Audi C7 RS6 Buying Advice
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Greetings gentleman,
I am about to exchange my 2018 RS3 for older RS6 C7 as I spend most of the time on highway and need a bigger but still a funny car.
Anyone calling it a risk to buy C7 with 60k+ miles, but driven in Switzerland ?
Saw some older threads mentioning break pads and discs or DRC exchange which all is still doable with discount on parts and friendly garage.
My questions is more towards engine/gearbox reliability which might represent significant cost over car value.
Many thanks for any hints or experiences from somebody still driving C7 these days!
Cheers,
V.
I am about to exchange my 2018 RS3 for older RS6 C7 as I spend most of the time on highway and need a bigger but still a funny car.
Anyone calling it a risk to buy C7 with 60k+ miles, but driven in Switzerland ?
Saw some older threads mentioning break pads and discs or DRC exchange which all is still doable with discount on parts and friendly garage.
My questions is more towards engine/gearbox reliability which might represent significant cost over car value.
Many thanks for any hints or experiences from somebody still driving C7 these days!
Cheers,
V.
My mates just bought a 2014 car with 85,000 miles, engine and drivetrain are solid and it's in good nick (pun intended) but he's doing some work to de-risk going forward which does add up even in parts:
Full service, every filter and fluid £???(?)
Plugs and coils £600
Discs and pads £2k (steel discs, just nackered)
I'd watch out for spacers and other badly done mods as he's got different spacers front and rear, longer bolts to suit (F 40mm, R 45mm) but someone had mixed them all up so the rear were hanging on by a thread, dangerous. General advice I suppose but the way these things go it doesn't bear thinking about.
I've recommended a very comprehensive warranty but he hasn't looked into it yet, first thing he did was add a Milltek
Not plugged it into vag com yet but obvious faults are high beam assist error message, TPMS is complaining although pressures are correct and sat nav not getting GPS location. No other faults, foibles, funny noises etc.
The stock air suspension is great, he's getting the Milltek control box too.
Full service, every filter and fluid £???(?)
Plugs and coils £600
Discs and pads £2k (steel discs, just nackered)
I'd watch out for spacers and other badly done mods as he's got different spacers front and rear, longer bolts to suit (F 40mm, R 45mm) but someone had mixed them all up so the rear were hanging on by a thread, dangerous. General advice I suppose but the way these things go it doesn't bear thinking about.
I've recommended a very comprehensive warranty but he hasn't looked into it yet, first thing he did was add a Milltek
Not plugged it into vag com yet but obvious faults are high beam assist error message, TPMS is complaining although pressures are correct and sat nav not getting GPS location. No other faults, foibles, funny noises etc.
The stock air suspension is great, he's getting the Milltek control box too.
custardtart86 said:
Beat me to it 
popeyewhite said:
There are other Audi websites with slightly less groupthink. RS 246 is quite performance biased.
True but the RS6 does fall into the performance category IMO. It can certainly build up speed at the top of 4th gear onwards and sound amazing while doing so.Forgot to say, security is a concern. The person who owned my car after me had it stolen within a few months of owning it. Another chap local to me had his stolen at gun point when they were relatively new aswell. Scary
popeyewhite said:
OP: "My questions is more towards engine/gearbox reliability which might represent significant cost over car value."
On that note do they have additional port injectors to keep the valves clean? I would have thought being a turbo might mask that issue (if it still exists) that used to rob the naturally aspirated cars of loads of power.I think deactivating cylinder-on-demand can also be done, but not sure if that helps reliability in some way or is just for performance.
Re. gearbox they have 700/750Nm and the ZF 8HP90 is rated for 900Nm, so it can cope just fine. Recommend servicing at 50-60k miles though. I think there are gearbox remaps available but I'd leave it well alone.
Ultimately if you don't get a warranty and either one goes seriously or catastrophically wrong it would likely be a significant proportion of car value at say £30-40k.
Venca said:
Greetings gentleman,
I am about to exchange my 2018 RS3 for older RS6 C7 as I spend most of the time on highway and need a bigger but still a funny car.
Anyone calling it a risk to buy C7 with 60k+ miles, but driven in Switzerland ?
Saw some older threads mentioning break pads and discs or DRC exchange which all is still doable with discount on parts and friendly garage.
My questions is more towards engine/gearbox reliability which might represent significant cost over car value.
Many thanks for any hints or experiences from somebody still driving C7 these days!
Cheers,
V.
No holidays anytime soon fella, Covid etcI am about to exchange my 2018 RS3 for older RS6 C7 as I spend most of the time on highway and need a bigger but still a funny car.
Anyone calling it a risk to buy C7 with 60k+ miles, but driven in Switzerland ?
Saw some older threads mentioning break pads and discs or DRC exchange which all is still doable with discount on parts and friendly garage.
My questions is more towards engine/gearbox reliability which might represent significant cost over car value.
Many thanks for any hints or experiences from somebody still driving C7 these days!
Cheers,
V.
TX.
EmilA said:
True but the RS6 does fall into the performance category IMO. It can certainly build up speed at the top of 4th gear onwards and sound amazing while doing so.
Forgot to say, security is a concern. The person who owned my car after me had it stolen within a few months of owning it. Another chap local to me had his stolen at gun point when they were relatively new aswell. Scary
I’ve a 2017 performance and had a ghost imboilser fitted what’s good enough for me. Put in a sequence of codes before car will start. Forgot to say, security is a concern. The person who owned my car after me had it stolen within a few months of owning it. Another chap local to me had his stolen at gun point when they were relatively new aswell. Scary
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