How To Buy An Audi! - The Audiacity
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome to the very first episode of The Audiacity Build series. Cameron walks us through his project daily and his plans for the build. Enjoy some tips on how to buy your next Audi Allroad. Stay till the end for a classic Cameron blooper reel. Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss anything.
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Got 1 for $500 a few months back. Best daily driver I’ve ever owned!
They make for a fun daily!
Great cars that are very fun to drive! Not so easy or cheap to maintain but it’s a great car for what it is! Bottom line is when you buy those cars you have to be willing to work on it yourself. If you’re paying a shop to work on it at full retail markup then it will get out of hand very fast!
well said! we agree :)
I got a leak I’m chasing that’s messing with my windows/electric. Car runs great just don’t have windows and features like hazard lights and interior lights. Water pooling in the backseat I originally thought it was the comfort control module in the front passenger seat. Chasing that problem but other than that the car is a beast! Love using it for camping
Nice, they are great camping rigs! Good luck with the electrical problems, those are never fun to chase down regardless of the car...
Dude I just had this problem make sure your tray they covers your cabin air filter and battery is completely flush under the front window shield also make sure you plugs under the battery are not clogged up common problems for the allroads
@@392backwards man I ended up flipping the car and currently looking for a better 1
@@ADVENTURESwithHAYES I have mines with 83k miles on it and about to give up on her 😭😂
@@392backwards 😂😂😂 these cars are for sure some heartbreakers 😢
i got a c5 allroad too, best daily ever
Couldn't agree with you more!
Got an 04 A6 quattro s-line 2.7tt auto for $1,500 w 200k.. about a year ago
Upon changing the lower fog lamps, saw, behind the lamps, one intercooler on each side = 2 air to air ic'd
Yeah, one thing is, heavy car, almost 2 ton, not incl driver
But easily made fast.. mine was stock @ 265 hp..adding the ics, and who knows what else they could have added, yeah rusty body.. but @ 200k miles, honestly, it runs like new... No bad cyls, no rich black out of pipes @ full throttle... Who knows, overhauled somewhere over it's time?
Great car, people look or say, though, like "why not but an american car?" Can you even buy a usa 6 cyl ty car..? No
Especially not for the price you can pick up an allroad lol
How’s it doing now ?
2 ic's come standard on the A6 2.7t. '04 S-Line has 265 HP, 15 HP more than standard model, and only with tiptronic nightmare trans.
I own an A6 C5 from 1998 2.4 (same as 2.8 but more seen in Europe), no quattro no nothing, cheap to maintain, doesn't break but if it does parts are cheap. I'd love to have an allroad but with the diesel engine they sold here in Europe.
That would be super cool, although I've heard the diesel is even less reliable than the petrol engine...
@@TheDeadCylinders yes, they don't really have a good reputation but they're old engines and their issues are known. I wouldn't buy one if I had to depend on a shop to work on it though.
I just bought one but it was a 2.7tt swap it’s auto but doing a manual swap
The 2.7 twin turbo is the engine these come with from the factory but manual swap is definitely the way to go
This is the " If you know you know " car. Love mine. $700 for a manual ? Not bad.
Haha, couldn't agree more which makes us want to make an allroad owner stereotype video... it was a steal for a running and driving manual C5. Now that being said, "running and driving" was only good enough to limp it home upon which it needed some love 😅
@@TheDeadCylinders when I bought mine it look pristine. Looks can be deceiving. It's absolutely perfect now after 2 years later and at least $6000..
@@teedot1186 Ah yes the common disillusion that every Allroad owner has had to face at some point or another. They are fantastic cars... when they work. Glad to hear yours is treating you well now that you have put in the work to make it nice inside and out!
Im looking into allroads and im really interested in them though what would you say the 2.7t engines lifespan would be?
With pretty much any Audi it really comes down to how well they were taken care of. The engines themselves are very stout and can easily reach 200k. They do have some common problems such as leaky gaskets and some faulty sensors but if you’re willing to put in the work these cars seem to do pretty well.
Just got one today for 1K 🎉. First timer. Lets see what it brings
Welcome aboard!
