I have recently completed 6 months running of an Audi Avant 1.8SE and certainly found it a very pleasant car to drive. Everything is very solid, it all works very well and looks good. I love the A4 Avant external view and with the alloy wheels and metallic paint it looks even better. Inside its all a bit grey and I'm not sure whether I would still love it quite so much after say 5 years. The engine is fine in everyday usage, its a bit noisy when pressed but cruises beautifully and returns reasonable economy even when pushed hard. I completed over 2500 miles across Germany to Prague and was consistently running at 100mph plus; overall I got 28mpg which considering it was loaded with 5 adults and a fair bit of luggage was very pleasing. However this brings me to my only serious drawback; the engine is fine when there is 2 people aboard and no luggage but load it up and it really starts to struggle. Not so much out on the autobahn where there is plenty of chance to build up pace but on twisty roads you've really got to work the gears to get anywhere, and then the economy really begins to suffer. The other slightly more alarming habit was for it to really struggle to pull out smartly into traffic. A couple of times I went for what appeared to be a perfectly reasonable gap and found myself being hooted by marauding Czechs!! You have to remeber to give it plenty of revs and really go for it, major drawback when its wet is that the end result is bags of wheelspin and little forward progress. Other than that I would recommend the car you just need to adjust your driving habits a little.
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Purchase Price
18000
Reliability
Excellent
Spaciousness
Good
Customer service
Poor
Security
Good
Fuel consumption
Good
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