How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?

[Vincent Gelinas]

I didn't find them any worse in quality or handling than my mk 3 or mk4.
On Jun 9, 2012 12:40 PM, "Steve Marinello" <smarinello at entouch.net> wrote:

> Please don't.
>
> The new Jetta's suck.  Period.  The Mk 5's are wonderful cars.  These new
> ones are crap, put together for the American masses.  We were handed one as
> a longer term loaner while VW worked to resolve the AdBlue system on our
> Touareg TDI.  Ann drove it daily; I only for a few trips.  What garbage.
> The handling dynamics sucked, the braking sucked, the finish inside was two
> steps down from the Mk 5's.  When my less than into cars wife states, "one
> of these will NEVER be in our driveway!"...well, even she could tell how
> far
> the Jetta has fallen.  We had a Mk 5 GTI that was fantastic...I just wanted
> quattro and picked up another A4q.  I've driven plenty of Mk 5 Jetta's and
> they are wonderful, all of them; TDI, 2.5 and GLI...maybe the 2.0t non GLI
> is a little schizo, but still nice.  My only regret with the GTI is that IF
> I had got a GLI, I probably would have kept it and given it to my son.
> Instead, he got a high mileage, but nice '04 A4q USP, so I'm good with
> that.
>
> Just stay away from the new Jetta's.  Even the service tech at our dealer
> can't believe what they have become, but as she says, "They're eselling
> like
> hotcakes.".
>
> Ughh....
>
> My two cents...
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Dan DiBiase
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 10:14 AM
> To: Vincent Gelinas
> Cc: Quattro List
> Subject: Re: How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?
>
> Yeah, I am probably going to break my own advice and get a Mk6 Jetta -
> although by the time I get off my butt and get my car spruced up to sell,
> the 2013's will be here....
>
>
> The mid-range SE with Convenience and Sunroof is very reasonably priced at
> $21,450 with the 5-speed trans, although the thought of rear drum brakes
> kinda turns me off. But I don't think the interior is as bad as a .lot of
> the media have been saying.
>
> Dan D
> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> Central NJ USA
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Vincent Gelinas <vrgelinas at gmail.com>
> To: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> Cc: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com>; John Cassidy <qforsail at yahoo.com>;
> Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2012 10:59 AM
> Subject: Re: How can anyone possibly buy a used Audi quattro anymore?
>
>
> Well that explains why my early 2000 Jetta had less issues than some people
> I know that had later mk4s. I've heard of precious few issues with the mk6
> too.
> On Jun 9, 2012 8:24 AM, "Tony Hoffman" <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> That being a good general rule of thumb, the Germans seem to suffer less
> >from that than most. In fact, I rarely see issues with a first year
> >platform form VAG that I don't see in the rest of that generation.
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> It's probably worth noting that the '02 is the first year of the B6
> A4...
> >> It's probably smart to avoid the first year of any new platform from
> >> any manufacturer, as they generally use the first-year buying public
> >> to help work out the teething problems.
> >>
> >>
> >> Dan D
> >> '04 A4 1.8Tq MT-6
> >> Central NJ USA
> >>
> >>
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