Any Audi fans out there?

[boa2]

Originally Posted by train-time

Audi's are great cars!! We have had 5 Audi's and 3 Mercedes over the past several years. We finally went back to Japanese because of reliability, dependability, high residual value, low maintenance costs and good old value for hard earned dollar. We went with two RX350's and never looked back. They are absolutely fantastic vehicles.

The german cars are high maintenance after warranty and have high depreciation. If your leasing than that would not be an issue.

For my money, I'd go with the Lexus.

Good point on leasing. Our payment on our fully-loaded 2.0L turbo A4 is actually $60 less per month than it was on our Honda Element.

[GBJIV]

Originally Posted by boa2

We were lucky enough to spend half the day at Infineon (Sonoma, CA) driving the RS4 and the R8.



My wife at the wheel:

They had the R8 at the show room... WOW! I thought it was so sweet! Just need to win the lottery.

[GBJIV]

Originally Posted by 2careless

I had an Audi A4 2.0 from 2002 to 2006. Got it with the Audi Corporate program and I have NOT paid a cent for servicing over the first 3 years of ownership - only paid for the brake pads and new tyres after like 3.5 years and 60k km on the clock. Solid car, good handling and pretty good economy.
We're tempted to get the Q5 now after my current MB B200 turbo turns 3 in Sept. Sat in the Q5 during the recent motorshow and man, it feels good. Since it's so new (no good deals as well as no real owners feedback etc), I'm inclined to wait several months before making a decision.

A couple of Audi shots during the recent Melbourne motor show. Sorry, didn't think about taking pictures for the Q5

Actually, the residuals are still unknown... But, the money factor must be pretty low. You can get the "mid" level for about $530 a month... That would mean pretty high expected residual or super low money rate. Tempting...