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This Allroad looks like it's already seen all of the roads.

The wires dragging are a feature, it means they are well grounded ;)

It's funny hearing about reliability from a dude who sold his landcruiser

Had one of these in new Zealand for 3 years. Best car I've had in ages. With the front brakes from the V8 model and bigger antiroll bars, it drove great. Had sunroof, Bose, recaro and sport steering wheel. All worked as well as the suspension. The issues with the suspension are so easy to sort to.... Completely blew me away off road and I took it everywhere. Race down through mountain roads and then hike up the suspension for going off-road to Hart to reach scenic places for a lunch and even slept in it while out high up in the hills. Well insulated and super quiet. With regular maintenance, I would buy it again, even today.

Any kind of Audi repair: Step 1. Remove front of the car.

210k miles on my twin turbo 2.7, 6sp manual, air suspension allroad. Loving it!

“Is this the most unreliable car ever?” *2007 BMW M5 has entered the chat*

I have owned four of these cars, and four because I moved continents several times and had to let them go. They are a delight, solid. One needed the suspension changed. But, my experience is that inexperienced mechanics can cause major problems, which are then resolved when the cars return to experienced trained repair folk. My worst car was a Jeep.

Anyone else completely shocked almost to the point of fainting that Tyler didn't buy this at the end of the video?

Hoovie: so today I bought this 2003 Audi Allroad- Doug DeMuro: (Angry chimpanzee Noises intensify)

I have an 02 allroad that's driving Great, just do your maintenance on it like any car and you will be find not to mention they are very cool and versatile.

2.7 is an absolute iconic engine. I have a 2000 Stage 3+ S4, one of the fastest cars I have ever driven. An absolute rocket ship!

Hoovie: "This car is terrible, you should never own one of these." Hoovie talking himself into buying.

I was expecting him to end it with "I don't think it's that bad, that's why I bought it" :D

My mom has one of these. It was fast, comfortable,an animal through midwestern snowstorms and very reliable. Today it lives at their winter home in Arizona where it’s still delivering perfectly reliable service. Every mechanic that has serviced it has offered to buy it, the 2.7 allroads have a cult following for a reason.

My 2003 is coming up to 260,000 KMS and it's turning it to be one of the best cars I've ever owned. Love driving the AWD in the winter months. 👍😎

"Hey the green leather seats and the dashboard are actually quite and its not overdone" -> Shot of the A-Pillars: "Oh No!"

I don’t know what engine options did you had in the US but back in Europe we had 1.9tdi and 2.5tdi wich were bulletproof. There are still a lot of them on the roads.

I bought a 2003 2.7tt in Australia in 2009 as a respectable and fast family wagon. I don't regret it at all, because, like all cars, you tend to have good and bad ones, and ones that are well looked after and ones that are flogged. I had it for nearly 10 years. It bashed bush tracks, ate snow, crushed miles, was a wedding car and brought my newborns home from hospital - all with elegance and unfaltering competence and style. And now have 2018 3.0 diesel A6 allroad I bought new in 2018. Brilliant cars.

My favorite part about owning one was hearing that engine startup in the morning...but then I was often greeted by the all-too familiar amber glow of the check engine light.

One of my friends had an Allroad just like this one. He had it since new in 2001 and drove it for 300k miles over 15 years.

Hoovie: this is a terrible car Hoovie a couple days later: So I bought this new audi allroad

I love how mechanically inclined Tyler has become over the years. I feel like a proud dad.

"The Audi Allroad WAS the most unreliable car ever made, but I've since bought multiple BMWs that were far worse" - Hoovie.

I remember when a Yellow Land Rover Defender was parked on top of one of these.

Hoovie: "Maybe this Audi Allroad isn't all that bad..." Doug DeMuro: "Hoovie needs an intervention" - fires up the Land Rover Defender for a road trip.

Me pre Hoovie: "BMW is a very reliable brand" Me post Hoovie: "You can't pay me to own a BMW." I'd say you're making a difference.

I have one. 2001 Allroad 2.7t. 160,000 miles, still runs great. Absolutely love the thing. Edit: Forgot to mention it's the manual model. It's also, like the one in the video, GREEN. EVERYWHERE. Personally, I like it, but it is a little overkill. I have had one turbo fail and it was a bit of a pain to replace, but I love the thing so much I can look past it. Never had the air suspension fail, and I love it to pieces.

