2016 2.0 PP+ or 3.0 V6 Prestige?
07-28-2015, 06:51 PM
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Awesome deal, congrats!
Can't imagine getting a deal like this here in Bay Area though. You can be happy if they let you take a test drive. They seem to not care for business at all here.
Can't imagine getting a deal like this here in Bay Area though. You can be happy if they let you take a test drive. They seem to not care for business at all here.
07-30-2015, 01:27 PM
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If you are talking N. California Bay Area, I could tell you where I went and got an awesome deal.
08-05-2015, 06:13 PM
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Finally picked up the new car today! There was some initial drama about actual delivery date but more on that later. So this is a 2016 TDI Prestige, Florett Silver on black with black headliner and Cold Weather and Driver Assist packages. The car is just absolutely gorgeous! The low-end power is incredible and the LEDs were well suited to my (literally) neck of the woods. I'll try to post some pics later this week.
In the meantime, I discovered the dealer slapped on their sticker on the trunk. What's the best way to take it off? I read the best way is to use a hair dryer on the hottest setting, starting on the middle of the sticker and slowly working out towards the edges. Would the heat damage the clear coat or paint? Is Goo Off also good? My third Audi and this is the first time I've encountered this.
In the meantime, I discovered the dealer slapped on their sticker on the trunk. What's the best way to take it off? I read the best way is to use a hair dryer on the hottest setting, starting on the middle of the sticker and slowly working out towards the edges. Would the heat damage the clear coat or paint? Is Goo Off also good? My third Audi and this is the first time I've encountered this.
08-05-2015, 06:44 PM
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My dealer knows I do not want any of their advertising on my new cars; plate frames, decals or emblems. If I wanted to drive a mobile billboard, I would charge them for the advertising.
You should take it back and have them remove it. It's your car, not theirs to slap that junk on your car.
You should take it back and have them remove it. It's your car, not theirs to slap that junk on your car.
08-06-2015, 05:50 AM
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My wife's new A6, picked up in Ingolstadt in late June has had over 3200 miles on European highways. She doesn't like a bumpy ride so she wanted the standard suspension with 18" wheels, but every thing else is on it. Prestige, B&O, Comfort seats, etc. Car rides and handles well, not too soft, but not at all bumpy. Mileage on non-ethanol Super (91 US) was perfect and at an average of 85 mph was 30 mpg. At an average of 115 mph, it dropped to 20 mpg. Top was 130 mph, which is the limited on the A6. It just doesn't go any faster, just sits at 130. Oil was down 1/4 at 3200 miles. It will arrive here in September. Automatic tends to jump off the line, needs to be fixed.
08-08-2015, 08:49 AM
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When ordering and waiting for my car, a number of times I second guessed my choices due to taking too seriously a couple of the same reviews that gave a marginal caveat about pairing the 20" wheels with the sports suspension IF you lived in a winter/spring pothole hell like Detroit ... But otherwise had largely glowing reviews on the 2016 car with sports 20" set up.
I'm SO glad I listened more to my Audi service manager, several of the reps there and a few dealers I called in more snowy regions who all reassured me the concern expressed by some were overblown, and that few people who actually own these cars wind up complaining about either the Sports pack 19" or 20" set up.
On my first two hour drive home from Scottsdale to Sedona through long open highway and winding mountain and large Mesa passes, I had a grin from ear to ear with total relief how even before the car had settled in (it had 9 miles on it when I left Phoenix and I had put most of those few miles on it myself in Scottsdale) the ride and handling were both outstanding and not at all 'harsh' or irritating in the slightest .
Since then on many different road surfaces I'm still just as happy and so very glad I did not listen to the folks who were down on the sports suspension. I go over five speed bumps every day each way coming up and down my street in a slow neighborhood and my A6 glides over those bumps even when I hit them at 45mph rather than the 15mph they are set for, and it is totally less harsh than our 2015 A4 Prestige Quattro S-Line without any sports suspension and with 18" Pirelli P7 AS tires!
The Q5 you are used too will likely be even more cushy and floaty but the A6 is a different car and while it can be made into more of a cruiser floater, as an Audi sedan, it still has sports DNA in its blood and should have a nice 5 link sports suspension on both front and rear wheels in my view.
Obviously, it will depend on what you are looking for in a car... Yes ,it will be more of a performance machine than with the regular set up on 18" balloons, but be sure and give both a good long test drive or three to make up your own mind.
