What to get next for a car?

[Michael McLaughlin]

My '02 is holding up really well at 112,000 miles, much better than my A4 and a friend's '98 Passat. Maybe they did figure things out -- I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  :-)

-Mike

On Jul 09, 2010, at 09:46 PM, Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net> wrote:

> My 2 cents.
>
> I had a 99 Passat 2.8 V6 fwd tiptronic, and I was not impressed. Interior
> was falling apart and the rest of the car wasn't far behind. Glad to get
> rid of it. I now have a 2001 allroad which, although not up to the standard
> of my old 200 20v is a much better car than the Passat. I have heard that
> 2001 was the first year that Audi and VW started getting their quality back
> to par. Hopefully that is the case.
>
> Jeremiah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Michael McLaughlin
> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 7:38 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: What to get next for a car?
>
> I have a 2002 Passat V6/automatic that replaced a 1999.5 A4 1.8Ttq
> avant/manual (and by "replaced" I mean "it's still in the garage because I
> haven't gotten around to selling it yet"). In many ways I miss driving the
> Audi, but the Passat gets better mileage by about 2 or 3 MPG than the A4 in
> mostly highway driving (my commute is 140 miles round trip), the back seat
> can be inhabited by adults and it's been more reliable than the A4.?
>
> -Mike
>
> > my 2.5 cents...
> >
> > Having a '92 C4q avant(that is just about dead), '02 A41.8tq avant and had
> a '00 Passat 4Motion(similar in size to the A6)...I miss the Passat. I'm not
> a turbo guy and the 1.8t seems too overworked and I get worse in town gas
> milage than the 2.8v6 in my Passat 4motion. Don't even think about grown men
> in the back seat of the a4, my 5'3" girlfriend and my 9 year old daughter
> don't mind for an hour or so. The Passat was more refined than my C4 and I
> had virtually no problems with it in 70,000 miles. The 2.0t is much better,
> but I'd still take the v6. Your highway milage will suffer, but I do alot of
> mixed driving in which the Passat got about 1 or 2mpg better and the added
> size is much more useful. The A4 is fun and more tossable, but I don't do
> that much spirited driving anymore and the kids look at me funny when I
> do!!!
> >
> > I'd go A6 or Passat 4Motion. Good luck...I'm looking at the same options
> because I'd like to get rid of our MDX!
> >
> > Steve
> > '92 100csq avant
> > '02 a4q avant
> > '88 90q
> > '72 Caddy Eldorado
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 7/8/10, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: Re: What to get next for a car?
> > > To: beattyr2003 at cox.net, quattro at audifans.com
> > > Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 7:33 AM
> > > If you're looking at an A4 from 2004
> > > - 2006, then it would have either the 1.8T
> > > or the 2.0T (think that replaced the 1.8
> > > for 2006), or the 3.0 V6. Personally, I like the 2.0T a lot
> > > and wish I had the
> > > extra oomph in my 1.8T (which I know I could
> > > chip to 200hp very reasonably). A 2006 A4 2.0T with 6-speed
> > > trans and Sport
> > > Package would be very nice indeed. It
> > > would have the 'current' big-mouth grille look but still
> > > have the classic
> > > 'forward' Audi look (versus the current A4 which
> > > has more of a BMW 3-Series 'cab back' look that is still
> > > growing on me).
> > >
> > > Not sure when the A6 changed from the previous 'amorphous'
> > > look to the current
> > > model - which I think is a great-looking
> > >
> > > car. Unless you're talking the S6, it isn't as 'sporty' as
> > > the A4.
> > >
> > > Too bad you can't get the A6 with the 2.0T and 6-speed
> > > manual. That would be a
> > > nice compromise of size and performance,
> > > especially if you could chip the 2.0T to about 250 hp and
> > > 250 lb ft of torque.
> > >
> > > Dan D
> > > '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> > > Central NJ USA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > From: Rob <beattyr2003 at cox.net>
> > > To: quattro at audifans.com
> > > Sent: Thu, July 8, 2010 7:28:11 AM
> > > Subject: What to get next for a car?
> > >
> > > Looks like its time to get another car as my 95 A6 with
> > > 288k on it has
> > > overheated yet again and I am tired of working on it.
> > >
> > > So I am wondering the pros and cons of the newer platforms.
> > > I am aiming
> > > for something around 2004-2006.
> > >
> > > A4 1.8T
> > > A4 2.7/8?
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