Highlights
- Major mechanical overhaul just completed
- Low mileage car in great condition
- Four registered keepers from new
- Long MOT to November 2024
- Very tidy car in factory standard trim
The Appeal
If you’re a dog lover looking for a commodious estate, prepare to invest in a dog seatbelt. The C5 RS6 is the ultimate dog wagon and load lugger. And it is brutally, extraordinarily quick.
There were pretenders from Mercedes-Benz and BMW, but the C5 RS6 was the original supercar-bating five door. The stats tell their own story: Audi’s superb 4.2litre V8 delivering 450bhp and 60mph from standstill in 4.5secs.
With all that capability, when you’re searching for one of the few hundred RHD C5 Avants that reached these shores, you want the reassurance of good maintenance. A recent extensive engine-out mechanical overhaul ensures this low mileage RS6 has exactly that.
Finished in smart dark blue metallic with a black leather interior, this well specified C5 is pleasingly standard. A long MOT and just four registered keepers from new add to the impression of a well kept car.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 12th May 2003
- Four registered keepers
- Current keeper since 24th November 2019
- Old tax discs
- Timing belt previously replaced in April 2017 at 52,397 miles
- Extensive mechanical overhaul recently completed in 2023 and summarised below
- These details are also shown in the photographs
- Always garaged stored during vendor’s tenure
- MOT to 10th November 2024 with 93,108 miles showing and one minor advisory
- Now showing 94,164 miles
The Condition
- Smart and understated dark blue metallic paintwork in good order
- Some minor paintwork marks to driver’s door edge and fuel flap
- Bodywork is very straight with no notable corrosion or damage in photographs
- Underside presents well with no MOT structural advisories
- Light surface corrosion to note underneath that would likely benefit from undersealing
- Standard factory 5 spoke RS alloy wheels in good order
- Dunlop tyres fitted all round in good condition with only MOT advisory to note
- Lights in good condition with clear headlamp lenses and no visible damage
- Dechromed with black roof, window and grille trims
- Anti-glare trim to driver’s mirror fading and missing from passenger side
- Well kept black leather interior with grey piping
- Some light wear inside in typical C5 RS6 areas such as switches and trim
- Driver’s seat shows some light creasing to base but otherwise well kept
- High specification car in factory standard condition including original Navigation Plus unit
- Features include 6 CD multichanger and Bose subwoofer in boot and glass sunroof
- Alcantara headlining in good order showing some sagging over boot area
- Factory tool kit, puncture kit and compressor in boot
- Carbon interior trim in good order and factory correct
- Electric front seats and steering column and cruise control fitted
The Mechanics
- 4,172cc twin turbo Audi V8 engine developing 450bhp
- 5spd DSG automatic gearbox with sequential shift options via shifter and paddles
- Good service history with regular timing belt changes
- Extensive recent engine-out mechanical overhaul summarised below
- This work was undertaken in 2023
- No reported running or driving issues and none recorded on current MOT
Recent maintenance in 2023:
- Four Lambda sensors
- Exhaust temperature sensor
- Both turbo chargers reconditioned
- Two new catalyst converters fitted
- Eight ignition coils & spark plugs
- MAF sensor replaced
- Timing belt kit with water pump & auxiliary belt fitted
- MAP sensor fitted
- New N75 turbo solenoid
- Vacuum lines with vacuum accumulator fitted
- Both drive shafts stripped, clean, regreased with new CV boots
- Transmission fluid
- Transmission gear selector switch
- Power steering fluid
- Exhaust manifold & turbo gaskets
- Headlights self levelling units
- Two stainless steel front exhaust pipes
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