Hi all,

Lurked and read here for the past month while researching my new car. I've always had a thing for Audis but have never owned one. (Currently have an ancient Volvo estate - great car in its day, very reliable and built like a tank but a recent increase in my need to drive means I'm on the hunt for something a bit more modern.)

I've seen a 2009 2.7 TDI A6 allroad - nice looking car and pretty good spec in terms of extras. It's got 61K on the clock and a full main dealer service history and is through the Audi used approved scheme. So far so good.

Until I started googling around and started getting cold feet about reliability. But then if I google for medical issues I tend to become convinced I've got brain cancer and gout as well, so I'm looking for a few balanced views on how much trouble I could expect to have with this car, and any warning signs to look for. (I've noted the rear washer point elsewhere in the forum.)

I'm ok with preventive maintenance - won't skimp on services or getting jobs done when they are identified. But I don't want to be worrying I'm going to be 10K in the hole for busted turbos and gearboxes if I can avoid it! So any thoughts: are these reasonably reliable or am I better looking elsewhere?

Thanks for any advice!