Bram

Hey all..

I'm looking for opinions on A4 3.0 tiptronics/multitronics.

An early 2002 model will set me back €35000 ($44300) which
is a lot of money to me so I'd like to hear from owners first.
What do you think of the engine (power, funfactor), reliability
and the tip/multitronic system? I think I'd prefer a manual
stick but they seem to be extremely rare over here (Holland).

Any info welcome!

cheers,

Bram
(Currently a happy '99 TT owner)

Jay Jones

I have a 2003 A4 3.0 CVT with 33,500 miles. No problems with the
Multitronic whatsoever, and I drive it pretty hard. The gas mileage is also
pretty good; I've always gotten over 20 mpg in city driving and between 27
and 29 mpg highway driving. The CVT is much faster than the tiptronic
quattro (0-60 of 6.8 secs versus 7.8 secs for the slushbox quattro). The
manual tranny 3.0 quattro is also 6.8 secs to 60-- but the CVT is much more
convenient in traffic, and gets better fuel economy than either.


"Bram" <spamdustbin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hey all..
>
> I'm looking for opinions on A4 3.0 tiptronics/multitronics.
>
> An early 2002 model will set me back ?35000 ($44300) which
> is a lot of money to me so I'd like to hear from owners first.
> What do you think of the engine (power, funfactor), reliability
> and the tip/multitronic system? I think I'd prefer a manual
> stick but they seem to be extremely rare over here (Holland).
>
> Any info welcome!
>
> cheers,
>
> Bram
> (Currently a happy '99 TT owner)

Jay Jones

I have a 2003 A4 3.0 CVT with 33,500 miles. No problems with the
Multitronic whatsoever, and I drive it pretty hard. The gas mileage is also
pretty good; I've always gotten over 20 mpg in city driving and between 27
and 29 mpg highway driving. The CVT is much faster than the tiptronic
quattro (0-60 of 6.8 secs versus 7.8 secs for the slushbox quattro). The
manual tranny 3.0 quattro is also 6.8 secs to 60-- but the CVT is much more
convenient in traffic, and gets better fuel economy than either.


"Bram" <spamdustbin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:23bb153f.0507170827.1dc0acf3@posting.google.c om...
> Hey all..
>
> I'm looking for opinions on A4 3.0 tiptronics/multitronics.
>
> An early 2002 model will set me back ?35000 ($44300) which
> is a lot of money to me so I'd like to hear from owners first.
> What do you think of the engine (power, funfactor), reliability
> and the tip/multitronic system? I think I'd prefer a manual
> stick but they seem to be extremely rare over here (Holland).
>
> Any info welcome!
>
> cheers,
>
> Bram
> (Currently a happy '99 TT owner)

Jay Jones

I have a 2003 A4 3.0 CVT with 33,500 miles. No problems with the
Multitronic whatsoever, and I drive it pretty hard. The gas mileage is also
pretty good; I've always gotten over 20 mpg in city driving and between 27
and 29 mpg highway driving. The CVT is much faster than the tiptronic
quattro (0-60 of 6.8 secs versus 7.8 secs for the slushbox quattro). The
manual tranny 3.0 quattro is also 6.8 secs to 60-- but the CVT is much more
convenient in traffic, and gets better fuel economy than either.


"Bram" <spamdustbin@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:23bb153f.0507170827.1dc0acf3@posting.google.c om...
> Hey all..
>
> I'm looking for opinions on A4 3.0 tiptronics/multitronics.
>
> An early 2002 model will set me back ?35000 ($44300) which
> is a lot of money to me so I'd like to hear from owners first.
> What do you think of the engine (power, funfactor), reliability
> and the tip/multitronic system? I think I'd prefer a manual
> stick but they seem to be extremely rare over here (Holland).
>
> Any info welcome!
>
> cheers,
>
> Bram
> (Currently a happy '99 TT owner)