2001 or later turbo failures?
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2001 or later turbo failures?
Has anyone had their turbos fail in a 2001 or later 2.7t? If so, did you have any modifications?
When I went in to this lease, I had my mind set on turning it in at the end of its term, and getting something new. Now I'm starting to think in the direction of keeping the A6 for my other half to use as her daily driver, and getting a 2006 S4. This has me feeling a little bit of buyer's remorse about not getting the 4.2, which I perceive as less likely to eat itself.
So, have any 2001 or later A6 owners been paid a visit by the turbo lady? Thanks in advance.
When I went in to this lease, I had my mind set on turning it in at the end of its term, and getting something new. Now I'm starting to think in the direction of keeping the A6 for my other half to use as her daily driver, and getting a 2006 S4. This has me feeling a little bit of buyer's remorse about not getting the 4.2, which I perceive as less likely to eat itself.
So, have any 2001 or later A6 owners been paid a visit by the turbo lady? Thanks in advance.
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Thanks for the info, I'd really like to be able to hang on to this one for a while.
This is the first car I've had that didn't leave me looking towards my next car within the first few months of ownership. I was really gun-shy about long term car ownership after tearing up a tranny in a '99 Acura TL with only 30k on the clock (common problem on those cars, as it turns out), so I decided to go with a lease this time around. After almost a year of living with this car, I can easily see myself enjoying it over a longer term than 42 months. I'm also beginning to realize that reducing my committed burn rate would be a good thing, as financial stability becomes about more than just taking care of myself.
My monthly payments are higher than they could be, due to buying 17Kmiles/yr, but my payoff seems low at ~$21K. All in all, the numbers look very nice to me for buying the car at the end of the lease. The only other thought I had in mind was picking up a used '02 or '03 A6 4.2 towards the end of my lease, but my only real motivation for that would be the reliability factor.
This is the first car I've had that didn't leave me looking towards my next car within the first few months of ownership. I was really gun-shy about long term car ownership after tearing up a tranny in a '99 Acura TL with only 30k on the clock (common problem on those cars, as it turns out), so I decided to go with a lease this time around. After almost a year of living with this car, I can easily see myself enjoying it over a longer term than 42 months. I'm also beginning to realize that reducing my committed burn rate would be a good thing, as financial stability becomes about more than just taking care of myself.
My monthly payments are higher than they could be, due to buying 17Kmiles/yr, but my payoff seems low at ~$21K. All in all, the numbers look very nice to me for buying the car at the end of the lease. The only other thought I had in mind was picking up a used '02 or '03 A6 4.2 towards the end of my lease, but my only real motivation for that would be the reliability factor.
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Well, then, you have a couple options when the time comes!
Not me, though. Unless my driving pattern changes a LOT, I'll be so far over on mileage by lease-end it'll be cheaper to buy the car than pay the mileage charges! Well, nearly cheaper anyway.
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My problem is that I enjoy driving my cars too much to be restrained by a low milage lease. I put over 50k miles on my Acura TL between June 1999 and August 2002 without leaving the tri-state area, and I only had a 20 mile round trip commute to work. My car is without a doubt my favorite "toy".
Pray for our turbos, now, and while at WOT. :-)
Pray for our turbos, now, and while at WOT. :-)
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Re: Lease purchase
I have a lease expiring next month, 00 A6 2.7T. . My lease is with Wells Fargo. They have called me twice to bargin with me to pruchase the car. I had a lot of problems with this car and Audi in general, I was going to turn the car in but now Wells does not want this car back. They have offered to sell me the car at $4000 under the residual. This is going to give me alot of thinking to do.
My point is if you are going to purchase your car, bargin with the lease holder they do not want cars back.
My point is if you are going to purchase your car, bargin with the lease holder they do not want cars back.
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