Need advice from wise Audi folk!! Help me oh enlightened ones!

Hi,

I have a 2005 A6 saloon, it is a 3.2V6 petrol, lovely lovely car.

It is a very undesireable spec, on the market, as it is Aero blue (the very light one), manual, 3.2V6 petrol..

A timing chain tensioner has failed and the timing chain snapped, causing tons of damage to camshafts, valves and all sorts of hugely expensive parts!

A bill of 5k plus is in play to put it back on the road in "keeping" condition. However, I been offered 2k as is from a mechanic. I reckon I would struggle to sell it for more than 7k given the spec and market.

So, here are my questions?

1) Should I cut my losses and let it go for effectively 7k, (no repair bill and 2k cash in my pocket)

2) Should I contact Audi or am I wasting my time? The last service was at an Independent.

So sad as I bought it as a long term keeper and in the spec it is it was a bargain... Lovely drive..

Oh well, bound to be snags!

What do you think?

It seems not, it seems that not many people apart from me have bought a 3.2 A6, my buddy who is knowledgeable, says that they are hard to come by!! Have had a good search and it seems that even if I could it would be 2k or more, plus labour and I am back up to where I started!