Talk me out of getting a 2002 Allroad (air suspension already swapped for shocks/springs. recent timing job and other stuff with receipts available) instead of either a Q7 or Q5
You already know the right answer.
@TheDeadCylinders does the answer start with "all" and ends with "road"? If so then yes, yes I do.
@@estebanjosealvarado3138 Indeed.
Bouta buy an 04 allroad. Current owner swapped air for coil overs and just did a full timing belt service at 98k. It has 113k. Wants 4k for it. Good deal imo.
oh yeah, that's a great deal for the mileage! is it a manual?
@The Dead Cylinders unfortunately not but I may swap it. Guy started it for me and it sounded fine, has an exhaust leak and some peeling clear coat in some spots. But no rust underneath. Also leaks oil from valve covers but all minor stuff. Gonna test drive it before I buy it just to make sure it's not thrashed.
@@flim_flam_shrim_shram6653 Timing service is the big one, also make sure to check to see if the Tiptronic transmission has ever been serviced. They solved some of the transmission issues in the 04+ but they are still sometimes prone to issues (Mostly reverse gear going out that sort of thing)
No... My 2005 allroad does not sound like R2D2 upon startup... But I was fortunate to find/buy mine 6 years ago @ 85K miles from a sole owner who was OCD on maintenance to the point where if the soft touch controls would be scratched up, she would take it back to Hoffman's ( Hartford CT ) & have the offending controls replaced.. This previous owner ordered it with complete full options, I received each & every invoice from the day she drove it new from the dealership. Today I'm @ 256K miles... I'm fastidious on maintenance & this allroad has broken down on the road 3 times. Once my fault, I pushed the clicking front outer CV joint to the max & it snapped making a slow speed right hand turn.. @ 240K the fuel pump died.. Last early spring the tiptronic went into limp mode, after draining the trans, pulling the pan, replacing the filter, refilling & clearing the codes, it returned into limp mode 40 miles down the road. It was the transmission range sensor.. If you like me have XS-power 3" downpipes you cannot get to the trans mount upper bolt to remove the mount & access the 2 torx bolts holding the range sensor in place... That done 3,000 miles since, all good... Mods are currently simple. Q7 BBK, XS-Power DPs into 2.5 stainless flow thru exhaust system ( no mid resonators). Stage I.. Soon to be Stage 3, RS6 turbos, 2.8 heads, higher output injectors, MAF, bipipes, RS6 capacity SMIC's....etc...etc... Plan to eventually build new motor to reach 700+hp.. with B8 DSG or techtronic from RS4 or RS5.... Currently @ 320hp... Interior currently being upgraded to B6 S4 Recaro seats....... These allroads are reliable but having worked on cars since childhood is definitely a plus or else one needs very fat wallets..... Cheers.
Nowadays these are pretty cheap to fix, at least on the Balkans. Rebuilding the airbag on the suspension is 150-200 euro with 1 year warranty. So if you want a nice car with decent offroad capabilities and dont care if you scratch it or something, the first gen of Allroad and XC70 are perfect options.
PS: Every car needs good maintenance. Otherwise you will end up fixing it a lot. Not just German cars 😊
Actually the parts are still pricey.
specially german cars
I also have a 2003 Audi Allroad Quattro 2.7T but with the Automatic transmission. When I bought it 5 years ago it already had the suspension replaced with springs because the air ride system is unreliable. I'm 62 and I owned new vehicles and mostly used vehicles. One thing I can say is no matter what you buy, it will cost you to maintain it. So if you are worried about purchasing anything, fear not because like my stepfather always said, if it has T!T$ or Tires it going to give you problems. As stated I'm getting up in age and I don't like the prices of new vehicles so I will continue to put money into this car because I like it that much and by maintaining it I think it will last me for ever. I just replaced the timing belt and waterpump which was expensive but that should buy me at least another 100K Miles. Currently have almost 172,000 miles on this car. You mentioned about 3 different times about something blowing up, you even pointed the camera at something. I didn't understand what it was you were talking about, Please spell it out for me. BTW with the engine you said that broke the timing belt, didn't that finish the engine right then and there? Thanks for your time and happy motoring.
