O/T Thinking of buying an A4 Avant
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As title. I am seriously considering an Audi A4 Avant.

Just wondering if anyone has much experience of these cars or owns one? And has any pointers and things to look out for when looking at cars to buy?

Cheers..........

The front suspension arms are a problem, but they are fairly easy to change. Also, the cam belts are EXPENSIVE to change on the 2,6 and 2,4 ( if it exists) petrol engines.

Get a variant of the 1.9 tdi engines, preferably the 130. A load of guys here have them as company cars, they're really nice. Comfy, fit tons of stuff in, go well for diesels and great tow cars.

A friend has one and has had lots of front suspension problems resulting in all the arms being changed a couple of times. She doesn't like it as much as her Audi 80 and she is looking to get rid as soon as she can.

Both her and my neighbour who also has one have commented that there isn't much room for rear passengers and boot space is poor for the size of the car.

Brother-in-law has a 2.5 diesel. He loves it and it's great for towing his huge caravan. I took them to the airport in it, and came home the long way. Didn't take me long to get home :)

What neil's just said is typical of a4's as far as i can see, the newer ones seem to be better in that respect. Certainly wasnt impressed with the one my dad tried out a few years back, infact he went for the rover over the a4..

I've seen the future and tbh its Pie

Cheers guys, I already knew about the rear passenger space not being that great, but seeing as I'll be driving sod rear passengers!

I am looking at buying a 2.5 TDi quattro, the logic being that hopefully it will be swift enough to not piss me off as my only road car, but be able to tow trailers about happily etc.....

At present I run 2 road cars and am getting fed up with that, so looking to get one of these to do everything....

Ooh, yeah do it

the front suspension problems depends on age of car...

Well the one I was strongly considering buying and was off to look at tomorrow has turned out to be a Cat B write off and so should not be on the road. I knew it had been damaged and repaired but I am bloody glad I phoned my mate up to HPI check it for me.........a lucky escape! However the search will continue for one!

make sure you always do a proper hpi check as those internet data checks dont always tell you if outstanding finance is owed!

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

and dont buy R13 ARD, its wanked

Lisa's dad has the passat estate with the 130 1.9 diesel engine

one of the quickest TDi's i have driven a real corker of an engine ... same as the A4

I recently bought an A6 Avant 2.5TDI Quattro with 53K most SH (37K)
03 plate for my brother in law and paid £13,250 and got all the paintwork done in the bargain form a Sukuzi dealer! Lovely mota drove very nice climate cruise etc - same spec car now costs £36K!

Edited by Scruffy on 2nd Sep, 2006.

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

I've had an A4 1.9tdi for the last 4 years and its been a great car, its 11 years old and drives like new. I would test drive the tdi 130bhp as they really have got some grunt for oil burners. If you go for the 2.5 you wont be dissapointed with the performance!

-MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO-

have you considerd one like my flying armchair tom

Astra 20:L DTI...... 100BHP.... 170 fbl of tourqe
but you can chip them up
as standard will pull a house down! well just enough to pull my son out of bed in the morning anyway!

there a lot cheaper and drive like a BM!

50+ mpg pottering around, air con and all the toys

Edited by BENROSS on 2nd Sep, 2006.

Just remembered about this thread.

Well as an update I bought this at the end of November, I'm very pleased with it.

oil burner?

Indeed, 2.5 TDI Quattro.

Just picked up my A4 last wednesday, got to say i'm really impressed with it, it's not an avant and is only a 2.0 TDI, but i did opt for the 170 version. Nice and quick and feels really solid.

Tom, what is the official towing capacity (on the plate under the bonnet). My '98 Passat Estate has something like 1530Kg for a braked trailer which is just enough for my trailer's capacity.

I have lugged more than 2 tonnes with it (off the highway of course) but just wondering what the actual rating is.

Just curious as this is the main reason I can not replace the Passat with anything other than a Passat or A6 (I do think the quattros have a higher rating though ...)

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

I don't know, I will have a look when the weather is a bit less horrible oustide and report back

nice car put a tow bar on the back you the mini

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