quattro digest, Vol 1 #3720 - Allroad Questions

[Larry C Leung]

FWIW,

My parent's new Passat 4 Motion was a dog until it was "broken in"
about  1500 - 2000 miles. Now it's acceptably quick and
feels like the 190 HP it has. As for the tipo, IMHO, it's not bad as
autoboxes go, you can get it into whatever gear you'd like when you'd
like, which I find more difficult with more conventional autoboxes. Yup,
it still has autobox lag and all of that, but you do have more control
than a regular autobox. Something to think aboiut if you MUST make
the compromise.

Finally, my cousins so far LOVE their Allroad (replaced a Volvo 850
non-turbo wagon).

LL  - NY


> From: "R. Mair" <waves at epix.net>
> To: "Quattro List" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Cc: <        >
> Subject: ALLROAD (2.7t) OWNERS, I have questions...
> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 22:50:32 -0400
>
> >#2 I wasn't impressed with the power.  I thought it should have a
> little more
> >smoke.
>
> This is probably because the allroad is -very- heavy.  Let's put it
> this way..in the S4, that very same engine is good for 5.9s 0-60
> runs.  You have two choices...chip the engine, or wait for a V8 in
> 2003(which will -not- have a 6-speed as an option), which will
> probably carry a VERY expensive pricetag; let's put it this way,
> Audi
> felt the A6 4.2 commanded a rather healthy premium over the A6
> 2.7tt;
> I suspect the same "premium" will show up in the allroad branch of
> the family tree.  Not to mention you're now trying to buy the
> latest/greatest, instead of the leftovers...
>
>
> >  I do realize that the demo car only had 100miles, likely had old
> fuel
> >and the AC was on, plus it's heavy and yanking all 4 wheels.