Hey Truckn!
Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing your story with us! glad to hear you Love your Allroad! We do too ;)
The timing belt that I broke was on a different car that I owned (not the Allroad shown in this video) and yes it did ruin the engine which is the only reason I no longer own that car. I will admit that was mostly a result of neglecting to change the belt even though I knew I should have been done...
The common problems we pointed out in this video (in order):
- Triptronic automatic transmissions can have issues if not properly taken care of. Sounds like you have with yours so good job!
- Oil leaks, these 2.7t engines have a lot of gaskets and they wear out over time... nothing that money cant fix!
- The stock K03 turbochargers do not last long IF you try to turn up to boost (upgrading to the K04's might be a good option if you want to tune your car for more power) I believe this is what you were referring to in your question... If you keep it stock, change the oil regularly and always keep an eye on the engine temps you should be just fine for a long time.
- The PVC and Coolant lines are prone to degrading over time and you will get both air leaks and coolant leaks respectively (These are an easy fix but worth checking on these older cars)
- As you already know the Air Suspension is not reliable! (unfortuante because when it is working it is a fantastic system but short of replacing ever single component in the system there is no real way to save these from the inevitable.) The coilover swap is the easiest route which will solve all of the issues related to this system.
Hope that answers your questions, if you have any more we would love to discuss further :)
Cheers,
Cameron
@@TheDeadCylinders My Coil over suspension system is starting to leak oil or whatever is in the shocks,and you mentioned parts are easily accessible. I can't find Bilstein replacements for my year make and model here in Canada. I only need the two fronts. Any ideas or leads you can send my way? Thanks and be well.
@@truckn So sorry to hear that! I am not sure what companies will ship to Canada... we are US based. It looks like there is a set of Westar coilovers on RockAuto.
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Got to keep eye on oil levels they love oil
Audi's are the greatest unless you by an older 1 that hasn't been taken care of and you don't know how to work on cars yourself or someone close to you. Yeah the tiptronics are prone to break but the manuals are prone to needing clutches
..lmfao. And honestly as nice as having a 2.7 twin turbo but if I am getting 1 for a daily commuter I would rather have a 4 cylinder turbo, way easier to work on.
Definitely cant argue with you on that. They are super fun cars but they do tend to be more of the project than a reliable daily... and not very fun to work on... That being said its a great car if you want to learn how to fix things yourself lol
@TheDeadCylinders I'm a huge fan of audi, obviously...lol. They make a beautiful line of quality automobiles. They're engineered awesome except for a few exceptions. If you take care of them and don't beat on them more than they're designed to. They can absolutely be a reliable daily. They can be fun to work on if you learn about them and get the right tools. When I'm interested in a car or anything for that matter I will spend a lot of time researching it. I tell everyone when we're talking about cars and working on audi's that even if you are a decent mechanic. If you have never worked on an audi they can make you feel like you don't know shit about cars at first...lmfao.
@@Mattmazz77 haha absolutely. Ours is a pretty good example of one that wasnt taken care of but still made for a decent daily. Took a little bit of work to get it roadworth again but since then weve put nearly 100k miles on it with countless roadtrips around the country and a daily commute to work and back. Relatively litttle issues along the way. I would call them a dependable car brand... they will get you where you need to go
How do I get to the crankshaft position sensor
It's accessible from the bottom of the car on the driver's side just above the front axel and right below the engine head
However, I would watch just throwing parts at a 2.7t as there are a multitude of different issues that can cause a crank no-start situation
If you crank the motor for half a second and the fuel pump cycles then the engine speed/crank sensor works. I would recommend scanning for codes because it could also be an engine temp sensor, which is common to go out and caused my car to have a crank no start situation as well. Hope this helps.
@@Cam-2.7t I ended up having one of my buddies look at it and we’re not really sure how but with a combo of pulling the fuel pump fuse and re attaching the o2 sensor seems to work but we have to clear the 02 code every 5 minutes or it runs like shit
You have really long fingers.
LOL