Jim

I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000, but
after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good value?

What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual

Victor DiMichina

Jim wrote:
> I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000, but
> after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good value?
>
> What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual
>

If you're in the market for a small sport sedan, like a BMW 3series,
Caddy CTS, Infiniti G35, or the like, you would do yourself a great
disservice by not considering the A4, especially 3.0q you mentioned.

The biggest gripe for quality in the newer models (pre2003) was coil
pack failures--which plagued the 1.8t models.


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Vic
2000 Mustang GT
suspension upgrades
1997 A4 2.8q
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Wolfgang Pawlinetz

Jim wrote:

> I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000, but
> after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good value?

Read the BMW or Mercedes Newsgroups. Same issue basically. The folks
here and there rarely report the flawlessly running cars but seek help
when they have problems. Uneventful operation is the standard, so nobody
mentions it.

> What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual

*droool*

Wolfgang

Chris Cavin

Jim wrote:

> I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000, but
> after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good value?
>
> What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual

My wife and I purchased an A4 1.8T Q Tip 3,000 miles ago. No problems yet.

-Dirt-

Steve Thompson

On 25 Jul 2003, Victor DiMichina wrote:

> Jim wrote:
> > I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000, but
> > after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good value?
> > What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual
>
> If you're in the market for a small sport sedan, like a BMW 3series,
> Caddy CTS, Infiniti G35, or the like, you would do yourself a great
> disservice by not considering the A4, especially 3.0q you mentioned.
>
> The biggest gripe for quality in the newer models (pre2003) was coil
> pack failures--which plagued the 1.8t models.

I have a 2002 A4 3.0 quattro, manual, and have had the coil pack failure
too (all six were replaced). I'd buy another one in a heartbeat, though;
excellent car and good value.

Steve

Doug Ramage

"Steve Thompson" <smt@vgersoft.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.44.0307251039150.5747-100000@honker.vgersoft.com...
> On 25 Jul 2003, Victor DiMichina wrote:
>
> > Jim wrote:
> > > I am considering Audi for a new car. I have owned a 5000 and 4000,
but
> > > after reading this newsgroup, it appears Audi may not be such a good
value?
> > > What about an A4 3.0 Quattro? Manual
> >
> > If you're in the market for a small sport sedan, like a BMW 3series,
> > Caddy CTS, Infiniti G35, or the like, you would do yourself a great
> > disservice by not considering the A4, especially 3.0q you mentioned.
> >
> > The biggest gripe for quality in the newer models (pre2003) was coil
> > pack failures--which plagued the 1.8t models.
>
> I have a 2002 A4 3.0 quattro, manual, and have had the coil pack failure
> too (all six were replaced). I'd buy another one in a heartbeat, though;
> excellent car and good value.
>
> Steve
>

I am currently on my 6th Audi - a TTC225 - after 7 BMWs, 1 MB and 1
Porsche. What more can I say?
--
Doug Ramage