RE: Décision time

[Geraint Lloyd]

So if it's not a GTI, then it sounds like you need a 97-05 TDI passat wagon.

Nice ride, quiet, quick enough, comfy, like the beast that you know (a4),
trunk big enough that you can put the seats down and have a kip in it if the
worst comes to the worst and you have to wait for the AAA/CAA/AA (delete as
geographically applicable)

I'm pretty dedicated to german stuff, but really something like a 160bhp 6
speed Octavia 4wd wagon would also be good. Audi's premium for leather
seats, touchy feely dashes and damped grab handles is great, but Essential?
That's another question. There's plenty of other VAG products that go just
as well for less $$$.

Anyway, i think that we've (or at least, i've) done this one to death, so
that's all from me and good luck with the hunt for a replacement

Geraint

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Grant Lenahan
Sent: 12 January 2009 20:30
To: Max Baker
Cc: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: Décision time

C4 A6.

Comfy.

Quiet.

Easy to fix.

reasnable economy.

Slow.  Who cares?

Grant
On Jan 12, 2009, at 8:20 PM, Max Baker wrote:

> LL - NY wrote:
>> I agree. Driven several, including some suitably modded ones. They  
>> drive
>> like pigs.
>>
>> On 1/12/09, Geraint Lloyd <geraintlloyd_qc at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> And I hate Mk3s.......
>>>
>>>
>
> I think you guys have a far different idea of "Daily Driver" than I
> do.   Roll cage? 3 Mile Commute?   Tossability?    Auto-X Performance?
>
> For my daily driver I'm weighing in comfort and distance.  120 miles a
> day driven, mostly at 75mph+, but with 10-20 minutes of bumper-to- 
> bumper
> and at least one "slow down from 75 to 15 in a hurry" a day.   The MK2
> was fun to drive as a toy (which seems to be what you guys are talking
> about), I loved it for the two or three cloverleaves I could find a  
> day,
> but then the droning, rattling, wind noise, and broken interior
> everything sucked for the flat long high way stretches.    Note that I
> did not recommend a MK3,  but having owned both at the same time (last
> year), I *would* recommend a MK3 over a MK2 as a Daily Driver.
>
> I myself have it all a little backwards and have a MK3 as a street 
> +track
> car and my CQ as my DD  :)
>
>
> -m
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