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1999 Audi A6 Avant Quattro, should I buy?

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1999 Audi A6 Avant Quattro, should I buy? - 5/16/2008 4:41:10 PM

Sublime865

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http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=243522179&dealer_id=56221476&car_year=1999&num_records=25&systime=&start_year=1996&engine=&keywordsrep=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsfyc=&certified=&fuel=&body_code=143&search_type=used&distance=50&marketZipError=false&search_lang=en&first_record=26&make=&color=&keywords_display=&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&body_style=CONVERT&body_style=COUPE&body_style=HATCH&body_style=SEDAN&body_style=WAGON&drive=&default_sort=priceDESC&max_mileage=&style_flag=2&sort_type=priceDESC&address=05701&advanced=&end_year=2005&pager.offset=25&transmission=&doors=&max_price=5500&cardist=45

It is a 1999 Audi A6 2.8 Avant Quattro, automatic (5 speed tip),
Price is $4,690 ($100 off if I mention the ad). It books for something like $9,800. Its loaded.
I'm going Monday to look at it in person, but I was wondering if anyone had any info on what to look for. It looks like it is in great condition, only 129,724 miles on it. I still need to run a car-fax on it, I plan to do that sunday. It will be a daily-driver (no tuning) for my girlfriend, so I'm not worried about the 2.8's mega$$$ to tune. She needs to drive it 60+ miles a day, needs it to be reliable, and the poor girl can't drive stick to save her life (I have a $5,000 tranny job to prove it...).

It seems like it'd be a pretty fast wagon, but I still like my pretty little '03 A4 1.8T =D

Though I will be driving this car, as Audi describes it, as "Spirited Driving"

Pretty much I'm asking what I should look out for (Kelley Blue Book at $9,800, Edmunds puts it at true market value of $7,522) in a car that is well below dealer retail, what the reliability of the average Audi A6 is (My A4 is a money-grubbing-wh$#, though some is optional mods). I have speced it out on Edmunds and KBB, but any and all information is welcome. Thanks in advance!

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Andrew~