A4 TDI

David Head dave.head at worldnet.att.net
Thu Oct 5 17:37:19 EDT 2000


If they were available here I'd snag one in a heartbeat!

Tom Nas wrote:

> Just drove a brand-new (2500 km) A4 1.9TDI 90hp FWD. Nice car, the diesel
> experience is pretty muted and despite only 90hp it's plenty quick.
> Well-equipped, too. Very well-behaved in corners, you have to boot it
> pretty hard to make it run wide. Shifts much nicer than any quattro I've
> ever driven (what is it, that Audi can never make AWD transmissions as good
> as their FWD counterparts?)
> My only criticism is on the fairly brutal brakes- almost Citroen-like.
> Touch 'em and smell the windscreen.
>
> A car I could well live with, day to day. If I'd buy a new car for any
> amount of serious driving, it'd have to be a TDI.
>
> Tom




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