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You need to be properly desperate to own an Audi keyring to buy that - it's the worst A3 they do, with just 105bhp and an engine thats absolutely ancient.
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You need to be properly desperate to own an Audi keyring to buy that - it's the worst A3 they do, with just 105bhp and an engine thats absolutely ancient.
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If you're going to get one you might as well get the best one/options you can afford. Leather/media screen etc?
It does, but ironically only from SD cards, not iPods!
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[TW]Fox;23228385 said:
Lol, blunt but thanks.
Now looking and tempted at getting a brand new A1 .....
I contemplated that, but to spec one up makes them cost a small fortune. The A4 worked out far better value.
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I contemplated that, but to spec one up makes them cost a small fortune. The A4 worked out far better value.
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Para, is there any reason you went with diesel? I saw a offer on a new black edition A4 1.8 TFSI - first thoughts were great until I saw it was well over 2 seconds slower to 60 - circa 10 seconds 0-60 apparently, while mine does around 8.5 or so. Strange... :o
The only thing with the A1 is that if you want options the dealer will charge for literally everything. There is a good buyers guide on the A1-forum.co.uk but a number of dealers seem to be a bit cheap: not including carpet mats etc even though they should be standard in the front.
I got mine on a good deal (around march they have some decent deals on new cars). If I was looking to buy one now, I'd set a budget and take a look at audi approved used to get the best model/spec you want. Though to be fair even my poverty spec Sport model comes with most the features I wanted anyway. :)
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Why?
Buy a used Audi instead - loads more choice. The money you spend on a brand new A1 could buy a really nice spec current-gen A4 with a decent engine in it.
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[TW]Fox;23228867 said:
Yeah fox like this...you're favourite engine in the Audi range.
http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/...4-2-0-tdi-143-se-4dr-autovogue-edition/338259
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[TW]Fox;23228867 said:
Complicated.... But where I live and park my car can only fit a fairly small car which annoyingly limits my options.
Really narrow road to get to my house and then a tight 3 point turn means any large car is a no go. Guess that's the trade off for living in town.
Will you streetview this? I suspect you are being a girl and you can actually manoeuvre and park a Phantom down there. I drive a fairly big car and I've never been unable to get it down somewhere/park it.
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lol .... yeah well just because I like the A1 ....
Anyway here is streetview, and does get a bit narrower as I drive down but you sort of get the idea.
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Errrrrm....yeah. 
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So my buddy has an R8 v10 and after a quick photoshoot this morning we spent all afternoon in the Porsche Leeds garage. 
Been out in a 6 month old A4 2.0 Tdi tonight...think it was the same spec as yours (se tech). I found the interior a nice place to be, decent enough leather seats, climate, nav, MMI (where ID tags actually work lol) and the rest.
One thing I could not stand is the vibrations. Engine noise or at least noise cancelation was surprising good but everything, gear stick, door arm rests, visors literally the lot was vibrating - not so much that you can really hear it but you can definitely notice it on the floor carpets and armrest etc...would drive me insane, but the car does like 30k miles a year so fair do's.
Can't say that mine vibrates anything other than the gear stick. Certainly not that I've noticed anyway. That said, mine has done < 200 miles so far, so things might loosen up.
One thing I could not stand is the vibrations. Engine noise or at least noise cancelation was surprising good but everything, gear stick, door arm rests, visors literally the lot was vibrating - not so much that you can really hear it but you can definitely notice it on the floor carpets and armrest etc...would drive me insane, but the car does like 30k miles a year so fair do's.
This is what I can't stand about the 4 cylinder diesels either. They all do it, even though many owners will swear blind they don't and it's as smooth as a V12 inside or something.
The 6 pots are generally much much better in this regard.
Given your 330d had the worlds first 6 cylinder commonrail diesel engine fitted to a passenger car in it, released 13 years ago, I'm not really sure whether that really changes what I'm saying. Infact perhaps the fact its noteworthy that its better than a 13 year old design might even agree with me