locks are very flimsy on this model and can be quite pricey to replace just make sure its fully operational and not showing signs of wear and tear as if its snaps its a bit of a pain to get into the glove compartment

Otherwise a robust car If I was in the market again I would def get a B6
 
paradigm said:
Unsurprisingly, my courtesy car was a petrol A4 :(

I know that this isn't normal behaviour though, as I lived with my old 62 plate A4 (which was identical in all but colour and MMI version) over last winter and it never did this once.
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All getting sorted on warranty? Make sure you put your foot down and keep it down. Fluctuating like that is not normal at all (as you well know).
 
[TW]Fox;25667977 said:
Well however old it is, bit new for a broken stat, no?
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10 months old now, and whilst it's probably a bit young to have a failure, there is no telling how old the (probably cheaply made) thermostat was before it was placed in the vehicle.

Rossi~ said:
All getting sorted on warranty? Make sure you put your foot down and keep it down. Fluctuating like that is not normal at all (as you well know).
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It "will" be sorted through the warranty, when I finally get it through to them that this isn't normal behaviour for the car.

I'm already going through the same communications channels I used when I got my car swapped.
 
Daff_Duck said:
For that price you are looking at high mileage B6 Models TDI engines are rock solid there arent too many issues with the B6 mine comfortably did 190K its only the B7 2005 onwards that you get the issues with DPF and the dreaded Hex shaft..

You should get a decent clean model for that kind of price although I wouldn't expect bells and whistles.. One thing to check the glove compartment locks are very flimsy on this model and can be quite pricey to replace just make sure its fully operational and not showing signs of wear and tear as if its snaps its a bit of a pain to get into the glove compartment

Otherwise a robust car If I was in the market again I would def get a B6
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great stuff thanks for taking the time to reply.

is my google-foo right in saying a B6 is 2000–2006?
 
neil_g said:
is my google-foo right in saying a B6 is 2000–2006?
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Yes and no. In saloon and avant form, technically from late 2004/early 2005, it would be a B7 (all the way up to late 2007/early 2008).

For what it's worth though, the B6 and B7 are the same car with minor cosmetic changes, changes to the infotainment options available, and slightly different suspension geometry.
 
paradigm said:
Yes and no. In saloon and avant form, technically from late 2004/early 2005, it would be a B7 (all the way up to late 2007/early 2008).

For what it's worth though, the B6 and B7 are the same car with minor cosmetic changes, changes to the infotainment options available, and slightly different suspension geometry.
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thats confusing then ha

but the B7 has the DPF?
 
Howard said:
You're not having much luck are you :/
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Not really, getting sick of the way they handle problems. Not that bothered about the fault itself, but they way they treat customers (certainly at this dealership anyway) is appalling.

neil_g said:
but the B7 has the DPF?
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Most will have a DPF, but I believe the 1.9TDI was offered in some form or another as well (but it'll be a low power output version).

However, if your reasons for wanting a diesel are justified, you'll not have any DPF problems anyway.
 
neil_g said:
thats a good point, the DPF issues are where they dont get hot arent they.
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yep pretty much, going on shorter journeys (few miles pottering down the shops) frequently doesn't allow the DPF to get up to temps to actually burn off the captured soot so the filter just builds up with more and more soot until you actually go on a long journey with the engine sitting up at temp for a good while or it just goes into limp mode until a regen is forced.

neighbours bought a diesel A4 and this is exactly what happened to them. used it pretty much exclusively for just doing the trips to down (my diesel literally gets up to temp when I get to the center) and they had to pay out quite a bit in repairs getting the DPF sorted and then just sold it as they could see it was going to just keep happening.
 
Sasso said:
yep pretty much, going on shorter journeys (few miles pottering down the shops) frequently doesn't allow the DPF to get up to temps to actually burn off the captured soot so the filter just builds up with more and more soot until you actually go on a long journey with the engine sitting up at temp for a good while or it just goes into limp mode until a regen is forced.

neighbours bought a diesel A4 and this is exactly what happened to them. used it pretty much exclusively for just doing the trips to down (my diesel literally gets up to temp when I get to the center) and they had to pay out quite a bit in repairs getting the DPF sorted and then just sold it as they could see it was going to just keep happening.
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thats great, we've got the missus little petrol clio for pootling around in. the a4 would be for distances :)
 
:) nice, that's my reason for wanting the petrol A4. I don't do anywhere near enough miles to warrant a diesel really as it's pretty much to and from work, visiting parents on the weekends and then for the longer trips a few times a year. Didn't really fancy running into the same problems as my neighbours :p
 
Don't forget it costs around £80 to cut the DPF out and replace with stainless steel pipe, and then a remap which is handy to have anyway :)
 
86JR said:
Don't forget it costs around £80 to cut the DPF out and replace with stainless steel pipe, and then a remap which is handy to have anyway :)
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arn't they bringing in a visual inspection on DPFs for the MOT? or you mean ripping the innerds of the box out and putting a pipe inside like a stealth removal rather than removing the box entirely?
 
Yes they are, you will be lucky to get away with a dpf removal these days. They will also fail the car if a engine management light is on although a remap at the same time should take care of that...
 
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