Reliable? 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro Sedan

"Ed" > wrote in message
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> Just got back from the Audit dealer after reading through the
> maintenance records for the 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro I'm interested in. One
> clear item stood out. The rotors were replaced at 15K and again at
> 35K. That's much more frequent than the cars I've previously owned.
> Is this typical for an Audi?

Audis do tend to go through rotors. Typically, the fronts wear faster. Were
all the rotors replaced at 15K and 35K? If so, that would seem a bit
excessive even for Audi. Typically, you replace the rotors with the pads.
Perhaps the previous owner did a lot of autocrossing. ;-)

> As a current owner of three Audis and having owned several others, I
> can tell you about Audis and their general reliability.
>
> They ain't Toyotas. If you want Toyota or Honda reliability, buy one
> of those.

What kind of problems have you had with your audis? Anything serious or just the bling bling stuff?

cp

> 35K. That's much more frequent than the cars I've previously owned.
> Is this typical for an Audi?

Could be the previous driver was aggressive.

cp

On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Ed wrote:

> Just got back from the Audit dealer after reading through the
> maintenance records for the 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro I'm interested in. One
> clear item stood out. The rotors were replaced at 15K and again at 35K.
> That's much more frequent than the cars I've previously owned. Is this
> typical for an Audi?

I have a 2002 A4 3.0 quattro with 75,000 miles. It's still on the original
rotors and pads.

Steve

"Ed" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Just got back from the Audit dealer after reading through the
> maintenance records for the 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro I'm interested in. One
> clear item stood out. The rotors were replaced at 15K and again at
> 35K. That's much more frequent than the cars I've previously owned.
> Is this typical for an Audi?
>
> Interestingly, this is the one item that Consumer Reports flagged as a
> big problem area for this year Audi.
>
> Ed
>
> Ed wrote:
> > I'm seeing Consumer Reports rates this car as unreliable. This has
> > caused me to slow down on a purchase I was about to make. Are there
> > any happy 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro owners out there? Looking for comments
> > about reliability of the car.
> >
> > Ed

Ed, I can tell you're not the type that will be happy with Audi or any other
European car. Get a Toyota and sit around braging about how little
maintenance it requires. Look, a mule is more reliable and requires less
maintenance than a horse too .........

On 13 Oct 2005 16:50:58 -0700, "Ed" > wrote:

>I'm seeing Consumer Reports rates this car as unreliable. This has
>caused me to slow down on a purchase I was about to make. Are there
>any happy 2002 A6 3.0 Quattro owners out there? Looking for comments
>about reliability of the car.

I've been driving Audis since 1984 and wouldn't buy anything but Audi
Quattros. I have had minimum problems with them, and I am hard on
cars. My first Audi convinced me to continue to stick with the
marque; it was the first car in my life to last me 3 years without
major problems. All previous cars were American.

And I don't rely on Consumer Reports to buy casrs. Look at the auto
mags and see what they have to say.

Dave
RS6

Good point there Jonathan, very sharp. Although it does rain in the
summer as well, and yes, I used the Jaguar last winter (reason why I
got the Audi as the Jag was the worst car I have ever driven in snow).

Thanks for the comments though, good one . . . .

Cheers

Nicholas