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I'm currently yearning for a new car. I've got a Fiesta at the moment, but as a child-free person I've decided to treat myself to something that I would really like. I would have chosen to invest in a dog (as it's probably much more fun and a helluva lot cheaper) but my husband is unfortunately allergic, so car it is!
I'm going for a test drive tomorrow and am going to try out the TT and the A3 - I prefer the look of the TT, and the fact that it's quite impractical in terms of person space greatly appeals. On the plus side it does have a big boot.
Anyway, just wondering if anyone has one of these and how it is on the snow. In an ideal world I would invest in the 2.0 TDI Quattro, but they're pretty expensive. As I'll be financing a fair bit of it ideally I want around a year or two old and low mileage, so was considering the 2.0 TFSI. I had wondered if a set of snow tyres for winter would be enough to get me by. Most of my driving is in town, but we've had our fair share of snow and bad roads this year, and my Fiesta does pretty well on those. I don't really want to trade it in if I'm then going to be resigned to the bus every time the snow comes! Any thoughts or opinions most welcome. 
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The 2.0TFSI engine is excellent, especially if you get the 220bhp version.
Crap in the snow.
Electronic handbrake is worse than crap.
Other than that, great cars.
Snow chains. - Depends on how steep your hills are.
Oh and if it's the same sound system as ours you need 2gb SD cards - not SDHC, they won't work. You'll need to buy them offshore via Amazon. (you'll get a - they don't exist or no such thing from your local retailer).
Intermanaut - I am neither a hairdresser, or a fat middle aged woman who wears too much make up.
I take it from that you'd opt for the engine on a different car?
Biker-mouse - not really got any steep hills other than up into the work car park and my Fiesta got stuck there this year as the idiot in front of me slowed down! Excuse my ignorance re snow chains, but do you have to put them on and take them off depending on where you're driving?
I have a mk1 225 Quattro....great in the snow too! I got around Sussex last Jan when only big 4x4s were making it through. Have you got a two-wheel drive one BM?
I've had mine four years now and still enjoy it but it is more of a dual carriageway and main road car. I had a Golf V5 for a while at the same time as the TT and that was far more of a hooligan car...more my style really.
I'm planning to replace my TT later this year and at the moment a Mazda RX8 is the favourite....I had an imported MX5 before the TT and I much prefer the rear wheel drive to the quattro but the RX8 was too similar to my old car so I opted for the TT...I grew up watching the Audi Quattro dominate world rallying....but the Audi is just too predictable and drives like it is on rails, which is great if you want a fast car and you're not so confident in your driving skill. But the MX5 and RX8 are like driving pendulums in the snow - I used to have a lump of lead I put in the MX5's boot when it was snowy to help put a bit more weight over the driving wheels. The TT wins hands down in those situations
As for space - I have carried rear seat passengers and I have got my bike in the back as well as weekend's worth of gear and a passenger in the front too...but compared to the MX5 it is spacious lol! And when I had the MX5 my ex had an MG Midget.....we loved the impracticality of only having two, two-seater convertible sports cars
If your brave enough go to your nearest car auction could save you a couple of grand. Take someone who knows a bit about cars
Buyer beware though an ex-company car is a good bet a high milage wont matter with a good Audi engine
They are great cars and good build quality
I'm on my second A3, and JPenno has just bought one
and D2D is a lesbian munter
D2D is also into sweeping generalisations too
Admittedly a lot of Audi drivers drive like twunts....but then so do those that own BMWs, VWs, Fords, Vauxhall, Nissans, Caravans........
Just about every make has twunts for owners but there are some that don't drive like that either
My husband's a prick
He drives an A6. Sure he'll be delighted when I share that insight with him.
Thanks for the tip Goldbeetle - don't think I'm brave enough for the auction. Bottom line when you're financing it is that you want it to be without problems and ideally have some sort of warranty. For that reason I'll probably go to the Audi dealer.
What A3 do you have Dave?
3.2L V6 Sport Quattro.
Can get the TT bike in the back with the seats down, (and you can't fit a tow bar so I can't have a caravan
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Amazing piece of kit, so long as you don;t watch the fuel gauge, Had a stunning trip to Chamonix last year, Calais to Chamonix only 1 stop and felt great when I arrived.. Just eats up the tarmac
I think the quote was "all Audi drivers are pricks" not just drive like one
Not all Audi drivers have points on their license from talking on the phone either
I think Audis and BMWs get a bad name as many of their drivers are company car drivers who are driving cars they don't own or often pay for the fuel (like me)*.
To say all Audi drivers are pricks is just like saying all runners who run in asics (or whatever) are pricks.
D2D - why on earth do you continue to try to be unpopular then moan when people have a go at you.
Are you mentally stable?
*For the record BTW my company car is a hybrid
Nah D2D is a dungaree wearing lesbian munter who drives a Prius and has a motorola phone
Motorola?
Now that's just rude.
I have a Toyota Prius - as it also has a 1.8 litre petrol engine it goes really well. Very comfy and loaded with gadgets.
Plus it gets me 55mpg (even at 80mph!) and saves me (with incentives from the company and tax man) over £400 month compared to me taking a BMW X3 off the company car list.
Run on the path like everyone else
. Did borrow an older A4 once and was well impressed with it. More comfy than my BMW 2.0se, not as fast but better seats.
I don't have an audi but I like the lights
When I win the lottery I,m going to buy an R8 and move to Bicester
Haven't got zenon headlights, and never been required to decide between the points or the course !
Zero points, and zero insurance claims.....
And I have no decided that D2D is a tattoo'd fat lesbian munter wearing dungarees whilst driving a Prius a Motorola phone and a flat feet