I feel like Hoovie needs to buy a first generation VW Touareg. Lots of people are recommending this car right now, and I'd love to hear his perspective on this "Bargain"

I drove one of these new in 2002 and I thought it was AWESOME. The interior was great. The Bose sound system was very nice. Why would they change the original one for that crappy, adolescent, stolen-looking thing? It drove great, it had a suspension-lifting system that worked great. I loved it. Sad to see it this worn out.

The most valuable part of the allroad is the rear cargo cover. 2002 owner with 173k miles refusing to give up until 200k miles. Unfortunately bushings, o-rings, seals, hoses, plastics and wires start to deteriorate because of age. Best damm snow mobile ever for a wagon minus the heater core❕ Buy your parts from FCP Euro ( guaranteed lifetime parts ) if you really want to afford this car.

I've got a 2001 Allroad with about 140k miles on it, original turbos, air springs, everything. Never replaced anything but liquids, filters, and brakes. I don't know how you guys over there manage to break these brilliant cars all the time.

I had one for ten years, never had a problem with it. It had 50000 miles when I bought and I put over 210 thousand miles on before I traded it in for 2008 RS4

I was driving behind one of these a few weeks ago and it killed itself right in front of me. I have never seen so much smoke come out of a car. 😂

2001 green/green Allroad owner here. Mine's a 2.7t Tiptronic like this one, and I absolutely love it so far! It has been converted to regular coil springs, but the other common issues are non-existent for me so far.

I own a C5 allroad with the BAS 4.2V8 and as much as I DO love it, everything requires engine removal. It's so common that as my brother and I walked into the Audi dealer's workshop, he pointed to one of THREE engineless Audis and said "must've needed a new wiper blade". THAT'S how bad it is. *But it's OUR fault* - we WANTED a north-south engine with 4WD, ground clearance and true offroad capability, which forced Audi to do the following ; • A north/south engine in a 4WD car without a transfer case is always going hang way forward, so Audi shortened it by moving the timing gear into the bellhousing. Day one of ownership I bought an engine crane to replace the broken slippers and worn tensioners etc. They didn't have a choice tho. • On top of that, Audi needed to keep the nose short enough to drive off road and not get stuck, so they HAD to introduce "service mode" where you have to pull the front out to even SEE the serpentine belt. • We wanted ground clearance so we got airbags. Stones create splits in the bags that are only noticeable when the height puts the split on the rolled bit, and being kinda random we tend not to fix them immediately (it's hard to even figure out which bag) so the same top notch wabco compressor as every mercedes uses wears out. • I guess the eye-level torpedo tube they put the steering rack in was necessitated by the huge range of ride heights? The only job I delegated to a genuine Audi dealership was replacing p/s hoses and after 6.5 hours they said "we couldn't get a tool on one of the bolts properly but it's probably tight enough". THAT'S what working on an Audi is like. • So it's a double firewall deal, with the battery and booster etc on top of the torpedo tube. Fun fact - the two drains in the bottom get blocked up and the car floods. Literally this morning I learned this, my battery was within one inch of being totally underwater, and it floods the cabin when you drive off or go up a hill. But it's a 10 second fix that's easily checked annually. They really are a GOOD vehicle - the only non-dedicated 4WD offroad vehicle to pass landrover's death test. But if you HAVE to work on one, buy an engine crane, and a therapist.

"ruf" - Hoovie literally every video

My father bought one of these new. Green with green leather. Only 3 air suspensions ever worked at the same time. (EDIT: What’s the VIN? I’m starting to wonder if this is his car!)

“The most unreliable car is probably...one being built right now.” 🤔 You’re probably correct.

The timing belt is extremely easy to do on this car and for the service position you don't have to fully take off the front you can just move it forward about 6 in and you'll have plenty of room to do everything

I owned a high trim level Passat from that same era, let’s just say I carried a gallon of every type of fluid in my trunk

i was waiting to see car wizards face when hoovie brings this to him. Suprised you didnt buy it

I had two of those. My favorite cars ever!!!

