A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

hello all,

I am wondering if trading quattro for a manuel transmission is worth it. I have been looking alot and find that I cannot find a 06 a4 in my price range that has quattro and manual with reasonable kms.

That said, I can find low km, good price and manual.

or so so km, good price and quattro...

Thoughts please.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

In my opinion, manual an quattro are must haves. If you can't find an 06 in your budget, get an 05.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

I like the b7... i dont wanna go to a 05'

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Then go for a slightly higher mileage car. Believe me, if you pass on the manual or quattro you will regret it.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

get what you want even with slightly higher mileage.

you don't want to be driving a fwd with manual and still keep thinking about a awd with manual.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

awd isnt that great in my opinion. IF you have well spirited driving, you will notice awd when you exit the apex. If you just drive regularly then awd isnt an issue, winter tires and you are good to go. People just like to have awd for confidence. besides with audi most of the power goes to front wheels anyway. I say get manual. Auto is just a waste of a car in my opinion.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

The B7 debuted as a 2005.5

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

In the US, in Canada it debuted in 2006.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

+1 on that

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Get a US model, it will probably be in your budget then. You can get some really low km ones with no rock chips for a few thousand less than a Canadian equivilant.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

so your saying instead of getting quattro you'd rather get fwd cvt tranny.....?

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

go to a 04 or 05 and get a ultrasport if you can find one. There is no stock b7 that could ever look better then a stock b6 ultrasport imo.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Personnally, if I really needed to buy a car now, give up the manual over the quattro.

I've had fwd, and despite the fun of a MKV GTI, I HATED the fwd, it was the achillies heel of the car. (it was DSG btw).

That said, I enjoy my 5-spd in my A4, but there are days/times when stick isn't that much fun.

And IMO, buying a FWD Audi is just... wrong. It'd be like buying a fwd BMW (mini doesn't count ;)), lol.:rolleyes:

If you can hold out the car you want will come along... Mine did.:D

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

x2, the whole point of Audi IS the AWD and there aren't very many times a manual sucks. The car does enough on it's own. I wanna be part of the driving experience too lol.

All or nothing! :cool:

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Not necessarily the FWD... I would say the CVT tranny is the limitation.
It depends very much on everybody's driving habits (!)

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

I think he's saying he'd buy only a manual tranny even if it means giving up AWD.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Id give up the manual anyday over quattro.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Thanks to all, ended up getting a b7 2.OT with quattro and manual and 48k.. so needless to say im happy.

Re: A4 Question. quattro v. fwd
 

Congrats, Now post pictures in the new member section