We need the vehicle to do what our current 2wd van does, which is to be a weekend hardware store hauler and occasional commuter/soccer mom bomb. But, it additionally needs to run up into the snowy hills and on old rutted logging roads. The A4 we looked at got ~18mpg, which is not something I'd want to commute with, especially since my diesel wagon gets 28 mpg and her diesel sedan gets 25 mpg. If they imported a tdi quattro avant, I'd be all over it in a heartbeat. On 1/6/07, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > > Since it will be your wife's car, what does she need it for? Daily > commuter, kid picker upper, or for ski trips? I would go far at least an A6 > and no Turbos. The Audi is a super vehicle in many ways, especially fuel > economy. We now have a '98 A8 and man is it comfortable rocket. It does ~22 > around town and ~27 mpg highway. Also, late Audis don't rust except for some > of the lines underneath. > > > Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k) '84 300D (218k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K) http://users.zhonka.net/zeitgeist/Misc/IMG_0171.JPG |
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