2002 A4

[Brett Dikeman]

Got a chance to look over a 2002 A4.

Well, the whole dash layout otherwise was quite nice.  The whole 
interior is very slick, the aluminium trim looked better than the '00 
S4's aluminium trim.  Several controls were moved up higher on the 
dash in the center, and there was a little wrench-iconed button on 
the bottom edge of the instrument cluster's border...a maintenance 
reset button maybe?(methinks Andrew Duane complained loud enough that 
someone put it in :-)

Cruise control has been moved to a separate stalk ala-Mercedes(and I 
don't like it, thank  you; neither have any of the reviewers I've 
seen who have reviewed mercedes cars/suvs.)

Everything that opens is smoothed out.  The glovebox, ashtray, etc 
all glide open; the grab handles up above glide back into position 
when released.  Slick, but I can't wait until 5 years from now and 
people are swearing about "team glide mechanism" :-)

Moving to the doors, you'll notice NO door lock "stalk"; instead, a 
little antitheft/lock status light.  Interesting.  There are also 
buttons, with indicators, that control the level/shock AND interior 
motion sensors(seperately, it would appear, too.)  They're tucked 
into the back wall of the storage bin...

In the engine compartment, not much of note.  The battery is cleverly 
hidden/protected under a plastic cover, things are pretty tightly 
packed in, and Dan noticed the oil filter looked almost impossible to 
reach(apparently nothing all that new, I remember hearing some guys 
at the fall foliage tour a few years ago complain about getting to 
the oil filter; of course, they had all slammed their cars, and not 
thought "gee, now I'll have to get the car up on ramps..." :-)


Brett

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