When you do, be SURE to take note of the 'cold tire pressure' and do NOT over fill the tires to over 41psi all around. Some guys slap 44psi front and 46psi rear for a car, because they see that on the front door of the 3.0T ... And with you and maybe the salesman max riding in it with a quarter of half tank of gas and zero luggage or added weight, that scenario indeed could be a much stiffer ride!
I run 39psi front 37psi rear with very cold early morning measurement and it works like a champ giving awesome grip and road hugging prowess while feeling jet like a fast Audi should and the minimal tread wear so far appears very even.
Which gets back to the 3.0T where several field tests have the 2016 running around 0-60mph in 4.7 to 4.6 seconds ....that's a full second faster than the improved 252hp 273ft/lb torque 2016 2.0T with Quattro and the 8 speed tranny... A full second is a LOT faster not just a little bit.
The power is so smooth as well and just pulls up a mountain like there is no tomorrow and no strain whatsoever continuing to accelerate going up rather steep grades without petering out at all.
If anything, you might need to invest in a new Escort Passport Max 2 with some laser sensors too, just because it is so effortless to suddenly be going 110 while it feels like 60mph, at least out on these gorgeous wide open highways in Arizona.
Anyway, good luck on your decision, but the vast majority of us who have the sports suspension are happy campers... Tires can make a big difference too in how the ride feels, probably more so than a one inch diameter increase in wheel size effects the ride. The larger wheels tend to improve handling with well matched tires with a modest impact on ride feel and noticing bumps but nothing harsh unless you blow up your tires too much for your real world load.
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08-09-2015, 04:50 AM
#39
For me , though the 2016 2.0T is a substantial upgrade in power over the original 2.0T ', that was rather anemic for a car this size, the shear enjoyment and sense of 'right' proportion of power to the size and model class of the A6 makes the 3.0T Supercharged V6 a total no brained to me, which now that I have about 1,450 miles on it, and fully broken in, my '16 3.0T Prestige, S-Line Sports pack, and Drivers Assistance is more enjoyable than I ever expected.
When ordering and waiting for my car, a number of times I second guessed my choices due to taking too seriously a couple of the same reviews that gave a marginal caveat about pairing the 20" wheels with the sports suspension IF you lived in a winter/spring pothole hell like Detroit ... But otherwise had largely glowing reviews on the 2016 car with sports 20" set up.
I'm SO glad I listened more to my Audi service manager, several of the reps there and a few dealers I called in more snowy regions who all reassured me the concern expressed by some were overblown, and that few people who actually own these cars wind up complaining about either the Sports pack 19" or 20" set up.
On my first two hour drive home from Scottsdale to Sedona through long open highway and winding mountain and large Mesa passes, I had a grin from ear to ear with total relief how even before the car had settled in (it had 9 miles on it when I left Phoenix and I had put most of those few miles on it myself in Scottsdale) the ride and handling were both outstanding and not at all 'harsh' or irritating in the slightest .
Since then on many different road surfaces I'm still just as happy and so very glad I did not listen to the folks who were down on the sports suspension. I go over five speed bumps every day each way coming up and down my street in a slow neighborhood and my A6 glides over those bumps even when I hit them at 45mph rather than the 15mph they are set for, and it is totally less harsh than our 2015 A4 Prestige Quattro S-Line without any sports suspension and with 18" Pirelli P7 AS tires!
The Q5 you are used too will likely be even more cushy and floaty but the A6 is a different car and while it can be made into more of a cruiser floater, as an Audi sedan, it still has sports DNA in its blood and should have a nice 5 link sports suspension on both front and rear wheels in my view.
Obviously, it will depend on what you are looking for in a car... Yes ,it will be more of a performance machine than with the regular set up on 18" balloons, but be sure and give both a good long test drive or three to make up your own mind.
When you do, be SURE to take note of the 'cold tire pressure' and do NOT over fill the tires to over 41psi all around. Some guys slap 44psi front and 46psi rear for a car, because they see that on the front door of the 3.0T ... And with you and maybe the salesman max riding in it with a quarter of half tank of gas and zero luggage or added weight, that scenario indeed could be a much stiffer ride!
I run 39psi front 37psi rear with very cold early morning measurement and it works like a champ giving awesome grip and road hugging prowess while feeling jet like a fast Audi should and the minimal tread wear so far appears very even.
Which gets back to the 3.0T where several field tests have the 2016 running around 0-60mph in 4.7 to 4.6 seconds ....that's a full second faster than the improved 252hp 273ft/lb torque 2016 2.0T with Quattro and the 8 speed tranny... A full second is a LOT faster not just a little bit.
