[s-cars] Audi "Streets of Tomorrow Ride and Drive", or...

[Frank Stadmeyer]

At the present time, the A3 2.0T is not available with quattro in the  
US due to the quattro gas tank being unsatisfactory for crash- 
worthiness. The Audi folks I spoke to said they were working on  
fixing that.


Frank



On May 1, 2006, at 9:20 PM, Steve Marinello wrote:

> Acutally, Dennis, I drove the 2.0T A3's to compare to the FWD  
> GTI's.  I did not like the DSG in the A3 at all. Drive it back-to- 
> back with a GTI and maybe you'll see what I mean, or maybe not.
>
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>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/1/2006 3:45:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
>> stadmef at ntplx.net writes:
>>
>> Yep, the A3 was as disappointing as the RS4 was fun!  My regular  car
>> for those of you not keeping up is an R32, so I was antsy to  drive
>> the A3 3.2 as well as try out DSG.  The added incentive  was that  
>> my R
>> has been in the shop for a week to fix up some minor  bodywork and  
>> the
>> dealer gave me a 2006 Passat 2.0T with  Tiptronic.  I hated the
>> Tiptronic so I was really hoping the  DSG would be fun.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Too bad all of you drove the 3.2 A3. The 2.0 DSG car is far more   
>> fun. When
>> pushed to the limit that might change due to front drive,  but the  
>> lighter
>> front weight and extremely quick DSG make it really  fun to toss  
>> around.
>> I thought the DSG TT was disappointing by comparison. Not sure why  
>> the DSG
>> mating to 3.2 doesn't behave the same as the 2.0 but that  
>> combination just
>> doesn't work as well. The computer programing for the 2.0T shifts  
>> is spot on.
>>
>> Dennis  Graber
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