i kinda hate my car!!! - Page 2

think ill get 17,500 out of it?

yr and mileage?

2003  with 42,xxx

eh, thats pushing it.

you pick a badge and ill tell you the problems and all cars have the same

03 a4 quattro 6 spd manual 3.0 30 valve

my roller beats that but its heavy and a cruiser

wait, im lost lol did i miss somthing? haha

He is from the UK, totally differnt humor

lol... do you understand it?

about 20% of the time.  For this time, no, i dont.  I might of overlooked something at the end of page 1

grrrr british humor

dang man... thats kinda depressing. but i do agree that the clutches on these cars are pretty whack, but still it doesnt affect the smoothness of the ride. i actually think its incredibly easy to drive these smoothly simply because the clutch hardly has any tough grip at all.

I'd understand it if you had this car and hated it, but your car is nice.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9AQ_4GDWhJE

I had the same problem the first week I had the car,and when my friends drive i'm freakin yellin at em 2 each time my head gets jerked foward and slammed back. Coming from a MR2 I could drive like butter into my A4 I was frustrated. No matter how much I tried I was bangin the gears,each shift was feeling harsh and I couldn't make it smooth. Then I realized after watching my tach closely between shifts,this car has a fly wheel made of depleted Uranuim compared to my BImmer and MR2. Where as in the bimmer and Mr2 I would change gears with the shifter as I was pushin the clutch in and immediatly release it as I grabbed the next gear,in the Audi the same shifting method would result in harsh shifts. I learned to push the clutch in fully,shift the gear smoothly,slowly and deliberately(for 1st-2nd wait a second)and then let the clutch out. A week later I was shiftin smoother then any auto.That big heavy flywheel makes up for whatever lil bit ur off by and the shift is smooth as butter. Hell,people who get in my car,don't realize it's stick until they notice me shifting. Unless my foot is 2 the absolute floor and i'm bangin quarter second shifts I drive smoother and shift less noticably then the exact same car in auto. These cars are very smooth,and should be able to be run through gears 1-5 without the passengers ever knowing it's stick. The trick is 2 slow down your shifts,shift smoothly and deliberately,and in no time you'll be drivin smoother then a bitch box ever could.

First of all, DON'T HATE. Didn't your mamma tell you hate is a strong word???  I do agree with you on driving a manual day in, day out...I drove my 5-spd 5.0 mustang around for 8 years!  You guys think that girly clutch in the Audi is a pain every once in a while...you should see my left calf muscle!
 
Anyways, I got my Audi specifically with an automatic so I could finally just sit back and relax in comfort.
 
I still have the Mustang, so when I wanna pound the pavement, I take that one out and kill the imports that think they are fast here in Orlando! Don't hate you guys, I do love you.

bob nice info you explained it to a t with a dotted I as well lol... I will deffinately try that because you all know that I don't hate my car, it just pisses me off sometimes!! and im sure everyone of you on these forums can relate

ok so say there is something wrong with the car... what would it be? i either "whine" the clutch a little or i jerk it a little... in 1ts to 2nd, sometimes 2nd to 3rd?

I have been driving manual's for close to 20 years and never drive automatic's. It seems you just have not found your clutch's comfort zone. If you were driving a mustang it was probably close to the floor, on my Audi " which happens to be the same car as yours" I find it is a little more towards the upper middle of the clutch. So when I shift, I rarely have to apply much down pressure on the clutch and the gears go in smoothly with no jerking. Just find the correct position of your clutch and you should not have any problems. And before you know it, you'll love your car more and shift as if it was an automatic........... 

If you got bumper to bumper traffic all the time, then I think driving a stick can become a real pita. 

trust me, you don't want the B6 in an Auto. I have one, the auto sux..

^ Ditto
Sometimes it feels like the engine is completely disconnected from the wheels.
Not to mention the MPG savings you can get with a stick.

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If you got bumper to bumper traffic all the time, then I think driving a stick can become a real pita. 

I beg to differ,and I commute during rush hour 2 school 4 days a week from Staten Island,to BK,and back.

Yea i just bought my b5 about a week and a half ago. Its my first car nevermind ive never driven a manual before i got this. But i was lookn for an Audi and after hearing my brother say that he wishes his car was stick i went drove about 2hrs to get my car cause it was the only manual. It took me about a week to get shifting down. But i was horrible in 1st gear and was nervous to drive it. But i can drive it smooth now, and its alot more fun then any auto ive driven. But sometimes it is relaxing driving auto

If i had to live in NYC or Chicago I would have an Automatic.  Thank god I dont!!