A8 owners, did you consider the A6 4.2?
01-28-2000, 04:56 PM
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Questions for Bart
I have been following the A6 and A8 boards for quite some time. I know about your entire saga with the A6 4.2. I really feel for you, but it looks like things turned out really well for you, judging by those great pics. However, I will not comment on the new wheels. Actually, I am using the picture of your "lemon" A6 as my wallpaper (it would be even better if it did not have the Ford F-150 in the background!) I do not tell people about all the trouble you had. I get positive comments all the time about it the A6, not the Ford). It is the same color combo as the one I have on order, so it keeps me company as I await delivery. I know you have answered this before, but I want to ask you know as you have more time behind the wheel of the A8. How is the STOCK A8 compared to the A6 4.2? Power, comfort, quality, design, etc? What are your thoughts on the melange exterior color? Did you test drive the A6 before you purchased? Please comment on anything else I may have omitted. Thanks in advance.
01-28-2000, 05:23 PM
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Re: Questions for Bart
Sorry, but Audi doesn't make a truck!! Do you want a big picture of that A6? Like 1280x1024? I have a big one I could send you.
An A6 4.2 is a really great car, I loved it and missed it because it felt small and nimble and very powerful. It was visually captivating too, more so than the A8. But, the A6 is not an A8 and will never be at that ultra-high level of refinement. You can tell the difference. You can feel it, people riding in the car can feel it. The A8 rides like a vault and has a solidity that few cars can match. I will leave it at that. Since I put on the new tires any longings I had for the A6 4.2 have been erased. The cars weigh the same and perform the same but the A8 has a more powerful feel to it because you are moving a larger mass. To be in a largish car that moves so gracefully and effortlessly is really wonderful. I won't detract from the A6 4.2 any though, because until I spent time with the A8 it was one of my favorite cars ever.
I like the Ming Blue better WHEN it is clean, which is about an hour after you wash it. It shows everything. I don't care for Melange on the A8 but on the A6 4.2 it is gorgeous. It is very easy to care for which is nice and a big plus. I wouldn't trade my blue A8 for a Melange one though. A6 4.2 definitely Melange. I would prefer either car in dark green though. But of course, colors are all opinion. (Like wheel asthetics.)
What can a person say, both are really great cars and both would make any sane person incredibly happy. I desire the A8 more and I should because it costs more and has more to it. But I didn't cry myself to sleep either when I was driving the A6 4.2.
One other thing, I am tall and big (6' 04" 235 lbs) and I my lower back always hurt a bit in the seats of the A6 4.2 no matter how I adjusted them. 15 minutes in the car and I was sore. I could not fix this problem no matter what I did. This issue is gone in the A8, that is important. But, my hair, just before a haircut, will rub the ceiling in an A8 and it did not in the A6. That bugs me. No sweat though, I just put on my ball cap.
An A6 4.2 is a really great car, I loved it and missed it because it felt small and nimble and very powerful. It was visually captivating too, more so than the A8. But, the A6 is not an A8 and will never be at that ultra-high level of refinement. You can tell the difference. You can feel it, people riding in the car can feel it. The A8 rides like a vault and has a solidity that few cars can match. I will leave it at that. Since I put on the new tires any longings I had for the A6 4.2 have been erased. The cars weigh the same and perform the same but the A8 has a more powerful feel to it because you are moving a larger mass. To be in a largish car that moves so gracefully and effortlessly is really wonderful. I won't detract from the A6 4.2 any though, because until I spent time with the A8 it was one of my favorite cars ever.
I like the Ming Blue better WHEN it is clean, which is about an hour after you wash it. It shows everything. I don't care for Melange on the A8 but on the A6 4.2 it is gorgeous. It is very easy to care for which is nice and a big plus. I wouldn't trade my blue A8 for a Melange one though. A6 4.2 definitely Melange. I would prefer either car in dark green though. But of course, colors are all opinion. (Like wheel asthetics.)
What can a person say, both are really great cars and both would make any sane person incredibly happy. I desire the A8 more and I should because it costs more and has more to it. But I didn't cry myself to sleep either when I was driving the A6 4.2.
One other thing, I am tall and big (6' 04" 235 lbs) and I my lower back always hurt a bit in the seats of the A6 4.2 no matter how I adjusted them. 15 minutes in the car and I was sore. I could not fix this problem no matter what I did. This issue is gone in the A8, that is important. But, my hair, just before a haircut, will rub the ceiling in an A8 and it did not in the A6. That bugs me. No sweat though, I just put on my ball cap.
