[A4] New car considerations

[Brian O'Connell]

Curious how you found the A3 smaller than your '00 A4.
 Two full sized adults can fit in the back of the A3,
whereas it is a stretch to do so in my 98 A4 (not
Avant) - I'm in Texas, so full sized means full sized.
 From my prior checking, the Avant doesn't give you
any more leg room than the sedan (in your model year).

The one gripe I have about the A3 is that it is not
(yet) offered in quattro in the 2.0T model.

And by the way, you have Audi's insistence to keep
production in Europe, where the Euro has climbed
dramatically against the dollar over the past five
years.  Not Audi's fault.

-B

--- Aaron Azevedo <Aaron.Azevedo at saucony.com> wrote:

> I'm in the same boat too.   I've got a '00 A4 avant
> with 99k on it.  Bad
> thing is that I'm getting 20 mpg. and my commute is
> going to 45 miles
> one way.  
>  
> Here's my dilemma - I want better gas mileage, want
> AWD, and don't want
> to drive Japanese.   And I'm pissed at Audi for the
> A3, as it is smaller
> than an A4 and more expensive than the A4 used to
> be.  To me is such an
> obvious scam to raise the price of the A4.
>  
> I think I may end up with a CPO allroad, or S4 -
> used of course, as
> audis just don't maintain their value.  The other
> end of the spectrum
> has me driving my A4 into the ground and keeping my
> money.
>  
> Aaron
> '00 A4 Avant 5sp, sport pkg - 99k
> '95 993 6sp, sport pkg - 62k
> 
> >>> <ericnmn at aol.com> 8/31/2005 3:41:09 PM >>>
> I'm in the same boat - have a '96 A4 with 150k. I
> have two kids now and
> need a bit more room, but the trunk looks smaller.
> I'm thinking about
> the avant, but need to convince my wife. I'd be
> dropping two cylinders,
> but adding 28 hp, which might be more than an even
> trade. I did some
> research and found that 17" tires are fairly
> reasonable now. I think a
> lot of the 17" size on the 06 A4 costs the same as
> the 205-55/16's on my
> car. 
> 
> For those of you who have driven the 4 cyl turbo and
> the V6, how do
> they compare vibration-wise? (low revs and high) 
> 
> How useful is the Avant storage (whatever that area
> is called?) versus
> the sedan?
> 
> Eric Schumacher
> '86 4kcsq (deceased)
> '96 A4 V6q
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:59:42 -0600
> From: "Glenn Ackerson" < gsackerson at comcast.net >
> Subject: [A4] New car considerations
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> Hi folks,
> It's time for me to put the current A4 on the market
> and look at a new
> one. And, concerning that purchase, I'd be
> interested in your feedback
> on
> two options I'm considering:
> 
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