I am an A4 2.8 owner, now in need of a wagon vs. sedan. When I first learned of the allroad model I was intrigued. However, after learning a little more about the airsuspension issues, among other problems - it seems I would be an idiot to buy an allroad. So my question is, if you have the following criteria is there any good argument to consider a used allroad:

* I need a wagon, want reliability and value that over 'performance' (i.e. i'll never do any 'tuning'), have heavy winters here so quattro / AWD is great, but I do have a large 4x4 truck, so don't think I'd really need or use the allroad's extra clearance capabilities *

Why should someone with this criteria consider an Allroad over an Avant ?

 

I would stay clear of a used Allroad unless you are real good with a wrench or have deep pockets to have it repaired when it breaks.
Put it this way , i have a repair shop & love to see these cars come in. They are job security.
You would be better off with a Q5.

BTW our 93 100 wagon pulls through the snow better than our F3504x4.

 

thanks for your message. how about the avants, any comments/suggestions on those? they are typically in a more comparable price range to the allroads (for similar years anyway) vs. the q5

 

An Avant is a Allroad less the stainless trim & ugly wheels.

 

the avants should be more reliable too.

no air suspension to fail, and no twin turbo or v8 in the a6 avants, just v6 engine options.