Buying used
The Avant is a big, heavy estate car, but with V10 supercar performance
You could buy a saloon version but it was the estate that was by far the more popular, and hence the one youre likely find on the used market. This was the Avant, one of the schnell canada goose outlet online uk est estates you canada goose outlet online can imagine. With a V10 engine and prices starting canada goose outlet under 20,000, could this be canada goose outlet reviews the time to convince yourself that you need a practical estate car?
To help convince yourself of the sheer reasonableness of your plan, consider that it was only made for two canada goose black friday sale years in this form, from 2008 to 2010 and it had a lot of practical kit on board, including of course four wheel drive ” sensible if its raining ” DRC suspension ” so you can have Comfort cheap Canada Goose setting (although that was joined by Dynamic and Sport modes) ” and a vast amount of kit in the cabin including climate control, heated seats front canada goose outlet and rear, canada goose black friday sale a great Bose sound system and leather all round.
All that stuff is one reason why this car weighs over 2000kg, canada goose uk https://www.londonbc.co.uk shop but theres no real need to worry that this means the car is a bit slow. Thats because on board is a 5.0 litre V10 that doesnt just suck in air when it feels like it, it gets shoved in canada goose outlet uk via an intercooler canada goose outlet store and two turbochargers.
So thats 572bhp and 479lb ft of torque to get through uk canada goose outlet the six speed Tiptronic auto transmission, down through the quattro four wheel drive and through the 20in alloys.
Which canada goose factory outlet means incredibly rapid and predictable performance and fuel consumption of around 17mpg. And road tax of 535. So, not quite canada goose outlet sale so sensible then. But its an Audi, its well made, right? There canada goose clearance sale are a few things to watch out for.
Three main things. Theres an oil pump seal that fails. It costs canada goose outlet shop 50p for the seal. The bill will be around 2200 to get it fixed. If Canada Goose Jackets its leaking youll see oil on the engine undertray on the drivers side.
The second issue buy canada goose jacket is canada goose outlet uk sale that of the coolant pipes that run around the wheelarch and are obviously open to weather, road crud and worse. They rot and leak after time, and some garages ” but not all ” will tell canada goose coats on sale you you have to have the engine out to fix them. Again, big bills unless its done in situ, in which case its a bill of about 500.
The third thing to watch is the dynamic ride control (DRC) since it uses linked hydraulic dampers and they can leak due to road dirt getting in. Audi recognised this as a problem and fitted rubber covers to protect them, so check them out carefully.
The bodywork is pretty solid so if youre seeing rust or corrosion suspect crash damage that hasnt been repaired very well. So, if that hasnt put you off, what sort of money would you need?
As mentioned, you can get one for under 20,000. In fact 17,500 up to 20k will bag you an early version, a 2008 model or maybe a 2009 with about 100k on the clocks.
For 20,000 to 25,000 youre looking at a spectrum of fairly canada goose outlet parka tidy cars although if youre after a later 2009 car with decent mileage youll be at the top end of that spectrum.