Re: Looking at poss buying new 04 A4

I would buy the 3.0 if I could, but that's quite a bit more money. I could afford a used a4 3.0 with about 18k miles on it but I really want something with no miles as to make the warrantly last me as long as possible.

Can't remember which mag it was, but one of the big publications has a 3.0 in their long-term garage. Once it'd gone through the initial "break-in" period, it was posting 0-60 times of 6.5 seconds. Even so, it's a sad state of affirs that anyone with performance in mind is probably better off looking at the 330I (which is overpriced, despite it's performance) and the new G35. I love Audi, but I can no longer honestly say they'd be my hands-down first choice. It's really depressing, but the fact remains, a Maxima 3.5 in fancy clothes is outperforming the A4.

It is depressing. Here is something interesting...

A4 3.0 Curb weight (lbs.): multitronic, FrontTrak: 3462 Manual, quattro: 3583 Tiptronic, quattro: 3627

G35 Curb weight Base model 3,336 lbs Leather model 3,369 lbs Leather 6MT model 3,398 lbs

In addition to having 40 extra horsies, the G35 is lighter - substantially lighter if quattro is added. That is one of the reasons I had a Front Trak A4.

Elroy

"los" wrote

If the car has an Audi Assured warrenty on it, that warrenty extends the base warrenty by two years and another fifty thousand miles (6yr/100k mi). That's from the original purchase date, of course, but that still might be longer than a standard warrenty would be for a new car.

Something to consider.

Peter Smith