I bought a 2004 Allroad last fall with the 2.7. The interior is starting to look a little beat and the outsides been re-sprayed, but it's got 222,000 miles on it and runs pretty nice. The air ride, windows, AC, heated seats, etc all work and the original turbos dont even leak.

Audi's twin cam, twin turbo, 5 valve per cylinder, variable valve timing, ULEV 2.7T with CANBUS was WAY ahead of it's time, and I've owned and driven one long enough to know. I have 5 vehicles, but my '01 A6 2.7T manual 6 speed sedan has been my daily all-season driver for 19 years and over 200,000 miles (335k, as I'm in Canada.) I considered Allroad at the time, but after two earlier Avants preferred the unique "fitted" Bauhaus styling of the sedan better. Plus, I wanted the 6 speed and I couldn't find an Allroad with one. My 2001 A6 2.7T was a Audi-Canada executive car bought with very low mileage through factory auction just before the '02s came out. As CPO they added another 3 yrs/80K giving me up to 6 years and 100,000 miles (160K) of total warranty + servicing. It's a gorgeous car, gets lots of compliments with its unique "vanilla/royal blue" (looks way better than that sounds) interior and real sycamore wood accents plus a deep blue "Ming" pearl exterior. Right at the end of their 12 year no-rust warranty I got Audi to pay for lots of new panels and 60% of a full, proper repaint, so it's still a joy to detail. Xenon lamps are kept crystal clear, newer style rims, Conti DWS06 tires, nobody would have any idea how old and used it really is. I think '01 was a time when quality and content were at peak. This was the last year of full semi-aniline leather INCLUDING the seat backs and door panels, which has worn well and still smells great. Factory GPS and EVERYTHING still works: power rear shade, high bolster power sport seats, sport suspension (same shocks as new.) Replaced the cd changer with a 60Gb Phatnoise hard drive driven by the stock Bose system with updated speakers. Replaced turbos at 140K miles, steering rack at 180K, but all other maintenance on this car has been normal wear and tear, perfectly acceptable, nothing extraordinary. I do some things myself but the big stuff's done by an honest, experienced independent shop and have never deferred maintenance, so I think that makes a big difference. For $250 I replaced the notorious dead-pixels display. I never chipped it, choosing longevity over bigger speeding tickets and over-beating it. Several times I've had the opportunity to sell it but frankly have yet to find a more capable, quick, satisfying and affordable daily (especially winter driver) that would justify the big $pread, or the unavoidable "just more stuff to fix" on about any new luxury car. Just a great, underrated ride that can still be enjoyed driving briskly in any season.

The "entire front end" of that car comes off in ~20 minutes, rendering it in "service position". No big deal. Servicing the turbos sucks and, as for the air suspension, retrofitting traditional coils and struts is the solution. Oh, and they ARE available with 6 speed MANUAL transmissions as well. Still...hate 'em.

My 2.7t Manuel has 360.000 km with his first engine and the second air suspension. These cars are Bomb proof in my opinion

I have an 01 with 240k runs like a top, the struts can be easily converted. Very reliable once you do that

We're all pretty much witnessing the evolution of Tyler into a much more powerful and obscure entity: Doug DeMuro.

Me before the engine started: What a piece of junk! After hearing the engine: Okay... let's not jump to conclusions...

