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Originally Posted by Shenya allroads seems to have tranny problems and air suspenison problems. |
Shenya is right...
2 biggest concerns w/ the allroad is the air bag suspension and the tranny.
The airbag issue isn't a HUGE deal if you can do things yourself... perviously you had to order the bags outta europe as no one in north america typically carries them anymore due to the allroad not be made. However a very well known US company that has been doing air ride suspesion for many many years has now been selling allroad specific bags and the feedback is great.
Other just swap out the bags and put in coil-overs, but that kinda defeats the allroad idea.
We bought an 02 allroad a little over a year ago. prices were MUCH higher then they are now.
Our's is a US car and it had close to 90,000 miles. It was already here in canada @ a only-slightly-shady dealership.
The only reason i felt good about buying is i'd been doing research on them for 6 months+ prior to buying and the car was imported by an audi tech and he went through it and did all the major things.
Car had a new tranny and all new air bags and a ton of other minor things. he ended up trading it to this particaular dealer for a A3 as it was to bad on gas for him. All w/ receipts from north shore audi.
This is by far the best allroad site:
www.audiworld.com - allroad section is incredible, the site format just blows goats.
There is typically an allroad section in any audi site, it's just not near as active.
The reason i went w/ the allroad was:
The 2.7 T, so all S4 mods (or well, most) transfer over.
I love the look, for a family wagon I think it kicks ass.
It has a factory hitch rated for 5000+ pounds - 2" receiver. People use allroads to tow a trailer w/ race car, etc...
The adjustible ride height means I can jack it up and get in most logging/fire roads for hiking/biking/etc...
the gas milage is bad around town. No doubt about it. I'm lucky to get 350-400 km's a tank (65 liters or so). Typically around 16L per 100 km.
On the highway its MUCh better doing 10L/100 KM
I think its a great car. The interior is fantastic, good looks, GREAT power from the 2.7 bi-turbo. over-all a very funcational car.
Until something big goes wrong... then i'm in trouble (no warranty) but my and my friends have always worked on our own cars so most labour will be saved.
If we weren't doing work ourselves, i would of had to think alot harder about the car