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Remsen, I haven’t had coffee in that manner in some time. Holy heck that was well done … damn. 👏
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Have driven a 2018 A4 for over 3 years now. The level of integration among the electronics - esp the nav system and its display and output - is impressive and much better than the other well known German and Japanese cars I’ve driven since then. That includes the more expensive brands. The car is powerful enough for me and the drive system and handling quite good. My prior car was an E-39 M5, which while much more powerful, immensely faster and better handling, was quite expensive and difficult to keep in top running order, so off it went.
BTW, an early 2000s A6 was a piece of junk, but since then BMW/VW/Porsche have incorporated and adopted TPS - the effect of that decision is clear.
Although I’m now in a Tacoma and really like it better for my current use, the new Audis are very good and reliable cars. Not all of the models but all of the more popular ones. YMMV.
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My only experience is driving my father-in-laws Audi 5000. Don’t remember the year, 80 something. Had the reputation of not being in park or something. Was a pig and not to reliable. Had the 5 cylinder engine, gutless.
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I always heard that an Audi was a Volkswagen that wanted to grow up to be a Mercedes Benz....
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They are fast, and have an awful lot of maintenance!
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We're on our third Audi (an A6 Allroad) and we've always had good luck with them (the others were an A7 and an A5). We've never had one for more than 100,000 miles, though, since my wife tends to want a new car every 2-3 years and even when she was commuting she never put more than 30,000 miles on one in a year.
Personally, I liked the BMW that this Allroad replaced, but it was crap in the snow. We're about to drive the new Audi from MT to CA and back as its first real test. You can knock German cars all day long for reliability and cost, but they shine going across Idaho and Nevada rapidly and in comfort. Long distance, high speed driving is why we like the German cars (plus, the ashtrays hold all of our relatives). LOL
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Dammit - I am too late ......
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Audi RS 6. Almost 600hp, 0-60 sec in 3 seconds and 190mph top speed sounds fun in a wagon. But I’m sure your Buick is “just as good” as a POS Audi… LOL
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they are rental cars in germany. much like impalas, etc in this country. people buy them for the fancy logo and name.
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they are rental cars in germany. much like impalas, etc in this country. people buy them for the fancy logo and name. Which models have you owned/driven?
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How much does that station wagon cost.
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How much does that station wagon cost. $110k. Bright side is after 3 1/2 more years of Biden it will be worth four times that in inflation adjusted dollars.
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Buddy had an s4 that was a hoot to drive.
Like most German cars, there is a reason they sell for pennies on the dollar when they get about a 100k on them.
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they are rental cars in germany. much like impalas, etc in this country. people buy them for the fancy logo and name. Which models have you owned/driven? ha, i knew i'd snag one. i drove a lot of them in germany as rentals. mostly a4's & 5's. they were ok but nothing special. i could get 240km/h out of the a5's if i had a long stretch of autobahn. i would never buy one but there are a lot of cars i would never buy that people love so take it for what its worth.
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they are rental cars in germany. much like impalas, etc in this country. people buy them for the fancy logo and name. The rental ones in Europe, and I have rented quite a few over there, are not the same cars as we get in retail here. The rentals are very bare bones amenities wise and invariably have the lowest power engine, often a diesel. we're due for new cars after we retire (my 535 is more than 160K and the 4Runner is at 210K) and my wife is interested in a Q5. With my experience with my A4 and Allroad I won't hesitate go Q5 if that's what she says she wants.
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My brother works for a company that has owned several high-end German cars, usually the high-hp versions. He said they are a blast to drive but the values go off a cliff as the mileage goes up. Regular service costs were astonishing if you wanted to keep them running. Seemed crazy to see a $100k+ car that was only 5 years old and was 60%+ depreciated. A Japanese would fare better here, but they make few models to compete for performance.
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How much does that station wagon cost. "Speed costs money son, how fast do you want to go?" (Old hot rod shop sign)
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No idea, but I’ll take a shot.... $1,000.00+ brake or muffler jobs?
I would venture to guess that's a bit low. One of my colleagues has one and while it was in the shop for routine service he mentioned to the service writer one of the marker lights was out. (I think this one was under the front valance, or something like that.) The quote to repair it came in at 4k.
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Every A-hole in colorado has to buy an Audi thinking they can drive 80 on icy roads. Best part about an A4... you can park it next to any other A4 from the last 20 years and they look the same. Guess germans are resistant to change.
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