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[TW]Fox;27574022 said:
Exactly whereas the A3 has been out for 2 years :confused:

(Don't forget the A5 was the first car in the family to be released and that came out in 2007, the A4 is simply an A5 with more doors).
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But you were comparing the A4 to the E90 in terms of stretching the life out of models. IIRC the E90 was out for 7+ years as well?
 
MORE SPEED said:
But you were comparing the A4 to the E90 in terms of stretching the life out of models. IIRC the E90 was out for 7+ years as well?
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Exactly 7 years - whereas Audi tend to go for longer. The A4 is 7 years old in a few months and there is no sign of a replacement yet, it likely won't arrive until 2016.

E46: 1998-2005 (7 years), E90 2005-2012 (7 years), F30 2012-2019
B6/B7: 2000-2008 (8 years), B8 2008-2016 (8 years)

I had a similar view of the idea of buying a brand new E90 in 2012, too, to be fair, so I'm not being anti Audi, I'm explaining why IMHO the A3 is currently a better buy.
 
chriscatt said:
The A4 is no comparison to the A3, for a start it is an old car due to be replaced in 2015, thus the discounts are higher, the A3 is selling far better due too. Personally, after driving them both, there is no comparison, the A4 handles like a barge and the A3 is dynamic, no contest.. I can't speak for the BMW, aside from - well it's a BMW. Where are you getting your quotes from too, on the BMW site a 318d M sport is listed at £30,675.00 OTR
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I actually didn't mind the drive in any of my A4's when I had them, they were pleasant enough. Sure, they were no sports cars, but then I wasn't looking at sports cars either. Just essentially run of the mill models, in S-Line spec.

Sure, the A4 will be due for replacement, I get that. But the new A3 is a horrible place to sit anyway. I would personally prefer to sit in the A4 as it looks cleaner and more integrated. Rather than the look in the A3, but I guess that's just me by the sounds of it.

All quotes above come from Broadspeed. Although I found Drive The Deal to give better quotes.
 
[TW]Fox;27574242 said:
Exactly 7 years - whereas Audi tend to go for longer. The A4 is 7 years old in a few months and there is no sign of a replacement yet, it likely won't arrive until 2016.

E46: 1998-2005 (7 years), E90 2005-2012 (7 years), F30 2012-2019
B6/B7: 2000-2008 (8 years), B8 2008-2016 (8 years)

I had a similar view of the idea of buying a brand new E90 in 2012, too, to be fair, so I'm not being anti Audi, I'm explaining why IMHO the A3 is currently a better buy.
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That's a little unfair. The B6/B7 came out at the tail end of 2000, and the B8 in early 2008. And the B8 was 7 months from first pics to full release, so to say it's not happening this year doesn't necessarily hold. If they get it out for the September plate change, that would be the same 7.5 years as the B6/7, which is almost the same time as BMW keep a model going.
 
Little bit of help please. Have an A3 1.9 TDI 2007, oil spec is 505.01 but is it okay to put 507.00 in there with it being a PD engine. Just easier for me to get.
 
According to here the new A4 is going on sale in the second half of 2015 http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/2015-audi-a4-launch-date-and-engines Not sure if the A3 Saloon is quite two years old yet, I thought the early versions came out June 2013, however I'm sure Fox will correct me if I'm wrong. I know my particular car, a 1.4 manual, wasn't avaliable until around october 2013.
 
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thinking of getting a newer shape (2012 ish) A3 sportback in a few months time

looking at the 1.6 TDI SE (around £14-£15k)

I want the least faff possible over the next 10 years :p and something nice to drive for once

work might be moving further away as well so looking at the TDI (also no tax yay) minimum at least 20k a year (motorway mostly)

currently driving a 2.0 TDCI focus so hope the 1.6 isnt massively slower? (dont mind a little bit) but hoping for decent MPG around 60 (50 on the focus)

was tempted by 1 series bmw but timing chain thing is putting me off (I have bad luck with cars too so it will happen to me)

also like new golf estate but too new to be in my price range

any advice?
 
gettothechopper said:
thinking of getting a newer shape (2012 ish) A3 sportback in a few months time

looking at the 1.6 TDI SE (around £14-£15k)

I want the least faff possible over the next 10 years :p and something nice to drive for once

work might be moving further away as well so looking at the TDI (also no tax yay) minimum at least 20k a year (motorway mostly)

currently driving a 2.0 TDCI focus so hope the 1.6 isnt massively slower? (dont mind a little bit) but hoping for decent MPG around 60 (50 on the focus)

was tempted by 1 series bmw but timing chain thing is putting me off (I have bad luck with cars too so it will happen to me)

also like new golf estate but too new to be in my price range

any advice?
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If it was me I would stay away from the 1.6tdi, suffers terrible turbo lag and isnt as economical as you would imagine.

If it was me Id look towards the 2.0tdi 150ps or 184ps engines.
 
I have a 1.6TDI A3 Hatch, 64 plate, my options were the 1.2TFSI or the 1.6TDI, same BHP on both but as it cost me no extra to get a TDI and I do a lot of miles for work I got the TDI. It's the most powerful car I've driven so I can't comment on performance, however I get 50MPG out of mine doing combined town/city/dual carriageway driving. I got around 63MPG on a drive to Wales.

I make no attempt to drive mine economically though, they are extremely nice cars however are fairly boring to drive (in a good way, can't imagine the 1.6TDI helps) I was told at the dealership if I wanted something fun to drive there was a BMW dealership nearby.
 
xs2man said:
Sure, the A4 will be due for replacement, I get that. But the new A3 is a horrible place to sit anyway. I would personally prefer to sit in the A4 as it looks cleaner and more integrated. Rather than the look in the A3, but I guess that's just me by the sounds of it.
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Funny that as I think the A4 is a horrible place to sit. Oh and the pedal offset is the stuff of legend.

gettothechopper said:
hows the 1.4 petrol? fast enough for everyday driving? mpgwise?
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Which one? There are three.

The 122PS version is perfectly adequate but the COD version, in either 140 or 150PS guise is very nice little engine.
 
panthro said:
Just found a very interesting A6 on eBay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUDI-A6-C...6636887?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cf1e94ed7

I had no idea they put the 3L TFSI engine in the A6
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Yup.

They still did with the current shape C7 A6 for the first part of the production run too, but then stopped selling it in the UK after they sold in very low numbers. The C7 A6 is now only available to order in the UK with diesel engines - the petrol engines are reserved for the 'S' and 'RS' models here, but are still sold abroad.

Whilst I love the 3.0 TFSI engine, I would caution that it doesn't do great fuel consumption. My father's one is doing about 28MPG. But if you don't care, then I'd highly recommend it. Also responds to easy tuning very well.
 
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Mixed average over the lifetime of the car. I'd say its fine, but for whatever reasons the engine choice was massively unpopular here in the UK and Audi stopped selling them part way into the C7s production.

In the C6 shape, the engine was available from the 2008 facelift through to the end in 2011. But still a pretty rare choice.
 
Sound really good to me too. My lifetime average in my S4 (4.2 V8) was 23 mpg, and I thought these were meant to have similar consumption figures to go with the similar power output. To average 28 mpg sound pretty decent for that engine / car combo. Certainly wouldn't describe it as "thirsty", not for what it is. That's about the same as my 1.8T GTI when I had that (albeit at stage 2 mapping with upgraded turbo).
 
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