looking at a6 3.0 or 2.0 tdi any advice

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good evening sorry if this has been asked before been away from audi for a very long time but toying with the a6 around a 2012 to 2014 ether a 3.0 tdi or the 2.0 tdi with around 85k to 105k on the clock. will be looking at an auto mostly any pointers iv not driven a 2.0 one yet but did test drive the 3.0 tdi and loved it the smoothness of the gear change even when putting your foot down was seamless un like some cars iv driven.

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Initial thoughts are that a 12 year old car that has only done 100k has actually only done about 8k per annum average which is low for a diesel. With this low mileage you may encounter DPF issues so be aware of that as they can be pricey to fix. With either engine if you go auto and front wheel drive then you will get the Audi Multitronic (CVT) transmission (unless you get a late 2014 car with the 2.0 Ultra engine which has the S-Tronic transmission) which is very fragile and must have the regular 38k mile fluid change. Even then it can be problematic. If you go Quattro then you are restricted to the 3.0 engines only.
 
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elan2s said:
Initial thoughts are that a 12 year old car that has only done 100k has actually only done about 8k per annum average which is low for a diesel. With this low mileage you may encounter DPF issues so be aware of that as they can be pricey to fix. With either engine if you go auto and front wheel drive then you will get the Audi Multitronic (CVT) transmission (unless you get a late 2014 car with the 2.0 Ultra engine which has the S-Tronic transmission) which is very fragile and must have the regular 38k mile fluid change. Even then it can be problematic. If you go Quattro then you are restricted to the 3.0 engines only.
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yeah would be looking at fwd to be honest. i took a 65 plate 2.0 out for a test drive today drove ok felt a bit under powered if honest but when driving it a light come on and it went into limp mode believe it was the glow plug light. im wondering if that would be why it felt a bit under powered before the light come on .it was the ad blue are they better to have one with out that ?
 
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yeah would be looking at fwd to be honest. i took a 65 plate 2.0 out for a test drive today drove ok felt a bit under powered if honest but when driving it a light come on and it went into limp mode believe it was the glow plug light. im wondering if that would be why it felt a bit under powered before the light come on .it was the ad blue are they better to have one with out that ?
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If you can afford it I would get a post facelift model if you can (very late 2014 onwards) as it will be Euro 6 compliant and will hopefully avoid punitive local council ULEZ charging for access to towns and cities. If you have no plans to visit such locations or only very occasionally then it may not be an issue. With Euro6 you will get AdBlu and that brings with its own complications and I think it is really a lottery whether you get issues with it or not.

I had both a 2012 2.0TDi (177bhp) and a 2015 2.0 TDi (190bhp) and for my use I found them perfectly adequate regarding performance. The 3.0 TDi is only slightly more powerful than the 2.0 (177 vs 204 and 190 vs 218 pre and post facelift) and similarly small variations in torque so I suspect is real world driving you will not notice much difference, although or course a V6 is much nicer and smoother than straight 4 (it is also some 60kg heavier)
 
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elan2s said:
If you can afford it I would get a post facelift model if you can (very late 2014 onwards) as it will be Euro 6 compliant and will hopefully avoid punitive local council ULEZ charging for access to towns and cities. If you have no plans to visit such locations or only very occasionally then it may not be an issue. With Euro6 you will get AdBlu and that brings with its own complications and I think it is really a lottery whether you get issues with it or not.

I had both a 2012 2.0TDi (177bhp) and a 2015 2.0 TDi (190bhp) and for my use I found them perfectly adequate regarding performance. The 3.0 TDi is only slightly more powerful than the 2.0 (177 vs 204 and 190 vs 218 pre and post facelift) and similarly small variations in torque so I suspect is real world driving you will not notice much difference, although or course a V6 is much nicer and smoother than straight 4 (it is also some 60kg heavier)
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interesting that the ones that take ad blue may suffer there own problems the one i drove yesterday was definitely noticeable in less power than the 3.0 i drove the week before so im wondering if yesterdays 2.0 had issues and then when the light come om putting it limp mode.
 
Depends what your lifestyle is going to be and normal roads for this car. The 2.0 litre engines are solid (used to have 177PS) in an A4 Allroad. It suffered a premature turbo actuator fault at 70k. Now this car was well looked after with regular oil changes every 8-10k miles. I'm sure 190PS is comparable.

As mentioned, history is everything, so only look at models with this including none that have been on long-service regimes (oil changes every 18k miles). Personally I'd be looking at a later model that's Euro 6 compliant. Unfortunately in a diesel there's a multitude of tech that has the potential to cause issues including catalytic convertors, DPF, EGR and AdBlue. On 4 cylinder engines, then look at timing belts, tensioner pulley and water-pump being done every 60-80k miles or 5 years. If S tronic gear box, then service every 38k miles.
 
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spartacus68 said:
Depends what your lifestyle is going to be and normal roads for this car. The 2.0 litre engines are solid (used to have 177PS) in an A4 Allroad. It suffered a premature turbo actuator fault at 70k. Now this car was well looked after with regular oil changes every 8-10k miles. I'm sure 190PS is comparable.

As mentioned, history is everything, so only look at models with this including none that have been on long-service regimes (oil changes every 18k miles). Personally I'd be looking at a later model that's Euro 6 compliant. Unfortunately in a diesel there's a multitude of tech that has the potential to cause issues including catalytic convertors, DPF, EGR and AdBlue. On 4 cylinder engines, then look at timing belts, tensioner pulley and water-pump being done every 60-80k miles or 5 years. If S tronic gear box, then service every 38k miles.
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thank you for that info its shocking how many iv looked at that do not have a full service history more so the 3.0 tdi most iv seen are missing 6 to 7 stamps crazy
 
No history, then walk away. Absolutely no excuse. I wouldn't need too bothered about full Audi history, but documented history and receipts is essential.
 
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The problem is that a solid service history on car that is 12 years old will be increasingly hard to find. Could have been serviced and the book not stamped or serviced by the owner.
 
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No history, then walk away. Absolutely no excuse. I wouldn't need too bothered about full Audi history, but documented history and receipts is essential.
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yeah id not put into one with out history if im honest
 
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The problem is that a solid service history on car that is 12 years old will be increasingly hard to find. Could have been serviced and the book not stamped or serviced by the owner.
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id think if a car has been looked after people would also keep records. i understand things can happen and lose can happen but that said its hard to take someone's word it has a full history but nothing to back it. most iv seen claim it has but then only have the book with 4 stamps and claim the others have been misplaced as it was paper work only
 
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