Test drive Audi A6 Avant 1998 - 2001 station wagon

Audi A6 Quattro 18000 km

At the editorial Audi, the first combat baptism took place: an automotive ranger in the fishing Eldorado in the lower Volga. But before going on a long journey - 1.2 thousand km one way - we were forced to visit the service station.
(-) immediately, as soon as Audi fell into our hands, an unpleasant sound was found in it. When braking, in front of the stop, a small pulsating vibration appeared on the pedal, accompanied by quiet scraping sounds. Moreover, it was more clearly manifested with smooth, slow slowing down at low speed. A couple of times even the effect of failed brakes arose.
When running a car, a little more than 10 thousand km. This phenomenon seemed very strange to us, and we turned to specialists. According to the manager’s reaction, it seemed to him that such a problem was familiar. Everything turned out literally after half an hour: at first the car was driven through a special stand, then they pulled it up onto the lift. The front brake discs turned out to be, as the master put it, a little set on fire, that is, overheated and, as a result, a little behaved. As a result, a small beating of the disk. In this case, non -hazardous, practically does not affect the efficiency of braking, but it is unpleasant to ride, and they had to be changed.
In response to the question, is it really 10 thousand km to become a critical limit for the brake discs, the specialists of the car accounting center suggested that this was the result of multiple sharp cooling after intense braking, for example, in a puddle or on a sink. What could have happened after winter presentation test drives, during which guests and journalists drove the car to the limit. For reference, the same problem has cooked with another Audi S8 that lives in the Kommersant garage.
(-) During the active exploitation (not by us), fuel consumption in the city approached a critical figure-16.8 l/100 km. This is if you believe the information of the triple-computer. On the Audi highway it turned out to be less voracious and consumed an average of 11.2 liters of AI-95. It was pleasant until we entered the Tambov region, where at the very first refueling the price of the ninety -fifth - 9.5 rubles proudly shone. For a liter! All dreams of saving instantly evaporated.
(+) The central armrest between the front seats greatly interferes in the city-due to the fact that you have to often wield a box, you can fill a healthy bump on the elbow. But on the highway this thing is very useful - the hand does not flow in a half -suspended state, and the necessary little things are perfectly placed in a small glove compartment.
(+) Full -wheel drive has established itself from the best side. Firstly, on the wet highway in the pouring rain. Our colleagues, who moved with a proud view of the BMW 750, carefully dropped the speed of up to 100 km/h, while the Audi A6 Qattro held on to rather slippery asphalt with all the wheels and we calmly walked 150 km/h. As a result, the autopilot crew arrived in the capital almost 2.5 hours faster.
The station wagon felt confidently on the lane - no one climbed into the rut from the tractor Kirovets, but to drive up almost to the water itself, to the place that was borrined since yesterday, for Audi is quite affordable.
(+) Near water, we were able to appreciate the folding back of the rear seat. She allowed to prepare for fishing ahead of time and thoroughly. While our colleagues unraveled the tackle and collected spinning rods, making them from the trunk of simple sedans, we simply took out an almost three -meter rod through the fifth door.
(-) During all this time, Audi did not require additional cash injections-all expenses were associated only with the acquisition of gasoline. Although no, for a long journey I needed a rubber rug in the trunk. I did not want to get the carpet dirty with dirty things and fishing and hunting trophies. Alas, such a useful thing is not included in the standard equipment. We would have to pay about $ 100 for the corporate party, but we quite cost Zhigulevsky for $ 15.
Text Nikolay Kachurin, Andrey Timofeev, photo Alexey Ilyin, Dmitry Novokreshhenov

 

Source: "Autopilot"