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Old 04-13-2005, 12:30 PM
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not at launch anyway, supposed to come out later.
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Gotcha. Thinking an A3 Sportback 2.0T would be a good car for my wife, but only with quattro.
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Looks nice, I like the glass roof
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Agreed.
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The new parking brake handle design is pretty slick, but the darn thing STILL hits the armrest!
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the dealer said that there is more room in the A3's rear than a B7 A4 When is the S3 coming?
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Default yeah, it shoudl be nice...its haldex awd though, but still "quattro"...they are coming out with DSG

for it too i hear.

a small 2.0T AWD sounds nice...i'm hoping tuners are jumping at the change to start tuning these things...with no regular injectors to speak of though i'm wondering how the fuel delivery will be altered to accomodate more air from more air...should be exciting!
Old 04-13-2005, 12:51 PM
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Default i have no idea why A4/S4's have ALWAYS had such bad knee/foot room

in the rear...i'd sacrifice a tiny bit of headroom int e rear to get more legroom even...
it almost makes no sense to have both of them if the bigger one (A4) has less room. lol.
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good to hear....
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Default even the damn key fob takes up too much of my driver's knee room!

as much as I love that keyfob, I hate where it sits while driving. I've been tempted to use the standard key in the ignition in addition to carrying the other one on the same ring for use as a remote. Grrr. So nice that the new A6 doesn't require the key in the ignition, and even if it is, I noticed the moved it so it's not where it was before. It really destroys the whole right leg/knee area for people with longer legs


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