[acna_pcc] Re: used audi vs new (insert something else)

[Wylie Bean]

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=358

2005 you say?  god help her if she gets broadsided.

No Audi ever tested has scored less than 3 stars on the Govt tests,
and I don't recall any "Marginal" ratings by HLDI/IIHS either.

Not even an A3.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Linkov" <jon at audiclubna.org>
To: "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>; "Jim Griffin"
<JGriff at JGriff.com>; "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>; "PCC list"
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Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: [acna_pcc] Re: used audi vs new (insert something else)


> IIHS Top Safety Picks for 2006
> http://www.iihs.org/ratings/default.aspx
>
> Subary Legacy -- Gold
> Audi A6 -- silver
> Audi A4 -- silver
>
> I'll take my chances with the Subaru.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On 2/15/06 9:25 PM, "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
wrote:
>
> > Friday I'm picking up a 2001 allroad for my wife in KC.  No it's
not
> > new, and yes it has 49K miles, but for $19K, with a years' worth
of
> > Audi Assured warranty still left on it, it's cheaper and safer
than a
> > new(ish) subie, and will haul more and look better doing it
> > (subjective opinion inserted in case you hadn't figured that
out!).  I
> > know having sold the two cars side-by-side, that i'd rather have
an(y
> > audi) allroad over a subie most any day.....if i'm paying for the
> > maintenance anyway (which I won't since I can do most of it myself
on
> > the Audi) the labor rates are not terribly different at my dealer
> > locally which sells both brands.  Parts costs are not that
different
> > either, and subies do break now and again, (and squeak and rattle
> > too).
> >
> >
> > Wylie Bean
> > TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> > 90 Cq
> > 99.5 A4 Avant 1.8Tq
> > (soon to be '01 allroad)
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon Linkov" <jon at audiclubna.org>
> > To: "Jim Griffin" <JGriff at JGriff.com>; "Wylie Bean"
> > <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>; "Audifans" <quattro at audifans.com>;
"PCC
> > list" <acna_pcc at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 9:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [acna_pcc] Audi drops free maintenance in '07
> >
> >
> >> It's one of the main reasons I just bought a 2005 Subaru Legacy
GT
> > sedan for
> >> my wife. Yes, I got an amazing deal because I bought the car
through
> > work,
> >> but there really is not one 2005, 5,000-mile Audi I could touch
for
> > $21,500.
> >> So, I bought the Subey.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >>
> >> On 2/15/06 7:50 PM, "Jim Griffin" <JGriff at JGriff.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Customer service at Audi dealers is horrible, especially the
> > service
> >>> departments. Getting free maintenance makes the "experience"
> >>> tolerable. If these same people know that for their next Audi
they
> >>> will have to pay for such poor treatment/service, that will
> >>> definitely discourage them from buying a new Audi. It certainly
> > would
> >>> factor into my decision.
> >>>
> >>> At 10:53 PM 2/13/2006, Wylie Bean wrote:
> >>>> from today's "Automotive News"
> >>>>
> >>>> Audi drops free maintenance
> >>>>
> >>>> ----------
> >>>
> >>>     Jim Griffin
> >>> JGriff at JGriff.com
> >>>        8-)
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