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Posted: **Sun Nov 06, 2005 9:33 pm**

Seen a Audi A4 2.5tdi convertable in almost ice blue :wow:

Helen loved it, so maybe her new car in the near future
plus it was a diesel

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2005 11:20 am**

As posted somewhere else on this site earlier, the 2.5TDI from VAG has a VERY poor record for reliability. Should read some of the horrorstories that have been published in Germany and Belgium. Plus, when it goes wrong, it's never a small repair...

It's a nice drive (although the weight of the cabrio takes the edge off it), but I'd still stay away from it if it were my money.

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2005 12:33 pm**

Diesel, Audi, Convertible :oops:

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:03 pm**

just think of the lovely engine noise when the roof is down :rofl:

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:42 pm**

POESY wrote:Diesel, Audi, Convertible

fq 400

Posted: **Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:43 pm**

Spike "THE LEGEND" Mike XXX wrote:just think of the lovely engine noise when the roof is down

not so much the noise but the fumes :eek:

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:19 am**

WR 1mpostor (aka number 1 moderator) wrote:
POESY wrote:Diesel, Audi, Convertible

fq 400

Steady now, i'm only here to help - saving you from years of continual embarrassement; could you not afford a proper convertible, petrol engine, etc....

For me its already way too late :wink:

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:21 am**

To your points, I'd say

- it's unfair saying it's not a proper convertible. I can confirm this one doesn't shake like a leaf like quite a few convertibles do.
- The engine noise of the V6 is in fact quite nice. Doesn't sound like a diesel. More a heavy, metallic V6 sound.
- Fumes ? :shock:

Ever heard of cat's and Euro IV compliance ?

Main drawbacks would be the image (you sure look like a gay dentist in an Audi Convertible) and the reliability long term of the engine (combined with astronomical costs of repairs).

If she likes the car, why not take a 1.8T or a 2.4 V6 petrol ?

I'd definitely do the numbers once and compare how long you need to drive the diesel before you get the premium you paid back.

What's your annual mileage ?

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:42 am**

No, it sounds like a diesel, err because it is a diesel :shock:

But hay what would I know - by a proper convertible I mean something like an MR2/MX5/Honda S2000, and the're hairdresser central, but I love em all - soo much fun/character.

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 6:01 pm**

POESY wrote:
WR 1mpostor (aka number 1 moderator) wrote:
POESY wrote:Diesel, Audi, Convertible

fq 400

Steady now, i'm only here to help - saving you from years of continual embarrassement; could you not afford a proper convertible, petrol engine, etc....

For me its already way too late

its not my choice matey
but if thats what she wants

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:09 pm**

Yep Imposter... don't argue with the lady!

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:39 pm**

WR1 Bro wrote:Yep Imposter... don't argue with the lady!

She was good enough to let me have my choice
so Helen can have what she wants :angel:

Posted: **Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:40 am**

Yep, you only challenge the decisions that are really important!

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