I have a chance to buy a two owner 97 A6 Quattro with automatic trans
for $4500. It has 134K miles and only a few minor body dings. It has
Bose audio, moon roof, almost new Michelins, memory seats and lots of
other goodies. It looks great, drives great, no accidents, good
service records, has no mech probs that I can see. I noticed that high
mileage Quattros dont sell for much at all. Is there some mechanical
disaster looming soon? I have owned Audis before but never a Quattro.
I was astounded at the difference in handling on a winding road
compared to a non Quattro Audi. Feels like it is on tracks. Anything I
should know before buying? Has the 2.8L V6 and uses about a quart of
oil every 1700 miles, but looks from the records like it has always
done that even when young. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Mark

377 wrote:
bought it when it had 170K miles on it, but had someone look it over for
me and they gave it a pretty good thumbs-up. So far nothing too major -
had to replace a transmission sensor, and later the brake lines all
around, but it's been dependable and a nice highway car for road trips.

More recently picked up a '97 A4 Quattro 2.8L (5-spd sedan) with 170K
miles on it as well, and am VERY impressed with how it feels & drives.
Has needed nothing mechanically (although it's only been a few months now).

I'd just get it inspected by a good independent Audi shop first, but
otherwise would go for it!

Good luck.

Bart


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Thanks for the feedback guys! Very helpful. Thanks for taking the time
to respond. The car had the timing belt replaced 3000 miles ago so
thats a significant expense I have dodged for a while. I LOVE the way
Quattros hold the road on a tight turn, a totally different experience
from a FWD A 6. I am going to get it checked out by a dealer and buy
it if nothing horrible shows up.

On Thu, 17 May 2007, 377 wrote:

I remember when I bought my first Audi (a 4000CSQ) in 1985. I had never
driven a Quattro before. I test drove the FWD 4000 on a dry December day
in upstate NY over a local loop of about 10 miles, liked it very much, and
then immediately drove the Quattro version to find out if it was worth the
additional expense. I decided on the Quattro within the first quarter of a
mile; simply night and day difference.

I bought the Quattro, and early in its life, decided to try and get it out
of shape on pulling into the (empty, large) snowy parking lot at work. I
could certainly get it out of shape, but only with some effort, and was
astonished, when I got out of the car, to find out that it was so slippery
I could hardly stand up.

I now have a 2002 A4 3.0 V6 quattro with 95K miles, still good as new.
Everything works on it (except that I don't know about the cruise control;
I've never used it). It feels like it will go forever, but when it dies,
I'm getting another.

Steve