[s-cars] Allroad - which year to get?

[Igor Kessel]

R. Mair wrote:
> We have a 2002 AR and love it. There have been a few little problems, 
> but they were all taken care of under warranty. The car in general has 
> been a great performer, hauling my kids to school, getting groceries and 
> on ocassion, taking me on ski trips. I still rather take my 94 S4, but 
> the AR is simply the best all-around car we ever had. I even drove it to 
> the top of a ski slope a few years back! I don't think there was much 
> difference since they debuted in 2001, other than perhaps some color 
> changes and option switching. They added the 4.2 V8 for the 2004 model 
> year but i haven't driven one yet. Our warranty expires in 1.5 years and 
> we may be looking at getting a left-over 2005 if one's available. The 
> Pikes Peak will be replacing the AR in the 2006 model year :-(   If you 
> have any questions, feel free to email me.
> 
> Rolf Mair
> 
> 2002 AR
> 1994 S4
> 1990 90q 20vt
> 1969 427 Camaro Conv.
> 
> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 11:10:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [s-cars] Allroad - which year to get?
> To: Scar <s-car-list at audifans.com>
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> S-car nutz,
> 
> We may be in the market for an Allroad within the next year.
> I'd like to take some time now to become acquainted with the
> differences in the different years.
> 
> Are there any websites that show the differences...is there one on
> audiworld? Does anyone have first hand knowledge?
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks for your input!

Chris,

This past April I replaced my wife's 1998 A4 1.8t 5-speed with a 2004 
Allroad 2.7tt 6-speed with a cloth interior. I can't sing enough prases 
to the car.
However AoA in its infinite wisdom has bundled the Xenons and the 
sunroof with the leather upholstery which we both intensly dislike thus 
I ordered the car w/o any options whatsoever.
I later sourced a set of used 2002 Xenon headlights off e-bay and swaped 
them in.

The car is awesome. Right now the Allroad is the ONLY large Audi in 
America where you can have turbo+stick+cloth. Grab it while you still can.

-- 
Igor Kessel
http://home.comcast.net/~KBATPO/