EvanB wrote: During my usual CL searching I came across a S6 Avant that will need a clutch soon. How bad is the job to replace it on these? Will I hate myself for attempting it or is it straightforward? http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/3632303951.html
Talk to the guys on Motorgeek. I forget if pulling the engine or the trans is easier. I know on the small-chassis cars, pulling the engine is easier because of how the trans overlaps the steering rack, but not sure about the large-chassis cars.
Also, buy it before one of them buys it to part out. That one may have the wide 1st-gear trans, which was a '95-only thing, and was the strongest transmission Audi ever built for a street car.