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[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2011 at 12:51

pepp77 said:
And what do you think is wrong with the 2.0 TDI Audi engine?

pepp77 said:
The 2.0 is 140 BHP with a 9.6 0-60 and 236 Torque

You've answered your own question there. Throw in the noisy clattery engine and shakey vibrations permeating into the cabin to those figures and thats exactly whats wrong with it. All you need then is a healthy coathing of diesel-buyer purchase jusitification (It makes no noise! Its silent! There are no vibrations! It has loads of torque!) and you've summed up everything I dislike about that engine.

Paying a load of money for a premium car and then buying the eco engine is like buying a really nice, expensive suit and wearing a pair of trainers and old vest with it.

The A3 comes with a range of rather nice petrol engines - the 2.0TFSI is particularly good. And they dont shake your fillings out or remind you of a Vectra taxi at the traffic lights, either.

Blackhawk47 · 29 Jul 2011 at 12:57

Do you hold the same opinions on the larger diesel engines such as the 2.7 TDI in the Audi A5?

Rwac · 29 Jul 2011 at 13:01

[TW]Fox;19695163 said:
You've answered your own question there. Throw in the noisy clattery engine and shakey vibrations permeating into the cabin to those figures and thats exactly whats wrong with it. All you need then is a healthy coathing of diesel-buyer purchase jusitification (It makes no noise! Its silent! There are no vibrations! It has loads of torque!) and you've summed up everything I dislike about that engine.

Paying a load of money for a premium car and then buying the eco engine is like buying a really nice, expensive suit and wearing a pair of trainers and old vest with it.

The A3 comes with a range of rather nice petrol engines - the 2.0TFSI is particularly good. And they dont shake your fillings out or remind you of a Vectra taxi at the traffic lights, either.

+ S-Line A3 is a pain in the arse and not suitable for the pothole'd, speed bumped roads of today*. Not sure if the MSports etc of the world are the same. Don't notice this problem in the A6 S-Line.

* I own an '08 S-Line A3 Petrol

[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2011 at 13:02

Blackhawk47 said:
Do you hold the same opinions on the larger diesel engines such as the 2.7 TDI in the Audi A5?

Not to the same extent.

Robbo · 29 Jul 2011 at 13:07

The 3.0 (E350 CDI) Mercedes diesel engine seems excellent, I have to say. Does sound a bit like a tractor though

Westyfield2 · 29 Jul 2011 at 13:12

pepp77 said:
The 2.0 is 140 BHP with a 9.6 0-60 and 236 Torque.

That's the problem.

BMW's 2.0D flat-four is still a oilburning rattley dagdag, but at least it has 184BHP/280lbft/119g/km...

[TW]Fox · 29 Jul 2011 at 13:27

To be fair you can't compare a 2011 engine with a 2004 one, and BMW have low power diesels as well.

Dangerous Dave · 29 Jul 2011 at 18:48

Is that Audi a SE model with a S-Line badge on the side ? All S-Lines should come with Xenons and LED DRLs.

Number_25 · 30 Jul 2011 at 09:55

Not exactly my cars but about 3 months ago my father went from this.

2001 Audi A4 1.9t

To this.

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2008 Toyota Avensis D4D 2.2 Diesel Estate.

I quite like the Toyota, but the Audi was an Audi. He had to get rid of it after years of driving after the gaskets went.

Kerming · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:05

good lad, my parents have got a simular car. only its not an estate.

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:13

Number_25 said:
Not exactly my cars

*glances at thread title*

He had to get rid of it after years of driving after the gaskets went.

Yea, because buying an Avensis is cheaper than a new head gasket on a 1.9 TDI.

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:17

[TW]Fox;19701142 said:
*glances at thread title*

Yea, because buying an Avensis is cheaper than a new head gasket on a 1.9 TDI.

No it's more reliable then a 1.9 TDI. Could save some money on head gaskets, no?

Stelly · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:23

Hey,

Thanks for the comments, and they are 18" alloys, Bridgestone tyres...

Yes Macclesfeild Audi for the car, they were very nice peeps, better than Manchester Audi we left their cause of their poor customer service

Mr Fox, thanks for the comments pat on the head and then punch in the gut lol

It does have the Audi 2.0 TDI Engine in it, doesnt seem to have the same issues that you have talked about talked about, dont get me wrong you can hear the engine a turbo a bit but not shaking in the cabin at all

a lot better than my 2001 Mondeo 2.0 TDI

Stelly

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:23

A head gasket on a 1.9TDI is a once in a lifetime failure.

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:25

[TW]Fox;19701175 said:
A head gasket on a 1.9TDI is a once in a lifetime failure.

Number_25 said after the 'gaskets' went. If he does mean more then one, could have been an expensive fix, and his father may have been looking for changing his car anyway?

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:28

In other words then you've no idea?

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:31

[TW]Fox;19701192 said:
In other words then you've no idea?

No, the post by me before this are some Ideas. :confused:

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 10:35

They seem to pulled out of thin air though, I didnt know the 1.9TDI had multiple head gaskets, what with it being an inline 4 and all :confused:

And it's hardly going to have been replaced for one of the more mundane/simple gaskets you might find on an engine.

Vita · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:03

[TW]Fox;19701230 said:
They seem to pulled out of thin air though, I didnt know the 1.9TDI had multiple head gaskets, what with it being an inline 4 and all

And it's hardly going to have been replaced for one of the more mundane/simple gaskets you might find on an engine.

Just don't know until poster clarifies.

How's your car running Fox?

[TW]Fox · 30 Jul 2011 at 11:11

Vita said:
Just don't know until poster clarifies.

I think we know how many head gaskets it has before he clarifies

How's your car running Fox?

Booked into BMW for some sort of injector recall :eek: