Got a 2000 A6 2.7T (1900 miles on it) as my loaner today and here's what I thought:

- has all the options the S4 should have come with: seat memory, dual climate control, rear heated seats, remote trunk release, all windows one touch up and down.
- I wonder if any of these could be ported to the S4? hmmm.
- steering wheel is a bit thinner, has stereo controls but not Tip controls
- Tip had to literaly pounded to shift up, soft touch to downshift though.
- brakes felt better than my S4, less pedal effort maybe.
- power steering was much easier to turn than S4
- thought it felt quick, then I got back in my S4 tonight and my Tip S4 is quite a bit snappier.
- fog lights are really useless, could hardly see them come on.
- I liked the white backlit numbers on the gauges
- I liked the what seemed to be a slightly larger LCD in the center, did it have more info?, my S4 LCD in the dash seemed shorter.
- seats are much flatter but comfy on 2 hour commute.
- had plenty of getup, tire squeal around corners at full throttle--D.C. was terrible today, 20mins to go 1 block!!!!
- gas mileage seemed 2-3mpg less than my S4 w/Tip.

All-in-all, if I needed more room this would be on the list. If a non-turbo'd version had the same pep I'd probably go for it so I would have to worry about the cool down times, just get in and go.

Dealer also had an All-Road, it was dark so I didn't get a good look at the grey/green seats. Looks good in person, especially if you live on gravel roads or will experience "real" snow this year.

my 1/2 cent.
Chris
'00 S4 w/Tip

 

The seat memory and radio controls on the wheel are extras though. We didn't get them because they weren't available right away. Audi messed up the option packaging for the A6 though. Getting seat memory and HID would have cost us $2000 or so because of how packages can't be combined. That's way too much. The sales guy at Carlsen wouldn't budge so we went back to A-B and bought it right there (without seat memory).

Not nearly as snappy as the S4 but very comfy.

Sander