you should have scheduled maintenance rite and welcome to the forum its nice to have another b6 around

 

Thanks for all the tips everyone. I will get some pic soon. I am still on the warranty and I bought an extended 3-year warranty that will help cover the cost of the big-ticket items such as the T-belt.

 

i dont beleive warrenty covers teh timing belt

 

If you always intend to allow the car to idle before shutting it down, you may want to consider buying a turbo timer, they are cheap and can be set to for example 15 seconds manually or can be plugged into you computer and they will determine how long the car should run for, maybe 2 minutes after some spirited driving. If you aren't familiar they basically keep the car running after you pull the key out and get out, make sure the car is in neutral with the parking brake on! They are wired to your parking brake so someone can't jump in and make a daring 10 second get-away with a car that has its steering wheel locked. I have used them in the past to prolong the life of the turbo, plus its fun to watch people's expressions as you walk away from you car while it is still running.