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Replying to: kennyj1 (Jul 26, 2007 8:22 am) The real answer is it all depends. You need to give a lot more details than you have provided for anyone to give an "informed opinion." I see no reason you couldn't use an Audi for 200K miles without a MAJOR repair. But you would have to maintain it -- and Audi maintenance (not unlike many other cars) is breathtakingly expensive out of the Audi Advantage period. Changing the fluids often, more often than required, is a big step. Keeping everything about the car clean, lubed and filtered and using the top tier gasolines too is a big insurance policy. Someone, somewhere did a "diminishing returns" analysis. Hell, for all I know, the magic mileage is 150K or 250K. My magic number has been 50K, I am rethinking that to 100K, but haven't had the guts to do it yet.
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Replying to: kennyj1 (Jul 26, 2007 8:22 am) |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Jul 27, 2007 2:23 pm) thanks
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Replying to: kennyj1 (Jul 27, 2007 7:32 pm) One of the techs at my Audi dealer has an Audi with 175,000 miles on it -- no major issues. I have 40K -- the car, a 2005 A6 3.2, feels "as it did the day I got it." I am clueless as to what that means in terms of its durability and potential for long life. It "seems" as if it ought to go 100K with minimal problems. I have a lease -- I have 9 more pmts to go. I may or may not keep it a bit longer than the lease. I will look at another A6, the new A4, A5 and the upcoming Cadillac CTS, the BMW 3 and maybe 5, the CUV's just out from GM (GMC and Buick, perhaps.) The new lifetime powertrain warranty on Chrysler products may get your attention -- the refreshened 300 AWD with a number of option boxes checked is (or ought to be since I have not seen the updated 300 in the flesh, so to speak) a pretty nice car (my in-laws have a 2007 AWD 300 and its German heritage has not been snuffed out.) The quality of the Germans has and continues to be a matter of some debate and strong opinion. Gulp: my first thought, however, is if I really intended to acquire and use a car for 200K miles, "no Europeans need apply -- unless they be diesels." 
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Jul 28, 2007 5:15 am) 
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Replying to: pat (Jul 28, 2007 7:40 am) |
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I bought my A6 about a month ago. My dealer said at the time that Audi will come out with an iPod retrofit into the music system, to be controlled by the MMI. He thought it was planned to come out this summer, for about $300. Has anyone else heard anything about it? I would love to use the iPod in my car, and the car I bought did not have the factory interface in it.
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Replying to: zgreatlife (Aug 02, 2007 6:28 pm) |
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Replying to: kennyj1 (Jul 26, 2007 8:22 am) 
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My wife's '01 Volvo XC70 is getting old and needs replacement. But the new style '08 XC70 is heavier, slower, still is largely front wheel drive, and comes with less luggage capacity. All in all not a great leap forward for Volvo. So, I am looking around for a comparable AWD wagon or sedan. The BMW wagon seems way overpriced and at 62 I think I am still too young for a MB. That leaves Audi. I recently sat in an S6 Audi and loved the sport seats. Not too confining (as the Porsche ones are for a guy north of 200 pounds) and very supportive. Seemingly ideal for a long trip home down the interstate late some night with the sterio on and being alone with your thoughts. The Amarreto interior for $1000 extra seems to be a nice option, too, although the sport seats seem a bargain relative to the Ameretto. Has anyone had any experience with these two options? Do you recommend them? When I go on the Audi web site and talk with dealers I can't get a clear answer. Can you order the $500 sport seats and amaretto leather on a 3.2 sedan? On the Avant?
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