I'm looking at new Estate versions of above as opting out of company car.
Performance figures are very similar, but obviously the diesel will use less fuel, but it costs £3K more, so doesn't appear to make sense unless it's worth more on resale (prob at 3yrs, 80-90K miles).
Any thoughts, anyone?
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I think the new A4 Avants are due in January or February: surely a dealer would take orders?
If you don't need the new model, there should be some good deals on new and nearly-new ones. The FWD Avant 2.5 TDI (like mine) has the multitronic auto box; the quattro has a conventional Tiptronic.
A few months ago there was a thread querying the soundness of the multitronic - all I can say is, for what it's worth (touching wood, which you can if you type with two fingers like me) that mine has done 13,000 miles in 9 months without trouble.
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Audi's website only shows auto being available on 2.5 or 3.0 diesels - either of which would be nice, but just too expensive.
I've also heard too many horror stories about poor Audi customer service (about both the dealers and Audi themselves). After a nightmare year with my current car (406) I really don't want to go to another manufacturer with a poor reputation.
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If you have concerns about customer service I'd be wary about going anywhere near a Mercedes Benz garage. The service I get from my local Audi dealers (I have been to three in the past month for test drives and received good service at all of them) is far superior to that my wife receives from Mercedes Benz who have treat her like something unpleasant you find on the bottom of your shoe! Rudeness when booking in the car, jobs not carried out as requested, no call to inform when car is ready as promised, charging for items which aren't part of the service and not valeting the car and for this they charge £65 per hour on the smart. This rises to over £90 an hour for Mercedes services.
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Thanks for this - I have heard similar things about Mercedes dealers but apparently when Mercedes themselves get involved then they sort things out.
Sweeping generalisation - ALL franchised dealers are crap.
What I'm concerned about is the 'corporate' level of response when things go wrong.
The response you get when going in for test drives is usually down to the individual you happen to come across. Out of Audi/BMW/Merc where I live (Chester), Merc were the best and BMW the worst. I've been into my local BMW dealer twice and never managed to actually speak to a salesman. I rang another BMW dealer and sales answered with answerphone!!
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