My new barge (can you guess what it is yet?)

mike65

Ta-darrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!



Mike.

peasant

No W124, no Omega, no Saab 9000, Safrane ...maaaybeee?

colm_mcm

Looks like an Audi A6. Congrats! give us some specs!

jhegarty

mike65 wrote:

Ta-darrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!



Mike.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0903/mike65/Audi%20A6/guesst

me too guessing a6,but only from the url

dahamsta

Good choice Mike. Fancied one of them meself.

Seth Brundle

Give us a clean shot of her Mike. What spec is it?
Congrats on it anyhow and safe driving!

ps judging by the eraser marks on the pic, you must have spent ages trying to hide most of the pic!

mike65

Gah! Should have thought about the folder name!





Tis the baby of the family with 1.8 20v engine. That said it drove along in an agreeable fashion on the way home (about 40 miles).

Electrics front windows, sunroof, mirrors, auto, leather, climate control, fully adjustable seats and steering wheel, alloys, radio/cassette with CD stack thingy in boot (it'll take a week to understand the Blaupunkt Madrid set up), airbags both sides. no ABS suprisingly though I've never had it in any other car and I'm still here. I may discover other features in the next day or two.

Mike.

junkyard

Nice car Mike, I had a 2.5 diesel a few years ago and it was a great car.Good luck with it.

bazz26

Good luck with it Mike. What year is it? 95 or 96?

It is an unusually high spec car for a MkI A6. Most MkI A6 models here are basic spec with very little toys. Was it originally a UK car by any chance?

The only ones I have ever seen with a generous spec like that was the 2.6 litre V6 model.

mike65

Its 96 model, its Irish sold by Ballsbridge Motors

On the spec - so many toys yet you have to wind the back windows!

Mike.

Our man in Havana

You fed of mercs Mike?

maidhc

It is a much nicer looking car to its immediate successor.

What mileage?

unkel

Congrats Mike and best of luck with your new car

Was that the one in Kildare or Carlow you were eyeing up? With an asking price of €1950, which no doubt you haggled down a bit, you got yourself a bargain

unkel

mike65 wrote:

no ABS suprisingly

Something like that doesn't suprise me anymore. This is VRT-poverty spec-Ireland after all, especially for older cars. My previous car, an originally Irish (pre celtic tiger) January '94 BMW 530i V8 did not have airbags or leather as standard...

TempestSabre

Always like those A6's. Nice car.

Silvera

Nice car mike!
Looks to have been very well-maintained

Best of luck with her!
Silvera.

mike65

Cheers all, the milage is 101,000 so bang on 10,000 a year which is on the right side of thrashed!

It'll needs new fluids - engine oil, AFT, power steering plus filters the last sevice was about 7000 miles ago and I'd feel happier if the blood was transfused. The timing belt will need doing by end of year.

Bond 007 not fed up with Mercs only fed up with lowish spec for highish price!

Mike.

colm_mcm

so how much did it set you back?

mike65

Less than a 96 Merc more than a 96 micra! About 1900, the seller was'nt going to budge much and frankly I don't blame him. With a quick vacume and wash I could proberly stick it in the paper for 2500 and expect a few calls.

Mike.

colm_mcm

Nice one, all those old Audis (even the 80) have some sort of indefinable cool.

TempestSabre

mike65 wrote:

Less than a 96 Merc more than a 96 micra! About 1900, the seller was'nt going to budge much and frankly I don't blame him. With a quick vacume and wash I could proberly stick it in the paper for 2500 and expect a few calls.

Mike.

Good price. Hard to find a clean one.

unkel

mike65 wrote:

About 1900

Bargain if it has nothing major wrong with it

So it was the one from the other thread?

mike65

Yep.

Bargain if it has nothing major wrong with it

Shush! :eek:

Mike.

maidhc

Is the Merc on the buyandsell so?

mike65

Nope and it wont be, I'll either break it for parts or there's a chap my boss knows whos into old 80s/90s Mercs and he'll have first dibs.

Mike.

phoenix_nights

mike65 wrote:

Bond 007 not fed up with Mercs only fed up with lowish spec for highish price!
Mike.

Nice buy. Was looking at an A6 estate (same year) but found it difficult to get what i wanted. Check out the new A6 2.0 diesel with multitronic transmisson(auto). Better performance and economy than a manual. On my list in a couple of years.

Bet though you can't but take a second look when you see one of those W124 driving past.

mike65

True! But I tell myself I got more car for less money!

Mike.

mike65

mike65 wrote:

no ABS suprisingly

er the surprise is that I did'nt spot the orange ABS (aus) light!

Mike.

lomb

great buy, great car. cheap luxury motoring for peanuts. u did very well enjoy it!

andrew_ireland

Congrats on the new arrival!