The wife’s 99 Avant was getting pretty long in the tooth and also small for hauling around kids. We’ve been talking about getting an Allroad for a while now so I finally started looking pretty aggressively a couple weeks ago. Monday am I stumbled upon this gem.
2005 , 2.7T
55k miles, one owner
Premium and cold weather packages
essentially like new condition
The only thing I wasnt super keen on is the interior color. But considering the condition of the car we decided it didnt matter so much. Plus it wont be so bad once I rid it of that awful woodgrain.
I dont think the interior color is that bad considering it pretty much matches the exterior. Cover the wood with some matte black vinyl to match the door handle plastic?
I loved everything about my allroad exept the mpg’s but that was comparing it to my other cars lol. Mine had 250k when I sold it original bags, original trans (auto) original turbos. They are great cars if well cared for plus the 704 mod makes them sweet
Nice :tup: looks really clean. Its amazing how many of these cars are still on the road and how many people still love them. Too bad the new ones aren’t as great.
They are migrating to ski towns out west. I am always amazed how many I see per capita in ski towns.
The best suspension mod is the remove and replace with coil-over mod.
Just make sure not to get springs that break. WTF?
Well, I can say that mileage didn’t get worse when I did it initially on mine. It’s always going to suck with these though. I tend to average about 17 around town, and if I get 21 on a trip, I’m really happy.
Also, I’ll roll the pre-purchase inspection labor charge on the one we looked at for you into labor for flashing this one, so all you’d have to do is pay for the software itself.
They were A6 Avant mats, that came with an A6, or Allroad sticker in the box. Semi-Rigid plastic like a Weathertech tray. Be prepared for a Torque Converter Lockup Clutch Seal failure… $1k for a Torque converter and avg billable time was 11.5 hours to pull the gearbox.
ya it was a factory mat i can grab a pic if you want. i was planing t get another allroad eventually but probably wont happen. love my tdi wagon too much now.
my tranny was untouched with 250k on it. i did swap to the schafer(sp?) trans-fluid though.