We need the vehicle to do what our current 2wd van does, which is to be a
weekend hardware store hauler and occasional commuter/soccer mom bomb.  But,
it additionally needs to run up into the snowy hills and on old rutted
logging roads.  The A4 we looked at got ~18mpg, which is not something I'd
want to commute with, especially since my diesel wagon gets 28 mpg and her
diesel sedan gets 25 mpg.  If they imported a tdi quattro avant, I'd be all
over it in a heartbeat.

On 1/6/07, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>  Since it will be your wife's car, what does she need it for? Daily
> commuter, kid picker upper, or for ski trips? I would go far at least an A6
> and no Turbos. The Audi is a super vehicle in many ways, especially fuel
> economy. We now have a '98 A8 and man is it comfortable rocket. It does ~22
> around town and ~27 mpg highway. Also, late Audis don't rust except for some
> of the lines underneath.
>
>
>
Casey
Olympia, WA
Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state"
'87 300TD intercooler/propane #22 0-60mph 7.3sec (220k)
'84 300D (218k)
Gashuffer:
'89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (187K)
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