This dude doesn’t really know what “reliable” means😂

The Audi A6 Allroad c5, or the Ur Allroad, is actually an amazing car, if you take care of it. The germans were first out with making the car industry more profitable for them (as in harder for the consumer - since all the other brands were so simple built and less profitable), and in the later years alot of companies have done the same..and even extended Audi. Today cars break if u look at them just so the StealerShip can make more money from u, since "the lifetime of a car is estimated to be 5 years". But if u just drive a car without changing the oil etc, it will break after 5y lol. So u gotta be smarter than the stealership's "reccomendation", such as "lifetime gearoil" and "longlife engineoil" "intervals". Rubber airbellows will rot on any car from any company, that's just what rubber is. Rustwise the Allroad has almost every component in rustfree aluminium, except from the exhaust and the bodypanels, which the rustfree A8 has the luxury of. The tiptronic gearbox is alot stronger than the modern days Multitronic and S-Tronic gearboxes today. If u change the gearoil 2x faster+ than the CarkillerShip's reccomendation, its good. Also, if u dont wash it at the doorleafs, u will get rust forming there. But hey, what car, other than the A8, doesn't rust in this SaltWorld today. Comfort wise its mint. Quiet. Awesome soundsystem. Downside is leaky turbos that is hard to fix urself. 9 years of owning, still running, only changed break pads, discs, 1 airbellow, 1 compressor last month, 1 window regulator and some rust fixes - that's it, except oils. Got a 2001 mod. Got another 02 mod aswell. If anything will kill it, it's gonna be door rust or the gearbox - or just me getting more money to upgrade to a s6 or rs6 haha - goodluck me in this human caused global warming with restrictions all over. ECO-Taxes gonna be the biggest moneypit than fixing an old fossilefueled car. Also have 2 Mitsubishi Outlander '12, which are 10+yrs younger, but have had bigger expences, like 3 turbo swaps, egr fkups etc. And yea, having 2 cars of each makes it just family eco cheaper (we are 4). If 1 part breaks, we can borrow the part from the other car etc for testing.

Those wagons in Europe with the diesel engines, were so good, i remenber seeing two or three for sale with 600000/700000 km

The Allroad is one of best cars ever made, and it's one of my favorite. If you maintained it properly (high quality oil), put premium gas in it as instructed by the owner's manual, it will still run to this day just fine, and for many years to come. It's stylish, rugged, quick, safe, and very comfortable.

Tyler is disorientated because it's a car that even being supposedly completely unreliable it works better than most of his fleet XDDDD

7 Minutes in the video and two ads already. KZfaq is getting unwatchable.

The C5 Allroad was from the A6 line, so there's a lot of nice stuff (auto dimming and heated mirrors, heated front and rear seats, etc etc). This car with the 4.2 is FREAKING AMAZING, and a different beast than the ones with the 2.7t. The air ride is no more of an annoyance than any other car with air suspension.

UK here. Lots of these about here, because the TDI lumps in these are waaaaaaaay better.

When Audi’s work they are the best ... love hate relationship

Mines done 230,000 and still going well, 2.5 Tdi, 12 speed manual box. A few suspension arms were required at 100,000 but apart from that, all good.

Dude I had a 6-speed manual 2003, yanked out the air suspension and replaced it with Arnott spring conversion kit, APR Stage 1 tune, thicker anti-roll bars, did the timing belt and water pump, etc. and drove it 14,000 miles all around the United States one summer (2014) hitting many national parks, and it performed beautifully. Yes they are unreliable, but if you don't have the automatic, you convert the air supension, and you maintain it well, it's a pretty awesome do-it-all car that should run for a while.

Wow, I had one of these (U.K. diesel) one of best cars I’ve had, practical with estate form, got me everywhere I wanted to go. Kept it for 8 years with very little problems other than general servicing.... I still miss the car to this day

My 2.5tdi allroad has 431K and stil going strong.. great car ! although it cost a lot in the Netherlands, about 208 euros road tax a month excl insurance. but its worth it

I must be lucky... I purchased a 2004 Allroad new and put 84k miles on it. Zero issues. All regular service done at my local Audi dealership.

When the V6 is so crammed on that engine bay imagine how fun it would be to work on a V8 one.

The scary part is when these self driving cars start getting old and sensors start giving false information back to the computer

I owned a B5 S4 6spd with full exhaust, downpipes and Tial 605 turbos. 550 hp and I LOVED the exhaust tone on the 2.7T. That car was great and even with all the mods, could still manage 30mpg with AWD on road trips! Nogaro blue. Miss it so much! Sold to pay for home repairs! Dang life ruining fun!

Not sure if the USA got it, but the Audi Allroad was available with the 2.5TDI engine and a manual gearbox. The only problem then is the adjustable suspension.

Remembering the still shot of MacGyver actor standing over the engine bay of his dead allroad.

Dougs Hummer ran over that PT Cruiser. His Land Rover struggled to even get on top of that allroad

These were amazing cars in their day. I had an 04. That 2.7T from the S4 was an awesome motor and could have been had with a stick. Biggest issue was the air suspension. One of the best cars I had but glad I didn’t keep into high miles!

