javicadena

Well, me and the wife spent from Thursday to Monday traveling from Houston TX to Ruidoso NM and back! This is my impressions:
-We don't need no stinking autobahn, when we have west Texas and I-10: West of San Antonio, you can drive 85 - 100 mph for a few hours at a time (Yes, I know the speed limit is only 80, but having a kind eye for brake lights works just as good as a radar detector)
-The 130 mph limited top speed is true! Doing 130 at 3800 rpm and pedal to the metal, it will not go 1 mile over. However, probably a safe limit for the car specially in west Texas where cross-winds can be a motor scooter! and you start feeling a bit of lift in the front end. (For the bleeding hearts: There was not a single car around me for about 3 miles and I was using the middle of the lanes to be as safe as possible!)
-Seats are awesome, 12 hrs straight and butt was fine!
-Once we got into the mountains west of Roswell, NM, and started climbing from 3500 FT to 7,000 FT on a twisty but fast road and avg. speed probably 75-80 mph; After arriving, I could feel heat coming through the foot-well, seems like the transmission/Quattro was working it's magic, but gave me a bit of concern. (ambient temp was 36F) How would it react in summer time....
-Computer avg. fuel consumption is about 2 - 3 mpg optimistic. Averaged 25 - 28 mpg in real life, while computer was estimating 27 - 31 mpg. Not complaining, average speeds were high and we were at higher altitudes and using crummy 90 octane fuel with ethanol.
-Overall, great trip and would not hesitate to recommend the car to anyone. I have had the car for exactly 1 yr and now is due for service!!

Well just wanted to share my impressions and if you are looking at getting an A6, use this comments in your decision process.

ThorsHammer

Thanks for the trip report.

fender4645

+1