I looked at it yesterday and I'm taking it for a test drive today. It is fully loaded with every option available, forged wheels, sport etc. 89,000 KM's. The dealer is asking $34,000CAN but my dad has bought a new A4 and A8 from him in the last few years and knows the sales guy. He said he would give me about $1500CAN off plus the 2 year 160,000km warrenty which is another couple of thousand (although the car is in the autotrader and in the ad it says warrenty is included in that price). I checked the black book value and it said it was worth $23,325CAN plus more because it had low km's. In the auto trader there are a few other 4.2's selling for $28,000 and some 2.7T's for $21,000. I don't know what options and what the condition of those are though. This one seemed in mint condition except for a bunch of scratches on the silver base of the gear shifter from the previous owners ring which he will fix.

Also, there is a 2004 A4 loaded, sport, with 75,000km's for $35,000CAN (after discount) that I'm testing today. Its black book value is $35,675 minus some because of high km's. Any opinions would really help me out. Especially about what kind of prices I should be offering.

*edit: total prices in US would be about $28,500 for A6 and $31,000 for A4.

 

Hi Rob1234

Sound like you may still need to decide exactly which Audi you really want.....there is a VAST difference between the A4 and the A6, and quite a large difference between the 2.7 and the 4.2 also!

As for prices, I'm not sure how prices are in CAN, but I purchased my 2001 4.2 in March....it had sport package, cold weather, warm weather, and only 47k miles...I picked it up for $22,500 USD. To me, 28,500 sounds quite high, but again, I'm not familiar with prices in CAN.

In any case, BEST OF LUCK....we all know how you feel.....the time between wanting, shopping, and buying are some of the most exciting times we car fanatics have to enjoy!

Shoman

 

Thanks, I'm testing both cars in about an hour so then I'll try and decide which one I like then. I'll tell him that I've found the same cars for way less and see how low I can get him. I've driven an A4 3.0 and A8 4.2 lots before. I like A4 better but the A6 I'm looking at has sport suspension and such so it may be closer to the A4 than A8. We'll see.

 

Well, just got back and I'm still no closer to a decision.

For the A4 it's only 2 years old so I would get a 4 year 160,000km warrenty. The suspension and steering were a lot tighter which I liked and it's newer and less scuffs and scratches and has newer looking controls and silver trim instead of wood grain which I also like.

For the A6 I only get a 2 year 160,000km warrenty. It has every option feature possible and I like the look of the exterior a lot better than the A4 and way more power but looser suspension.

The A6 has xenon lights, power passenger seat, garage door, sun screens, more room and other stuff that the A4 didn't. It does not have the thing where the blinkers blink 3 times when you click it down which the A4 has. It also has some little scratches on the wood trim and scuffs on the glove box.

So basically it's between the 2004 A4 with better steering/suspension and a better interior for $34,000CAN or the 2001 A6 with more power, xenon, and better exterior for under $30,000CAN.

Any advice or opinions would be very welcome. I'll be keeping this car for at least 5 years.

I have an HID kit from my old car at home with a relay, two ballasts and two HID bulbs. How difficult would it be to use this kit in the A4? What bulb size/type is the A4? I think I have H7 bulbs but I can get another type if necessary. The relay connects directly to the battery and the ballasts I can just zip tie somewhere so I think it should be possible unless the A4 uses some wierd headlight design or bulb type.

 

Oh yeah, the A6 also has 3M rockguard already and Bose, but Bose sucks.

 

A6 stock suspension prior to 03 is pretty loose. The sport package cures this. The other alternative is aftermakret coilovers/shocks/sways. On 03, Audi made the sport suspension standard.

 

The A6 I'm looking at has the sport suspension. It's not super loose but not like the A4 which also had sport.

 

One thing to consider is that the A6 (particularly the 4.2) is a LOT heavier car. As such, it will never feel as nimble. Even with the OEM sport suspension, you can benefit from upgrading the sway bars with the beefier ones made by H-sport (the next mod I'm doing to my 01 2.7T sport). Big bang for small buck (<350).

If I weren't 6' 3" I would have gone for an S4. The 2.7T engine (which I LOVE) in the smaller A4 body is supposed to be an absolute blast. Went with the A6 because I needed a roomier ride and love it.

Good luck!

 

Yeah, I'm still wavering back and forth. I'm going to go back tomorrow and have a closer look at them and really compare them.

How much do you think the sway bars would be to install though?

 

Sway bars are a DIY if you're reasonably comfortable with tools. No more than a couple of hours for a mechanic so they shouldn't be too much if you opt to have it done for you.