My daily is an 03 allroad 6 speed with K04s making 370hp at the wheels. Air suspension intact. It's a very unique car, but isn't that unreliable. Once you eliminate a bunch of stuff it's way better

Doug: this car is only good for crushing Hoovie: I want to buy that

Hoovie: "The best station wagons of the time were Mercedes and BMW" Me: sad Subaru noises...

The AllRoad was a unique, advanced and cool car at the time. On the manual versions, one could even have low range as an optional extra! And, if I recall correctly, Porsche also had a finger in the Pie with the development of the AllRoad, but to a lesser extend compared to the RS2.

I’ve got 180.000 kilometers on my German version of the allroad and except for some repairs with the air suspensions everything works fantastic

The front end comes ‘off’ easily and as one piece with a few bolts and will swing out the way to allow access to the front of the engine without dropping coolant, AC gas, or other fluids, people just don’t realize and struggle in the tight space or remove all the hoses and radiators by draining the fluids 🙄

Tyler : Most unreliable car ever made Audi all road Me : laughs in Subaru EJ rumble . My cousin : Braps in rotary

I’ve had several of them without any particular parts to fail on any of them. I could mention loooots of other cars I would rather give the title of a lemon

I've always loved these, despite the problems, I still want to buy one. I keep my eye on all of the ones that come up to market, hoping that they don't get sent to a junkyard somewhere.

Last time I was this early Corona was a drink.

8:15 your neighbors must love you 😆

One of the ways to know if the timing belt was replaced at some point in this old audis is to check the alignment on the front bumper if if it's not aligned that's a good sign because to replace the timing Belt you have to basically disassemble the entire front end of the vehicle

I have the 2004 Audi Allroad 2.7 T.... and at 180,000 miles, is still going strong. Easily goes over 200 km/hr, easy to work on (as there isn't anything that needs fixing).. it's pretty bomb proof. I drove a 1994 sunbird prior to this.. and yes, I love the Audi (minus the extra fuel costs)... but the sunbird would never go 200 km/hr... so. I'll keep it, and run it until it dies. :)

Audi executives: “The Subaru Outback is a popular car, let’s make one.” Audi engineers: “We’ll put in expensive air suspension that uses the cheapest plastic air hoses we can find and stuff the engine bay with so much crap so nobody can access any basic maintenance items. Plastic EVERYTHING so that it all becomes brittle quickly and cracks/leaks!” Executives: “Brilliant!”

working at a car wash, those rims were a nightmare

well my dad has one, and he loves it. yesss, it got all the problems with oil, windows moter problems, transmition, and clutch, and airconditioning is not working, but he still loves it ....

Bought mine wich was the cheapest,serviced it right away - timing belt,oil etc,mapped it to 310bhp and after 2 years of daily terror i've changed only some cheap sensors to this day.The car runs perfectly it even has 8y old lpg installed :)

11:52 I agree. Just watch in ten years, all the cars with CVT piling up in the junkyards.

"My daddy, Doug DeMuro" LOL. Instant LIKE!

Just picked up my first one yesterday! Super hyped enjoying it so far :)

I have a 2.8 and has 480.000 km still running best car I ever owned

Tyler how could you fail to mention the Subaru Outback 😭

The wizard runs away screaming....

My father had one brand new with the 2.5 diesel engine, it has been a great car, super cool for the time, really different from everything else and never had a problem in 5 years of ownership. It had the exact same spec of this one (but with leather/alcantara seats, much better and cooler than full leather): that interior was (and still is) absolutely gorgeous. It really was something special.

VW/Audi transmissions are sometimes known to have valve body issues. One thing to consider is that any automatic transmission can have those issues but for some reason some people love to hate German cars.

230k on mine! Love it every day!

Everyone gives allroad bad flack for the air suspension. But an allroad is Eastern European drivers wet dream. The air suspension isn't that expensive to fix as long as you don't replace the entire shocks. When the bags or seals fail.

As an owner of a 2004 audi allroad, I can say that I’ve been very lucky with the previous owner fixing multiple common issues. I have 190,000 miles and besides a few small issues my car runs and sounds really good with a full exhaust