In the 1980's I ran a number of Saab 900T's [front drive cars] with snows on all four wheels. The problem you encounter is depth. If the snow gets too deep, which is not very deep on a low car, and gets packed or more dense, the car rises up on the snow like a toboggan. At that point the tires are not touching the road and you are stuck.

Living in the country and driving a 7,000 pound 4X4, diesel powered truck, you soon learn that there is snow that even that can't negotiate. The quattro car would do better than a typical front drive car, but neither are any match for serious snow.

Having said all that, I would like to have another set of wheels with snow tires for winter.

 

I decided to buy the 4-cylinder car. Now I have to do some reading here to see what is the favored chip. :-)

Thoughts on that?

I did ask the dealer and they said chipping it would not affect warranty. If I chipped it, installed different exhaust, different springs and shocks, then they might look hard at warranty and failure, but a chip was fine.

 

Congrats on the purchase, you wont be dissapointed! The 2.0T strikes a great balance between performance and efficiency

 

wtf? oh thats it.. there HAS to be something wrong with my car... I get only get 15-20MPG and I have a 3.0 B6! aaahhh!! I'm gonna call the Audi Service place tomorrow and get a copy of the service records and then I'm taking it to this Audi shop to have it looked at for the Gas issue and the noise when I turn that I posted about...