It's a 2004 sedan, quattro of course, 1.8t with an automatic (yeah, yeah). If anyone here doesn't know what a B6 A4 looks like, it looks like this:
The goals for this "project" are a little different than most here. Most likely this car will never have more than OE horsepower, corner or stop any better than it did when new, or ride any lower. What it will do if I'm successful is meet my better half's standards for functionality and reliability. I suspect in the long term that will make sticking an AAN motor with an urquattro drivetrain and 5-lug conversion on a B3 80 look like a walk in the park!
The biggest difficulty is that I have absolutely no familiarity with these cars. I actually used to fix Audis for a living, but at that time most B3s were still under warranty, and the B6 was just a gleam in some German engineer's eye. So I'm hoping I can tap into MG's collective wisdom to educate me!
The good news is I think I'm starting off pretty well. Although it's got 202K miles, this is a one-owner car that seems to have been very well maintained. It's very clean, the interior is probably 8/10, and it runs & drives beautifully, with zero squeaks or rattles. We paid $3,100 for it which I think is pretty reasonable, especially considering it came with separate summer & winter wheels and tires. The only exterior flaws are a few small rust spots which I'm going to take care of.
The weirdest & biggest issue with equipment brings me to my first question. The rear radio speakers don't seem to be working! And here's the dumb question: where the heck are they? Or did some models come with no rear speakers? I looked in the trunk but didn't see them... I suppose the other obvious location is the rear doors but I haven't had a chance to look there yet.
Clearly baby needs a valve cover gasket.