if you had 25,000.00 ......

[Brett Dikeman]

At 11:08 PM -0400 4/7/02, ASTHAMMER at aol.com wrote:
>Would you buy a like new, 2000 Audi A6 Quattro. 30k miles
>
>  ... or a
>
>1997 A8 one owner, all records, very clean. 60k miles    ??

The A6, easy, provided they're both in a condition typical for their
respective mileage/age.  Among other things, it's still got some
warrantee left on it(unless they're both "certified preowned" or
whatever, in which case, I have little idea what the respective
warrantees would be, but I'm still going to guess the A6's will be
better; you should certainly look into it.)

Further, if it's the 2.8l V6(sounds like it, given the price) and you
get bored with its performance, you can spend about $4-5k and bump it
up to 300hp with a supercharger kit from PES that can be installed in
a weekend.  Instant access to gobs of power.  Supposedly the newest
revision of their kit is very nice, much quieter than the first
design.

I think the 2.7tt model(250hp, 310 with $500-ish spent on a chipped
ECU) is still priced too high, even used, to offer better bang/$, but
I haven't really looked to see what a 2000/2001 2.7tt will fetch.

I wouldn't do the supercharger until -after- the warrantee comes off,
by the way :-)

Oh, and did the A8 need a timing belt job, or had it been done
already?  It's at most every 90k miles, and that's probably one very
sweet chunk of change right there.

Aside from the t-belt and the tuning possibilities, what are your
needs?  The A6 will get better gas mileage, so it'll be better for a
long commute in terms of $; it's lighter, too, so it'll be nimbler in
the twisties and more fun to drive...but the A8 has an enormous trunk
and obviously more interior room.

Brett
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