Buying help from Sicily - C5 2.5 Tdi AKE Avant Tiptronic

[SoundSilence]

Hello! First of all, I'm so sorry for my bad English: as an Italian, English isn't my fist language, but I'll try my best to be understandable. 
 

I'm a 33yo italian car enthusiast that especially bought english cars ( I still have as a "relax driver" a Daimler Six LWB from 1995). 
 

I also still have a LR Discovery Sport 2.0 Ingenium that is a nightmare (please, pretty please, avoid this engines like hell!!). Bought it used in 2021 with 68k Km on it and right now has 168k Km with over 15k Euros of extraordinary maintenance on it. 

 

Two weeks ago, while searching for new windows as I'm renovating my house, I stumbled across a 2005 C5 Avant AKE Tiptronic in marvellous shape. The car owner is the shop's owner aswell. He talked to me a lot about the car. One owner from new, it has 210.000Km made in roughly 20 years and only serviced in Audi. 
 

The car, in fact, was full of Audi invoices regarding some regular maintenance (engine oil, filters and so on) and some extraordinary maintenance ( distribution made at 168.000km in 2016 or 18 I don't remember, a new torque converter in 2018 at 189.000Km, tank diesel pump and so on). 
 

Actually that C5 is not used since 2022 because the owner bought a new Volvo XC60 and he wants get rid of it for 2750 Euros. The car drives smoothly with no esitations...

 

Could it be safe to say that could it be a good car to make 25.000Km/year doing, of course, an oil change every 10.000Km and checking all the components when needed?

 

Thanks in advance, I'll leave some photos of the car here!

 

Cheers

 

Federico

[Steve Q]

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂 

Check for wet carpets in front footwells which is often due to a broken pollen filter housing or blocked battery tray drains. This water can damage the CCM which is under the passenger footwells carpet. The CCM controls a lot of electrical functions so make sure all electrical items work.  

Looks stunning to be fair. Service history is key for the 2.5tdi. People say they're unreliable but this is often because people have failed to keep up on regular maintenance. My A6 2.5tdi had done 344k miles before engine expired. 

Regarding the gearbox, make sure it's been serviced and gear changes are smooth. 

Regarding the ingenium engine my wife has a Jag xe with this engine so fully aware of the issues. 

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16 minutes ago, Steve Q said:

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂 

Check for wet carpets in front footwells which is often due to a broken pollen filter housing or blocked battery tray drains. This water can damage the CCM which is under the passenger footwells carpet. The CCM controls a lot of electrical functions so make sure all electrical items work.  

Looks stunning to be fair. Service history is key for the 2.5tdi. People say they're unreliable but this is often because people have failed to keep up on regular maintenance. My A6 2.5tdi had done 344k miles before engine expired. 

Regarding the gearbox, make sure it's been serviced and gear changes are smooth. 

Regarding the ingenium engine my wife has a Jag xe with this engine so fully aware of the issues. 

Hello Steve, nice to meet "online" the man ho helped me indirectly to take a decision ( thanks to your guides in this lovely forum). 

 

If I can sell my Disco Sport during next week, I'll collect that A6 as soon as I can: the owner wrote me this morning, telling me that he wants to offer me for free an oil and filters change before collecting directly in Audi Service. The car, as far as I know, was kept always in a garage ( in fact, the car hasn't any body flaws or dents). I'll check as soon as I can the "battery drain" problem, as mentioned on one of your threads but i was in the passenger seat and the carpets doesn't seems to be humid or full with water. 

 

Again, if I can achieve to collect the A6, my next steps will be: 

• Oil and filter trans change (ZF OEM parts)
• Distribution belts and water pump (Bosch or Continental parts)
• Full fluid change ( brakes, steering, cooling)
• Glowplugs (Bosch)
• Tyres (actually it has some good old Toyo Proxxes, but DOT 2019 and incorrect size, 215/55/17)