Nuje
Top Post Dawg
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2005
- Location
- Island near Vancouver
- TDI
- 2015 Sportwagen; Golf GLS 2002 (swap from 2L gas); 2016 A3 e-tron
To nayr's point above, having only ever barely broken spending $20K for a car, I was a little apprehensive to drop over $30K on the used A3 e-tron we found. But damn - every time I get to drive that car (which is used almost exclusively as our around-town car....and my wife goes - or went, back in the "before" times - around town a lot more than I do), I compliment myself on what a great find that car is/was.
Looks great, both inside and out; great seats and view lines; never have to put gas in it unless we go out of town; drives and handles like a sporty little car (as much as we want); and if we did have the need to drive it 1000km, you wouldn't even think twice - you just get in and go. Gets around 6.2L/100km out on the freeways (my Mk7 TDI GSW is about 5.5L/100km) from it's nicely tuned ~150hp 1.4L TSI.
I don't know what happens when the battery nears its end-of-life, but I figure at worst we have a nice-looking, low mileage A3 sportback with a 1.4L TSI.
Looks great, both inside and out; great seats and view lines; never have to put gas in it unless we go out of town; drives and handles like a sporty little car (as much as we want); and if we did have the need to drive it 1000km, you wouldn't even think twice - you just get in and go. Gets around 6.2L/100km out on the freeways (my Mk7 TDI GSW is about 5.5L/100km) from it's nicely tuned ~150hp 1.4L TSI.
I don't know what happens when the battery nears its end-of-life, but I figure at worst we have a nice-looking, low mileage A3 sportback with a 1.4L TSI.
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