Which engine - Audi A4 Quattro (B6)
Discussion
Advice time chaps - I'm thinking of switching my W124 E320 for something a little more modern and fancy trying an Audi A4 quattro. Does anyone have any advice re: which engine to go for? Here's my thoughts at the moment:
1.8T - probably the one I'll pick, but I'm concerned about sludging issues.
3.0 petrol - I mainly do urban driving / short journeys so maybe a bit thirsty?
2.5d - belts etc can be expensive (?)
1.9d 130bhp - I've not driven one, but used to own a 110bhp fwd A4. That was decent enough.
I'm only going to do about 5k miles a year hence I'm thinking 1.8T petrol. I have got used to 6 cylinders and an autobox though! What are the tiptronic boxes like on the 3.0Ls? My budget is £2-4k so the cars will have ca. 100k miles on the clock.
Advice appreciated!
1.8T - probably the one I'll pick, but I'm concerned about sludging issues.
3.0 petrol - I mainly do urban driving / short journeys so maybe a bit thirsty?
2.5d - belts etc can be expensive (?)
1.9d 130bhp - I've not driven one, but used to own a 110bhp fwd A4. That was decent enough.
I'm only going to do about 5k miles a year hence I'm thinking 1.8T petrol. I have got used to 6 cylinders and an autobox though! What are the tiptronic boxes like on the 3.0Ls? My budget is £2-4k so the cars will have ca. 100k miles on the clock.
Advice appreciated!
doogz said:
My 3.0 petrol was awful on fuel.
My commute was mostly along the motorway to work. In the A4 I was averaging around 22mpg. In my 45bhp more powerful Impreza WRX PPP, I was averaging 28mpg.
Lovely car, nicest interior of any car I've ever had, if that's your thing, but fecking thirsty.
Oh, and my 3.0 had a manual box, which was in fairness, superb. No idea about the autoboxes though.
I found exactly the same, but an STi in my case.My commute was mostly along the motorway to work. In the A4 I was averaging around 22mpg. In my 45bhp more powerful Impreza WRX PPP, I was averaging 28mpg.
Lovely car, nicest interior of any car I've ever had, if that's your thing, but fecking thirsty.
Oh, and my 3.0 had a manual box, which was in fairness, superb. No idea about the autoboxes though.
The A4 was also slow by comparison, in fact it was just slow for the amount of petrol I put in it.
valais said:
From experience, I would not drive the 3.0 diesel on short journeys unless you can get it up to temps. It does horrible things to the service interval and oil quality.
The 3 litre petrol quattro I've driven can have what looks like headgasket failure mayonnaise due to too many short runs.3L petrol, all day. Silky smooth, pulls well and as its a big, unstressed NA unit; minimum borkage. Mated to a proper quattro drivetrain it'll do everything well and in all weathers. Worth the extra few quid a week on petrol given the daily dose of V6 creaminess and how little it should depreciate.
Manual flavour ideally.
Manual flavour ideally.
Very little to add - except to say - that - imo - the A4 Quattros seem to have low enough ground clearance.
Now to be fair its not completely ridiculously bad but if your thinking of buying one to "beat the snow" or drive on rough roads in the country - then its worth noting.
Feel free to ignore the above
Now to be fair its not completely ridiculously bad but if your thinking of buying one to "beat the snow" or drive on rough roads in the country - then its worth noting.
Feel free to ignore the above
Sir Fergie (good name btw) yes I'm thinking 'beat the snow' but ground clearance should be ok. I know winter tyres are the way forward (all seasons fitted to my w124 are ace) but fancy trying 4wd. I've thought about x-types, legacies etc but the cabin quality of the Audi is a pull.
This will be a 2nd car, I just want something decent to sit in and reliable that will move in the snow when our BMW F11 is stuck!
This will be a 2nd car, I just want something decent to sit in and reliable that will move in the snow when our BMW F11 is stuck!
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