Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
Peter wrote:
> On 21 Dec 2005 06:22:39 -0800, "Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On the A3 - I haven't driven it but took an extensive look on the
>>showroom floor a couple weeks back. Personally, I would wait until I
>>could get the 2.0T with quattro and 6-speed (some piont next year,
>>perhaps?).
>
>
> Not recommended.
>
> My own car is an A4 (with a six-speed manual box). When I had it
> serviced a couple of months ago, the garage lent me an A3 2.0T quattro
> with the six-speed manual gearbox. I drove it quite a bit that day.
> Now, I'm used to manual gearboxes - I've been driving for 30 years,
> and never owned anything else. On the whole, the car was excellent.
> But it was badly let down by that gearbox, which was quite he worst
> I've had to use for many years. It was so stiff as to be barely
> manageable. It simply did not bear comparison with the one in my own
> car (which is pretty good, though not perfect). If I was to buy an A3
> (which I would seriously consider doing), there is no way at all that
> I'd get one with a manual gearchange.
Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
> On 21 Dec 2005 06:22:39 -0800, "Dano58" <dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>On the A3 - I haven't driven it but took an extensive look on the
>>showroom floor a couple weeks back. Personally, I would wait until I
>>could get the 2.0T with quattro and 6-speed (some piont next year,
>>perhaps?).
>
>
> Not recommended.
>
> My own car is an A4 (with a six-speed manual box). When I had it
> serviced a couple of months ago, the garage lent me an A3 2.0T quattro
> with the six-speed manual gearbox. I drove it quite a bit that day.
> Now, I'm used to manual gearboxes - I've been driving for 30 years,
> and never owned anything else. On the whole, the car was excellent.
> But it was badly let down by that gearbox, which was quite he worst
> I've had to use for many years. It was so stiff as to be barely
> manageable. It simply did not bear comparison with the one in my own
> car (which is pretty good, though not perfect). If I was to buy an A3
> (which I would seriously consider doing), there is no way at all that
> I'd get one with a manual gearchange.
Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'. OK, so you've had
manual A3s, but are you sure that they have the same six-speed box as
is fitted to the current 2.0Tq? It's certainly not the same six-speed
box as I have in my A4.
Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
Peter.
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:59:42 +0000, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:59:42 +0000, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:59:42 +0000, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:59:42 +0000, Peter <peter@allblue.f9.co.uk>
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
wrote:
>Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best' and
>reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
It could be quite simply broken.
Regards
Wolfgang
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Re: Looking for A3 "Real World" Impressions
Peter wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
>
> I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
> no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
> all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'.
I have a 6 speed gearbox in my A3. I don't know whether its the same
one as in the 2.0TQ. Certainly the box shift is slick and painless. It
is extremely comfortable in use and I haven't any issues. I suspect the
one you had trouble with was broken.
> Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best'
Thats their opinion, of course.
> and
> reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
DSG is an excellent box, no doubt about it, but there was nothing wrong
with any of the A3's I've driven.
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:30 +0000, Graham <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
>>Horses for courses. I've had 2 A3's and have never had any problems
>>with the gearbox. Of all the cars I've driven, I've found it to have
>>the best gearbox, nice slick and solid change. YMMV
>
> I don't think that we can be talking about the same gearbox. There's
> no way that I could imagine anyone describing a gearchange that takes
> all of the strength in my arm to shift as 'slick'.
I have a 6 speed gearbox in my A3. I don't know whether its the same
one as in the 2.0TQ. Certainly the box shift is slick and painless. It
is extremely comfortable in use and I haven't any issues. I suspect the
one you had trouble with was broken.
> Even the garage acknowledged that this box 'isn't Audi's best'
Thats their opinion, of course.
> and
> reckoned that the DSG was a better option for this particular car.
DSG is an excellent box, no doubt about it, but there was nothing wrong
with any of the A3's I've driven.