Hey everyone,

I will be heading off to Western Mchigan University next year (with one class at Michigan State University on Thursdays). I don't actually have an Audi yet, but I plan on purchasing one as my first "real car".

Going through high school i have acquired 2 cars, a 1981 mustang with a 3.3L and a 3 speed automatic transmission. When I got tired of getting 16 miles a gallon, I got my second car, a 1992 Dodge Shadow ES with a 3.0L engine and the automatic transmission. Both have served me well, but now that I will be commuting halfway across the state each week for a college class, I need a car that wll be more reliable (Both cars have 80-95K miles).

So when I save up 5,000 dollars for a down payment, my parents are willing to co-sign a 15,000 dollar loan for me so that I can get a reliable car with under 50K miles that will last me a long time. Now just so i dont sound like some stuck up rich kid, I will be hopefully gettin a full ride or close to it through a college scholarship with the AFROTC, which will free up some cash (plu my working money) to mae payments.

The main cars that I am looking to get are A4 Cabriolets, or TT roadsters. However, I don't know my audis too well, I've been mostly a domestic shopper, but now with a larger budget i can expand my horizons. Hope to make some friends and learn some stuff here in the coming months!

Tim

 

welcome to the forums. So cabriolet or TT?? I would do TT if you are fairly average size(height) and if you are looking for speed. Cabriolet is more of a cruise, however can look amazing when modded. Have you considered looking at the Audi S4's. A kid your age has to be interested in one.

 

I love the way that the S4's look, but thy are a little bit out the top end of my budget. I was looking to have a few thousand left for maintenence or any small repair that may come my way. I know Audi's are reliable cars, contrary to wat my friends tell me, but I lso know they are not cheap to maintain.

I would love to be able to work on my own car for the small things, but my goodness the engines on the Audi's look like a whole other world. The only engine I have learned to tinker in is my mustang's and engines hve come a looooong way since the early 80's...

 

what is your budget? And if you were going for an s4, would you take the B5 or the newer model S4's?

 

My budget will be the low twentie thousands, with a few thousand left over for maintanence and repairs. So from looking around thusfar a lower mile TT or A4 looks the most within reach. Still a while off, but I have already found a ton of information on this site. And, as both of my cars have been solid roof cars without even a sunroof, I am really looking to go convertible.

Also the car is somewhat restricted... I will have to drive through western michigan winters, so rear wheel drive cars are somewhat out of the picture, so the only other brands I'm considering are a G6 convertible or a sebring. Wasn't ever a big fan on Toyota. Definitely hoping for an audi because of the quattro all wheel drive, and the avalibility of a manual transmission. Also the Audi's look like a lot more fun to drive...

 

check out my A4 i just got last month, this would be a perfect package for you. Black with black leather interior, manual, quattro, 60.000miles, sport and cold weather package. Chip it and add a KO4 turbo and u got a s4. It drives like an s4 too. I bought mine for 10K with low mileage , look around, again this is the package for YOU! check my car out at: http://audizine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=150848

 

That sounds exactly like the deal I am looking for. I hope I'll be able to find one. I am in no rush to buy by any means, so I can wait around and figure out typical prices so that when it comes time to buy I will be relatively well educated. And, by next year the cars that arecost 20 grand now, will costcloser to 17,000 - 18,000 dollars... It seems like most of the newer A4's are equipped with the CVT transmission, it would be amazing to find one with a manual.

 

yea just be patient and look for the Turbo-Quattro-Sport package.