Any Audi/VW enthusiasts here?

[regnu]

Well this thread has me missing both my Audis. That 4000 was awesome for a slow fat pig of a car it was. In all my VT winters I never got it into anything that locking the center diff could not get me out of. Still ticked off that deer jumped out in front of it.

[ST1G]

The exact same thing can be said about BMWs. Anything BMW made after 1991 is ugly and unreliable.

Have/had a few early Audis, absolute blast to own and drive. Had a 2002 allroad, most unreliable and insanely complex car I ever had. I'd never even get close to a VW.

I mean, I think that there are some gems for BMW after 1991, but I think there is some rubish too.

VW just kinda took a shit in the 90's.

[LateFan]

I know this is a BMW site and I am probably going to get scrutinized for mentioning the 4-letter word, but who else here has an Audi/VW? I started working at an Audi dealer and lately, I have been really surprised as to what Audi offers compared to our roundel badged cars.

B5 A4 Avant Q 1.8T
Best ice car I have ever driven. With Blizzaks on, it is shocking how good a winter car it is. (I have gotten it stuck in 2 foot deep heavy snow, however, and I don't even have the sport suspension)

Had an early Scirocco, wore it out. Great looking car - Giugiaro-designed. Toyed with GTIs over the years, never bought one. My wife's brother has a new Golf tdi with the sport suspension and nice interior. It is a nice car with a ton of torque!

I love to drive the Audi, especially on road trips in the twisties or in the winter. But the engineering and packaging is so complicated that you have to remove 4 systems to access the one you're working on. That's a bit frustrating.

It seems much smaller than my Volvo 850T5 wagon, but they weigh exactly the same. A lot more stuff crammed in beneath the sheet metal.

[E30darkknight]

I DD a B6 avant, its good for what it is. good on gas and i have room carry stuff. They are very sensitive cars and theirs parts are over priced! Am a die hard BMW guy, as soon as i locate an XI WAGON 5 SPD, the avant is gone!

[MC Hammered]

Owned a 2004 A4 Avant and loved it until I modded it a bit too far and it became a maintenance queen. If I buy another Audi it would a B6A4 Avant again as it has beautiful body lines.

[tcheb]

VW stopped making cars after 1992 ;)

I prefer the Mark I and Mark II

VR6's are very nice though, I like those motors.

The exact same thing can be said about BMWs. Anything BMW made after 1991 is ugly and unreliable.

Have/had a few early Audis, absolute blast to own and drive. Had a 2002 allroad, most unreliable and insanely complex car I ever had. I'd never even get close to a VW.

[ST1G]

VW stopped making cars after 1992 ;)

I prefer the Mark I and Mark II

VR6's are very nice though, I like those motors.

[plmichal]

I work at an Audi dealership here in Tampa. Reeves Import Motorcars. There are multiple franchises here like BMW, Porsche, Land Rover, Maserati, ect. I have driven many many new cars from different manufactures. And I was once, just like you, brand oriented towards BMW.

I was a sales porter for Audi so I got to drive EVERY single new Audi, many modded. CVT A4 to Stasis supercharged V10 R8. Do you know what I discovered?

THEY ARE EXCELLENT CARS!

I will tell you that one of the best new cars on the road right now is the new Audi S4. God damn, that thing is wonderful. If I could afford it, I would buy one no questions asked. Plenty of room, wonderful driving feel, looks awesome, the supercharged V6 is phenomenal and the low down torque never gets tiring. I could go on and on. And it's strange how the S5 offers a completely different (not as good) driving feel. One down side is gas mileage, but seriously... You're not buying an S4 for the good MPG's.

We had a 6 speed STASIS S4 with exhaust, spring, tune, rear sway, wheels & tires, ect. Fucking perfect man. Exhaust note tickled my youknowwhat, the tune made it so damn quick, it looked spot on.....

Yeah I could go on and on. Driven plently of 335is' and they are lacking, seriously. They are disconnected. Quick as a sonuvabitch, but it's not up to par.

*business talk*
I'll end this by saying I'm currently selling cars at Reeves. If you're from the area and you or anyone you know wants to buy a car from Reeves, give me a shout. I'd love to help you out!

[88e30ix]

I also have been a VW fan, I sold my MK2 Jetta GLI 1.8T to buy my now IX. Before that I had a 91 GTI 16V 2.0, 92 Jetta 1.8 and others.

[redsubdivisions]

It's nice to see all the different responses on here. I was expecting a backlash, but it seems that is very subtle at this point.

At one point, I was very brand oriented towards BMW. My X5 changed that, although it didn't give me problems as much as other people have had. I still have my E46 and E30, E30 currently being swapped and boosted (2.7i + tarbo). I recently picked up a TDI and it's nice for what it is. Gas mileage is definitely excellent in it compared to the 15 mpg I was getting in the X5. It's a brand new car, so it is going to make or break my opinion on it after the lease is up.

One thing I can say is the exuberant amount of overengineering on their cooling systems.

[Nick_S]

I like VW's and Audi's. Hell I like anything with wheels, never been single brand biased. My first car that got me "into" cars was a 94 Passat VR6. Absolute turd and barely worked but I loved it.

[P Arkus]

started out with a 2005 TDI I bought brand new, was a lemon, worst car ever. Downgraded to a 97 Golf 1.8CL which was slow as balls but very reliable, turned out to be a huge upgrade compared to the TDI. Sold that, upgrade to a 2004 R32, still own that one, gonna be up for sale soon as my E30 is craving a swap. R32 gave me nothing but joy and smiles, absolutely amazing car.

Fiance started out with a 2002 golf 2.0, car was always reliable and she owned it for over 6 years and put on 90K miles. Upgraded to a 2008 R32 a few months ago and isnt looking back. Another great car.

Still a huge VW/Audi lover, always will be. Every brand can have shitty cars, just gotta be lucky and stay away. Right now I have 2 different generation R32's at my house along with my E30. The 2004 R32 will be sold and funds will most likely to go a Audi B6 A4 avant ;)

[smitche]

76 b1 passat (dasher) wagon, 63 bug, 95 mk3 jetta, 79 mk1 rabbit, 92 mk2 jetta gli, 99 mk3 jetta vr, 92 mk2 jetta gli, 04 mk4 jetta wagon, 11 mk6 gti... I love vw's and chances are I will build another mk3. I still have the wagon, and I loved the mk6 gti, but I enjoy driving the e30 more than any car I've ever owned.

[TimKninja]

I work on Audis and VWs all day long .

While Audis drive nice, and are very fast. Fuck the entire engineering department. They can all go drown in a bucket of rusty dicks . I will never own an Audi .

There are - few acceptable VWs. I would consider a new GTI because their really nice and not bad at all to work on . One with an APR tune is a shot ton of fun . That's about it .

Would rather own a BMW all day long

[redsubdivisions]

I definitely appreciate the quattro history for sure. I am not a huge fan of FWD cars, but it seems that Audi's AWD system is above most of the competition because of its proactive system (as opposed to reactive).