So I may be nuts..........

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But for $3500 I couldn't pass this up. Yes, I realize the asking is $4500. My technical insight got them to knock a grand off the price.

http://fortwayne.craigslist.org/cto/4673014581.html

Interior is absolutely MINT. Exterior is good, paint showing it's age with minor pitting and road grit but it's not terrible. The catch is that one or both of the head mounted (one on each side) timing chain tensioners failed. But, this is fixable in car. For those that don't know, the 3.2 FSI V6 has 4 timing chains in a Northstar type of setup, except on the BACK of the motor! Plus side is that the upper tensioners are replaceable in car, and the lower chain/tensioners RARELY fail. I've heard the car run (cranking over) long enough to factually say it's one or both uppers.

Paying for it and towing it home on Monday and pulling the valve covers. Going to try to quickly ascertain if it jumped time or not, and if it did, did it bend valves?

Now the conundrum. I've loved the C6 model A6 since it's debut in 2005. I've salivated over having something this nice as a driver. BUT.........with a potential fix of only about $650 after parts/tools, and a total investment of less than $4500, I could potentially nearly double my money on a flip. Would go a long way towards reacquiring a certain blue two seater.........what to do, what to do.

Double ur money? Really? This end of PA the A6s... running with same or less miles are goin for 4500-6500 (I only know cause of all of the car shoppin ive been doin with a friend latley) but with that said thats still a decent profit.

that double in money would be nice, but I have a soft spot for audi. I only got my passat because I couldnt find an audi that fit in the guidelines of my loan

Fix it and flip it.

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Double ur money? Really? This end of PA the A6s... running with same or less miles are goin for 4500-6500 (I only know cause of all of the car shoppin ive been doin with a friend latley) but with that said thats still a decent profit.

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Larry it's a C6, not a C5. Huge step up. Most similar I'm seeing are in the $8-9k range with nowhere near as nice interior.

What?? C6...c5??? Are we not talkin about an audi?

Seriously tho... im tellin u.. i test drove a. A8 goin for 6500...

A6s well in the proce range I listed above...

What generation of those models did you drive though? The earlier ones up to 2004 are much cheaper than the next generation ones. C6 generation A6 is 2005-2011 and A8 is similar. I couldn't see a 05 or newer A8 going for $6500.

The a8 was either an 04 or 06... been a few weeks. Actually I think I posted pics of it when I was askin about a bmw 3 series that I also drove for him.

As for the a6... one of them...for sure was an 06. Ive looked at and driven so many cars...the years are turning to mush... but I know his price range was 6 to 7 k...so I know im on track with the prices.

The value dif could simply be the dif in our locations as well man, if u can fix it cheap I think its a good deal... personally I think the miles may scare some id u wanna flip.it for a big profit... but its not a bad deal either way.