Seems excessive to me.
Our 1.9 TDI 130 wore the fronts down to 4mm after 8k. That was mainly due to the power delivery of the diesel and a heavy front end.
Pretty sure it's been done. Try a search as it might be in the B6 section.
You'll need to find a set of split folding seats from a breakers though as there are too many differences to modify a non folding set to fold.
Yeah, my thinking is to stick with diesel. I just need to find one that's fairly priced! Went to Aberdeen Audi yesterday as they have a 2.0TDI 170 Q saloon. It's a June 07 and they have it up for £21k! Glass's says around £17.5k, Parkers just over £16k. They'd only drop £800 and there's no way...
I'm in the process of looking for a replacement for our wrecked B6. Ours was a 1.9 130 and we averaged around 40mpg doing around 11k a year on mostly short (<10 mile) journeys.
I've been looking at Quattros in both 2.0TDI and 2.0TFSI flavours. Based on my past experience with 2.0TDI Q I may...
I was very happy with the Goodyear Excellence we used on our FWD 1.9TDI. £143 a corner in 235/40/18. Quite surprised how much more expense the 18" tyres are over the 17" we used as I paid under a £100 per tyre.
The main issue is rolling radius and offset. Don't think that the A4 ever came with 15" wheels but I guess you should be able to calculate the correct offset.
Also worth checking with the insurance co and there have been cases of cover being denied when running with non-standard wheels.
I'm not going to pay asking price if I go for it. It has leather, satnav, bose and a few other things. It also has almost 30k miles in only 18 months and Parkers pricing is based on the car having 20k so I reckon I'd offer £17.5k and go from there.
I'm looking at a Dolphin Grey B7 Avant 2.0TDI 170 Quattro with the reg VO57 XBT. It's up for a tenner under £20k which is about 2k over Parkers top book.
Just wondering if anyone on here owned it and if it had any issues.
TIA
Dave
If you think B7 S-Line suspension is firm, you should try a B6 Sport! I've driven a few B7 S-Lines and always found them more supple and controlled that our B6
I've go with the suggestion of trying 17" wheels first as that may be your cheapest solution. Another option is to talk to suspension...
I've driven a couple of 170 Quattros and on my normal roads I only get around 32mpg compared with about 40mpg from our FWD 1.9 130
m14rts, what sort of journeys do you do - length, type of roads?
I think it's a problem with the way figures are quoted.
The offical Audi figure would have been 204 PS which equates to slightly more than 201 BHP.
There was a change at some point to give the A4 the full power 233 PS version of the engine. Not sure when that happened but I'm sure it's...
Not sure about that. I know plenty of people who've done it with bikes. I guess you need to ensure the ownership doesn't pass to the insurance co. and then see what they'll offer you as a settlement.
Doesn't look too bad. If it's written off then it looks financial rather than structural. Why not buy it back from the insurance company and get it fixed yourself?
Really! I got 30k from a set of Bridgestone RE720s on our previous car - a Bora V5. I was shocked by the wear rate on our A4.
Part of it I put down to initially not being used to the way the diesel develops it's power but even now I'll probably see just over 20k from a set.
Very happy with Goodyear Excellence on our 1.9 PD 130. Now on my second set.
What engine do you have. The diesels seem to wear the fronts more quickly. Ours was down to 4mm on the original front Conti Sport Contact 2 after only 8k.
It was checked and was within tolerances. After getting new tyres and aware of what the bumps did, I had no problems.
The tyre fitter commented that this type of wear was becoming more common with all the speed humps being built.
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.