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 | Autocar Tests 2008 A4 - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER The noisy part bothers me. The flipside is distinctly chunky ride quality, especially on the bigger wheels and firmer suspension that comes with S-Line trim. Road noise is on the high side, too - and cruising at typical British motorway speeds produces a surprising amount of wind noise from the top of the windscreen and windows. That doesn't sound good. The A5 TDI is said to be distincly noisier than the 330cd also. |
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 | Re: Autocar Tests 2008 A4 ^^ Might just be a bad early production car. |
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| Re: Autocar Tests 2008 A4 Quote:
The thing is, I don't feel the review itself warrants their conclusion. The test drive didn't seem positive. In Denmark the 3.0 TDI is very competitively priced at the same level as a BMW 325i, but the noise thing really bugs me. | |
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10-04-2007, 09:02 AM
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| Re: Autocar Tests 2008 A4 Its just one of those crappy early impressions, I dont think they even drove the car. Just wait and see... |
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| Re: Autocar Tests 2008 A4 The test seems very positive to me. Of course if you put big 235/50R18 tires to any car in this class (not just the A4) then you will have running noise. On the other hand i would prefer a bit of running noise to the unbelievably small runflat tires 3 series uses. Even 320i has 205/55R16 tires as standard! I would wait to see more tests if i were you. |
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| Re: Autocar Tests 2008 A4 wow not good news..i hope its just this one test.. |
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