James

how good are these?

i've seen a lovely quattro a3 130 tdi but the dealer is being a bit gay, so i've seen another one almost identical expect with nicer alloys, nicer seats and a better colour but it's not a quattro.

is it really worth me waiting for a quattro? or is it a case of it will go wrong one day and really will cost a bomb to fix?

also what do you think about buying privately, i wonldn't mind normally but since it's the thick end of 10k i think i'd rather go to a propper dealer, am i just being daft?

James

anyone?

jr

personaly in this country i see no real advantage off having the quattro, driven a few quattros and non quatros at work, and TBH i prefer the FWD cars, more weight with the Q, for no real benifit over here

EIL132

Had an A3 quattro and it went through bushes like you wouldn't believe, 2 engine mounts and had AFM fault that cost plenty. Gearbox was slack as a whores pussy and the stereo was a waste of time, volume control had a mind of its own, but they're all like that apparently. For a 60k mile car it was a lot more hassle and not as well built as I thought it would be and it certainly wasn't fast for 180bhp. Would just go for the FWD version IMO.

James

thanks for the replys, tested it today amd wasn't impressed at all, lovely car but just not quick enough.

Shings

I have the newer version- they changed on the 54 I think.

None of those problems are evident and I must say the build quality on the later vehicles is much better.

Jake

James

yeah they had a few 2.0 tdi A3's and they look better but slightly too much money atm.

danneth

i have the FWD (150bhp) same colour as yours but with the s3 kit on, like you said seems to eat bushes but touch wood apart from that not had any trouble with it mines remapped to around 200bhp

Cawood

my birds got the quattro 1.8t and yeah they dont feel that fast, going to get remap...... after sorting out a few things on it

nice cars, i was expecting to be a bit betterTBH


EIL132, what was this AFM fault you had? got a funny feeling my birds cars got it too

keep getting a flat spot in the rev range about 3-4k

Martyn

If I had 10k to spend on an Audi, Id get an S4

gingeRS

yup, my friends just bought a mint 1999 S4 with 90kk on the clock for only 8k

its a beaut, running RS4 wheels, suspension and an mtm remap

James

yeah i must say i am thinking more towards the s4. other option is prehaps a s3, but i've driven a tt225 which is the same thing and wasn't impressed with that either tbh.

i know they'll both be loads better with a remap but if i'm spending that kinda money on a car i want it to be exactly what i want!