The power is so smooth as well and just pulls up a mountain like there is no tomorrow and no strain whatsoever continuing to accelerate going up rather steep grades without petering out at all.
If anything, you might need to invest in a new Escort Passport Max 2 with some laser sensors too, just because it is so effortless to suddenly be going 110 while it feels like 60mph, at least out on these gorgeous wide open highways in Arizona.
Anyway, good luck on your decision, but the vast majority of us who have the sports suspension are happy campers... Tires can make a big difference too in how the ride feels, probably more so than a one inch diameter increase in wheel size effects the ride. The larger wheels tend to improve handling with well matched tires with a modest impact on ride feel and noticing bumps but nothing harsh unless you blow up your tires too much for your real world load.
When ordering and waiting for my car, a number of times I second guessed my choices due to taking too seriously a couple of the same reviews that gave a marginal caveat about pairing the 20" wheels with the sports suspension IF you lived in a winter/spring pothole hell like Detroit ... But otherwise had largely glowing reviews on the 2016 car with sports 20" set up.
I'm SO glad I listened more to my Audi service manager, several of the reps there and a few dealers I called in more snowy regions who all reassured me the concern expressed by some were overblown, and that few people who actually own these cars wind up complaining about either the Sports pack 19" or 20" set up.
On my first two hour drive home from Scottsdale to Sedona through long open highway and winding mountain and large Mesa passes, I had a grin from ear to ear with total relief how even before the car had settled in (it had 9 miles on it when I left Phoenix and I had put most of those few miles on it myself in Scottsdale) the ride and handling were both outstanding and not at all 'harsh' or irritating in the slightest .
Since then on many different road surfaces I'm still just as happy and so very glad I did not listen to the folks who were down on the sports suspension. I go over five speed bumps every day each way coming up and down my street in a slow neighborhood and my A6 glides over those bumps even when I hit them at 45mph rather than the 15mph they are set for, and it is totally less harsh than our 2015 A4 Prestige Quattro S-Line without any sports suspension and with 18" Pirelli P7 AS tires!
The Q5 you are used too will likely be even more cushy and floaty but the A6 is a different car and while it can be made into more of a cruiser floater, as an Audi sedan, it still has sports DNA in its blood and should have a nice 5 link sports suspension on both front and rear wheels in my view.
Obviously, it will depend on what you are looking for in a car... Yes ,it will be more of a performance machine than with the regular set up on 18" balloons, but be sure and give both a good long test drive or three to make up your own mind.
When you do, be SURE to take note of the 'cold tire pressure' and do NOT over fill the tires to over 41psi all around. Some guys slap 44psi front and 46psi rear for a car, because they see that on the front door of the 3.0T ... And with you and maybe the salesman max riding in it with a quarter of half tank of gas and zero luggage or added weight, that scenario indeed could be a much stiffer ride!
I run 39psi front 37psi rear with very cold early morning measurement and it works like a champ giving awesome grip and road hugging prowess while feeling jet like a fast Audi should and the minimal tread wear so far appears very even.
Which gets back to the 3.0T where several field tests have the 2016 running around 0-60mph in 4.7 to 4.6 seconds ....that's a full second faster than the improved 252hp 273ft/lb torque 2016 2.0T with Quattro and the 8 speed tranny... A full second is a LOT faster not just a little bit.
The power is so smooth as well and just pulls up a mountain like there is no tomorrow and no strain whatsoever continuing to accelerate going up rather steep grades without petering out at all.
If anything, you might need to invest in a new Escort Passport Max 2 with some laser sensors too, just because it is so effortless to suddenly be going 110 while it feels like 60mph, at least out on these gorgeous wide open highways in Arizona.
Anyway, good luck on your decision, but the vast majority of us who have the sports suspension are happy campers... Tires can make a big difference too in how the ride feels, probably more so than a one inch diameter increase in wheel size effects the ride. The larger wheels tend to improve handling with well matched tires with a modest impact on ride feel and noticing bumps but nothing harsh unless you blow up your tires too much for your real world load.
08-09-2015, 06:06 AM
#40
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If you were referring to all Audi models, then that might be true with the Q5 and A3/A4 (which only offer the 2.0T engine and the A4 being the 2nd best seller for Audi). As to the C7 A6 however, I doubt that the 2.0T outsells the 3.0T and 3.0TDI.