My review, after a week of ownership

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Some of you know I got a new daily driver, the rest are finding out right now.

After driving the Nissan Sentra as a daily commuter after a year and a half, I decided I needed something with a bit more power. I wanted a vehicle that was comfortable in traffic, had aftermarket support, had a good resale value, and didn't cost me an arm and a leg to purchase.

I also had a limited budget to work in and did not want a large car payment.

I ended up selecting a 2000 Audi A6. It is silver with the black leather interior. The Quattro AWD system is a blast to drive. It has a hint of factory oversteer even if the weight split is 60/40. To engage the oversteer all you have to do is just pick your attack angle and give it some throttle. The car will slide sideways and carry thru the corner easily. Granted, this isn't an all out balls to the walls sports car, but for a daily driver, that level of control is nice.

The 30 valve 2.7L V6 twin turbo is powered by twin K03's. Don't know what a K03 is? Picture your T-25, only smaller and x2. The boost is low (for now), but comes on strong. The 230hp feels strong pulling on to the highway and the 229foot-pounds of torque from 1850rpm makes merging very easy. That much torque down low makes the vehicle suffer in the fuel economy department, as well as the heavy weight of the car. (3660 curb).

The black leather interior is very soft and the wood trim is deep in color. The car still has a sporty feel to the interior without being over the top.

I am really enjoying the HID headlights, the power moonroof and the heated leather seating surfaces (all around). The trunk space is very large and the HVAC system with the temperature controls works great.

Minus a few maintanence items here and there the car is in great shape. I plan on just customizing it to my liking and only upgrading when a stock component fails.

One of the largest drawbacks to this platform is the locked ecu. The motronic ecu is very smart and uses a checksum setup to virtually lock people out of the ecu. There are chipped upgrades available but I'd rather not go that route.

I'll get some pictures up when I find my camera.