Hey there Audites!!
So, Im not actually too internet savvy..and the whole forum thing is a bit of a mystery to me...but good friend of mine told me to ask you guys to help a poor paranoid used car buyer out!
So here goes:

I have narrowed my search to THREE cars. They are all about the same price...but each of them pretty different (except from the fact they're all A3s)
I just can't decide which is the best (WISEST) choice. Perhaps you folks have some better input?:

** 2009 A3. Aruba Blue Pearl. 38,000miles. Sport package. S-Line. $15,000
(Carfax reports an accident. One airbag deployed. Has been fixed by a reputable mechanic)

** 2009 A3. Aruba Blue. 67,000 Miles. QUATTRO. Premium Pkg. $15,000
(Carfax reports accident with 20 miles on the odometer...Parking lot bump?)

** 2007 A3. Light Silver Metallic. 36,000 miles. No S-Line ..BUT, Leather Seats (which confuses me because I thought the Leather was only with S-Line) $15,000
(Carfax is SUPER clean! Regular Maint. NO ACCIDENTS. ONE owner. Great Shape)

Soooooo, yeah...what do ya'll think? What would YOU choose? Each have the qualities and drawbacks. I think i'm leaning towards the 2007 because of the clean history report...but...I dunno...It IS TWO YEARS older. Are the differences between these years all that different??
PLUS...the first A3 has S-Line/Sport Pkg, which I definitely like. BUT< is the sport suspension REALLY THAT much better???

Any thoughts would be greaT! THX

 

If it doesn't have quattro, it's really just an expensive VW. On that note, however, the A3s (and TTs for that matter) don't have a true quattro system, but AWD > FWD every day of the week.