I don't think the A4's got the 170hp 1.8T engine until halfway through 2001.
I had a '97 A4 and had a bunch of problems with it. However a friend has a '99.5 A4 and his has been practically perfect... YMMV... -josh --- "Hauptmann, Eric" <[email protected]> wrote: > What about Audi A4's? you could check out the audi > dealerships and see if > anyone has traded in theirs for the new models. If > so, it's possible to get > the Audi Assured Warranty which is 2 years, 100K > miles. My wife has a 99 A4 > 1.8T with the warranty, which has been great and she > only paid 21k for it > with 9K miles! (yes, 9,000 miles). also, you can > join the quattro club in > your area and go to tech sessions to work on your > car. if you can't do > something yourself, the mechanics will help you out. > not to mention if you > got a 3 year old A4, you would have 180 HP, all > wheel drive and a > comfortable ride. > > Just my thoughts. > > -----Original Message----- > From: patrick austin > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 9:01 AM > To: 16V Group > Subject: [a2-16v-list] OT: New cars > > > I'm starting a 2 year graduate program next year, > and will probably be > going from a 5 mile commute every day to a 3-day a > week 100 mile round > trip commute. My '95 GLX has 110K miles on it right > now, on the > original transmission, clutch, timing > chain/tensioners, head gasket, and > all major ancillary components. I'm thinking it may > be time to switch > to something with repairs that'll be a bit more > predictable over the > next couple of years, so I've been looking at > $18K-$25K cars. (I _will_ > keep the A2 GTI around as a weekend toy, don't > worry) > > Over the weekend I test drove a 1.8T and VR6 GTI, a > Civic SI, WRX, Acura > RSX and RSX-S, Sentra SE-R Spec V, Focus SVT, etc. > Anyone else been > looking at cars lately? Any strong opinions about > these cars and the > rest of the cars in this price range? As fun as one > would be, I will > NOT but an SRT Neon. It'd probably be a pile of > garbage by the time my > lease/loan payments end. It'd be hard to buy a VW, > too, as they're not > exactly the best handling cars on earth these days. > The car won't be > out on a track with other cars, but it will see a > fair amount of > autocrossing...I'd give more points to nimble > handling and fun-to-drive > than to outright speed. > > -Pat > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com
