2001 Audi A6

Sedan

6 Cylinder 2.7 Liter Turbo

Manual

WAUED64B21N121638

Clear

All Wheel Drive

Gasoline

Power Windows

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 2001 Audi A6 2.7t 6-spd Sport Up for auction is my executive owned and maintained A6 2.7t Sport 6-spd with full service records from day one. It NEEDS NOTHING as far as safety or mechanical operation goes. I’m the second owner and have added 49k miles to the 59k miles its original owner applied for a total of 108k. The car is freshly PA inspected and in terrific running condition as I have spared no expense keeping all her mechanicals in top running order. Synthetic oil every time (usually around 5k). The all important timing belt service was done back at 85k miles, and all new rotors, pads and tires were put on just these past six months, and new lower control arms and bushings just before that. For those of you who might not know, this series of A6 (code named ‘C5’ within Audi), which ended in 2004, was the last that could be had with the manual 6-spd trans. Audi has not brought that back to North America since. And while you will occasionally see sellers advertise 6 speeds as ‘rare’, well, they really aren't all that hard to find. What IS rare though, and very difficult to come by, is finding one that also has the ‘Sports’ option. Now try to find that combination in the much desired silver-over-black and you're now searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. The Sports suspension and interior gets you stiffer springs which also lower the car almost an inch (it looks better than 'normal' A6's), better damping shocks, 17” rims with wider meats, sport bucket seats, and bigger brakes all around which totally transforms what is otherwise a quick German ‘Buick’ into a competent sports sedan. No offense to anyone who owns the ‘standard’ 6-spd (or automatic for that matter) but there simply is no comparison. The car is loaded (except for NAV), including: front and rear heated seats and both driver and passenger front memory seating. She also has the all important Bose sound system with a 6-CD changer in the trunk to go along with a slot for one CD in the dash and a cassette player too (what’s a cassette?). Sadly, in this vintage they didn’t offer auxiliary ports for iPod hookups, but I’m including my Kensington unit which matches the car perfectly. Steering wheel controls for audio and cruise. You’ll notice that the original owner also upgraded the car to.......17” Oettinger rims, however he needed some ‘training’ in the parallel parking department and the rims unfortunately reflect that. Of course there’s a powered sunroof, front and side airbags, usable cup holders front and rear, his/hers automatic climate control, all of which work perfectly,fold-down rear seats which have proven very useful and, in my opinion, a timeless body style that still looks beautiful and fools people into guessing about the car’s age. The only known issues are two. The first is mixing pixels in the center dash display (usually when it gets cold) and; that same display may have ‘other’ issues that are also causing the interior lights to mysteriously glow on and off when they feel like it (I simply turn them off and on manually) but otherwise the display works properly. Supposedly this is a $300 unit and two-to-three hours labor which I unfortunately haven’t gotten around to getting fixed. I’m fastidious about the mechanical and safety aspects of the car but a bit more tolerant of nuisance issues like these. Also, the car came with the self-dimming interior mirror but the original, and a second replacement, both failed because the glass separated and the LCD fluid escaped. I finally had the dealer replace the mirror with an old fashioned ‘do-it-by-hand’ type since I was tired of that expense ($485 for the mirror alone!). Unfortunately it, along with the outside side mirrors, are no longer self-dimming, but it’s really no big deal. Like I said, minor nuisances. The second notable(?) is a small dimple in the driver’s door which is what I got for taking my wife out to dinner one evening. I’m not showing it in pictures because I’m going to have it fixed by the local ‘paintless-dent-repair’ place before I sell it ($99). As I said earlier the car has just been inspected so it’s good (in PA at least) through November of 2011. I’ve got the reserve set at just above KBB trade-in. Frankly, I don't think most typical roadside dealers would ever present you an equivalent car this clean and with a full maintenance history for a price that is potentially this low. So if you’re looking for what may have been the best sports-luxury AWD sedan ever sold in this country, bid soon and bid often!!