Audi A4

Quality, stylish and practical

Advantages: well built, stylish, all round good quality
Disadvantages: expensive parts, front suspension weak

...fail every other year and cost around 200GPB each side for the parts alone - the Audi 80 was a LOT cheaper to run in this respect. However, this apart, the car is good - solid and with good performance - fast over long journeys. I would buy another one! ...

guzzibob 25.09.2004 · Read Full Review
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Review of Audi A4 Avant 1.8 T 

Complete confidence in this car

Advantages: Its simplicity
Disadvantages: Boot shape

I chose a P reg Audi A4 earlier this year when I needed a suitable car for my sales rep job. Since March I have travelled over 20,000 miles taking overall mileage to 155,000 - and not had a single problem. Fuel consumption is excellent - 600 miles out of a tank costing approx £45-50 to fill (depending on diesel price obviously!). What really surprised me was how EASY it is to do things like change bulbs in both front and rear lights - even I could ...
...long distances - and oh - it can certainly shift when you put your foot down to get past those lorries too!!!! Please note - I have not yet dealt with Audi Dealers so can't comment on Customer Service - I have a local garage who has all my custom! ...

RoxR 23.09.2005 · Read Full Review
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Review of Audi A4 1.9 TDI

Practical versus image

Advantages: MPG, Comfort, value for money
Disadvantages: Looks, Small boot

We bought this car due to a growing family thinking that it would be spacious and being an estate have a large boot. We were also looking for a diesel as we were doing quite a lot of miles. However, having owned the car for some 5 months now and going on several holidays in the UK with a 4 year old and a 12 week old baby, I can confirm that we were wrong about the boot - I can't believe how little we can fit in the boot considering it is an estate, ...
...Well, actually I suppose you can get quite a bit in if you're prepared to stack your things up to the roof, but we weren't for safety reasons - really didn't like the idea of travelling on the motorway with two young children in the back seats with a boot load of things that could easily end up on their knees. I know there's a kind of guard that you can click in, but I wouldn't really trust that either. We were impressed with the mpg on our recent ...

angenlynd 22.06.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of Audi A4 Avant 1.9 TDI

Audi A4 1.8T S Line 2004

Advantages: Driveability, Good Looks.
Disadvantages: Common Faults (But are not expensive to fix)

Just upgraded to the Audi A4 1.8T S Line a few weeks ago from my Audi Cab 2.6 V6. I thought I was going to miss the power of the V6, how wrong i was!. The 1.8T with 190bhp is a quick machine and once the turbo kicks in you have hot hatch power in a saloon. These cars are ripe for tuning by way of ECU remapping, air filters, diverter valves and a number of other products which will increase BHP and torque. The S Line trim with the extra body deeper ...
...going over the top. On the interior the aluminum trimmings along with the half leather sports seat are classy and comfortable for long journeys. The suspension is stiff but solid on country road. Some things that go wrong in this model although these may have been rectified in the 2004 onward models are ignition coil failures, Mass airflow sensor can get dirty and blocked up, boost sensor. Most of these would be diagnosed by reading the ECU for ...

Woodview009 11.02.2009 · Read Full Review

Review of Audi A4 1.8 T

Running a Used A4

Advantages: Build quality, reliability, ride & handling, comfort, practicality, fuel consumption.
Disadvantages: Servicing parts/costs

...priced 2.0 family car, the Audi rides with superior quality, and is fast enough to keep up with modern day traffic conditions. On two occasions I have had yellow warning lights appear from the engine management system. On one occasion the car had detected a leaking pipe in the engine, and on the second occasion the sensor was faulty, and the car reverted to a sluggish fail-safe mode designed to prevent harming the engine. On neither occasion was ...
...garage. While not enjoying the benfits of a warranty, through buying a used A4 I have enjoyed a standard of motoring unavailble in a £9,000 new car and would recommend the car to someone considering it as a used buy. During the course of owning my A4 I have driven five models from the new BMW 3 series range. My 4 year old A4 compared very favourably to a brand new 320i, and a professional driver friend of mine preferred my A4 to the 3 series. The ...

richardwest1 07.02.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of Audi A4 2.0