So I sold my Red 2004 Audi A4 1.8T quattro, and I am now driving / sharing my wifes civic. I sold it because I really want an S4 but then the appeal of filling up every other day LOL with that 4.2 isnt as great. I am still looking for the S4 and will probably not buy until April - May but boy am I going to miss the quattro this winter. I also looked at getting the 2.0T A4 but I am unsure of the decission yet so it is going to be tough!

What do you think? List reasons why and why not? Help me make up my mind!

I was initially going to purchase an RS4 but choose not to for other reasons, and the other option was an M3 being a V6 and less gas but it is a 2 door unless I go brand new which I dont want to do!!! So the M is out of the question and back to Audi again!!!

 

DUDE, what ever you do just dont leave us.. Good luck with the findings let us know what you get... lots of pics

 

The S4 would be awesome...but it would require more gas obviously.

IMO it all depends on how much you drive each day, if it is a ton of driving then you may want to avoid the bigger engines however if you don't drive too much then it shouldn't be a problem.

 

Consider building up a B5 S4?

Drive decent and get decent mileage, drive hard to pass V8's

 

I took my 07 2.0T into the shop yesterday because it developed a nasty oil leak around the filler cap... To make a long story short they loaned me an 2008 A4 S-Line with the 3.2 in it... I know it isnt an S4, but man does that puppy go. Now the downside was when I started watching the fuel consumption gauge vs mine... LOL I drove it for two hours so far, and as much fun as it is, I want my 2.0T back... The gas consumption would kill me (and it's not even an S4), and I think the speeding tickets would add up too...

 

have you see the topgear episode of the hybrid prius vs the m3? prius rips it up on the track and all the m3 has to do is keep up. M3 was more fuel efficient - get the m3 or s4 if you do a fair bit of longer distance driving vs 10-15km a day. You can wait till the b8 a4 come for sale in september. I wouldn't rush to buy a car unless you had to.

Another story my friend works @ DFC (downtown fine cars), he told me him alone in one year did 11 engine swaps for 4.2 motors.... thats 1 tech almost 1 engine a month. Some food for though.

 

Yeah I dont know LOL I would not buy a brand new one thats for sure. this is my situation right now and what I am looking at.

Get a 2006 S4 and a 2006 A4 2.0T for the wife

or

2007 A4's 2.0T's for the both of us


B5 = old for me I dont like older cars personally i change cars every 2-3 years

 

sup 1move? what about an a5? or are you looking for 4 door? are VW phaetons around your price range? Those are hard looking! whatever it is you get make sure to stay in contact. Good luck and thanks again for all of your comments

 

a Phaeton????
isnt that a W12, or the same engine that they put into the Bentley Continental GT??

how would those compare to a S4 or an rS4???

 

I was looking also at a 2005 CL 65 AMG but thats a lot of car for me and I would not be able to get an audi then which is sad!