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The Official Daily Driver Thread.
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Believe me I didn’t want red but this is a one year production car for Audi. It’s basically an S6 with a 3.0 Supercharged engine instead of the 4.0 Turbo. I love the smoothness of the 3.0 and the 340 HP on this version is fine with me. It was a corporate car so it has every option available then except night vision. It’s really a great car. Plus the dealer put a new water pump, rotors, pads, oil change and a set of Continental DWS06 All Seasons. I’m hoping to drive this one a while.She's a beaut Clark.
Ima gonna stick with my Dakota Grey(AKA Old Man Beige) A6.
Draws less attention from the cops than RED.
Funny thing is I was looking for an A6 TDI or regular 3.0 in white or silver and my roommate saw this and asked what I thought. Went there the next morning and as they say the rest is history.
I looked long and hard last spring for an A6/7 TDI. A few years ago they were a dime a dozen, now, good luck.
I have accepted that I will likely never reach the maturity required to responsibly drive an Audi with a 'S' in it's name.
The 3.0 is plenty fast to get me in trouble.
The TDIs are out there, just sorta hard to find. The Competition really fits my wants/needs perfectly as it has all of the S features with the less powerful but more dependable V6.
I had a 15’ Q5 TDI and loved it but a dealer dangled a shiny new Allroad in front of me and I traded it in. The newness, and the 2.0T, wore off pretty quickly and it was traded for an SQ5. Man that is a fun SUV!!
I love the A6 though and it’s my favorite daily now.
Same here. I would love an S6 but with 1 kid in college and another one headed this fall, I have to wait... Plus the fiasco with the 4.0 turbos is a problem. VAG should have offered extended warranties or a recall. That was a bad look for the brand.She's a beaut Clark.
Ima gonna stick with my Dakota Grey(AKA Old Man Beige) A6.
Draws less attention from the cops than RED.
Very nice!
I’d love to have a 5.0 just for the exhaust, but I do love the 3.5, she’ll definitely get down the road! I gave serious consideration to upgrading the turbos but decided to just keep it stock… for now.
Yeah, I stay away from the 4.0 like the plague! The 3.0 Supercharged is a really good engine and in the Competition they put out 340hp vs the 333 of regular A6. A whole whopping 6 HP! It’s very smooth and and very linear in its power output.Same here. I would love an S6 but with 1 kid in college and another one headed this fall, I have to wait... Plus the fiasco with the 4.0 turbos is a problem. VAG should have offered extended warranties or a recall. That was a bad look for the brand.
Very nice!
I figured something out on the Dad Wagon (Scion xB)
You can dim the dash light completely out!
Before
After
On a dark night, this really helps me see outside. The only downside is I don't know how fast I'm going.
I drive at night for a living, so the darker the cab, for me, the better.
You can dim the dash light completely out!
Before
After
On a dark night, this really helps me see outside. The only downside is I don't know how fast I'm going.
I drive at night for a living, so the darker the cab, for me, the better.
Oh that’s nice! I hate bright dash lights, to much glare, my wife on the other hand likes them as bright as the noon sun. I’m like crap woman, do you just hate seeing where you’re going or what you’re about to hit!?!?
That's one of the few downsides about the dad wagon. I LOTHE orange dash lights. It goes back to the 90's Pontiac's. I had a few and just hated them; the car in general and their hue of orange/red they used for lights. I prefer blues/greens. The hue the xB has isn't as horrible as the Ponchos, but it's still not good.
I've seen on YT that I can change the LED's on my dash cluster to a blue. I'm thinking about buying a used cluster off of eBay for about $40 and trying it.
My ‘04 Mazda 6 had the red dash lights, I hated them for awhile, but they really make a difference at night.
Wife came home today and the van smelled funny she said. A quick sniff said it was brakes. The LR wheel was hot! So a trip to the parts store and a new caliper and bracket are installed. The pads and rotor are less than a year old so they stayed
I flushed as much brake fluid as I could without getting into the other calipers. I had all of the parts ready so the line came off the old caliper, was cleaned up, new crush washers on and right on the new caliper.
This happened at exactly 109,000 miles.
I flushed as much brake fluid as I could without getting into the other calipers. I had all of the parts ready so the line came off the old caliper, was cleaned up, new crush washers on and right on the new caliper.
This happened at exactly 109,000 miles.
Had the same thing happen on my old car. Got out when I got home and was like what the heck is that smell and what the heck is smoking!?!?
I am pretty sure you are mechanically inclined so please don't be offended by the below comments.
How old is the brake hose? Could you tell the caliper was actually stuck?
The reason I ask is a hose that is old will collapse on itself cause the brakes to hang up which will do what you have experienced.
I learned the hard way. Mine "locked" up. So I rebuilt the caliper. It locked up again so I lambasted myself for doing a crappy job on the rebuild and went and put a new one on. It locked up. This time I replaced the brake hose. Has been fine ever since.
Just keep and eye/nose on it. If it gets hot and stinky again, but a brake hose and change it out.
