IceBone
Blue Wheel Hipster
Before anyone asks, no, I did not total this one, it's being sold in perfect working condition.
Meanwhile...
The reason for me getting it is because it's been brought to my attention that as soon as a car hits 15 years old, its resell value will plummet even more than usually so I thought it'd be the perfect time to upgrade before it starts burning a hole in my wallet. And considering I really love the entire Audi package, I've made up my mind a long time ago to stick with the brand and after crunching some numbers we came to the conclusion that the next generation A4 would be perfect. I've been scouring the local car reseller websites and visiting prospective cars until I came across this one.
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It's a 2004 1.9 tdi 6 speed with 173k on the clock and as soon as I took a ride in it I HAD to have it. Everything looks in (or nearly as much) perfect condition, the ride is softer than both my ex (lowered) and dad's next gen A6 and it's a dream to drive. The wheel, shifter and handbrake lever are leather, showing almost no sign of wear. Although missing the advanced MMI, it at least has the good trip computer with controls on the right stalk and cruise control, which made driving home from the town where I bought it (200kms away) a lot easier than it would be without.
The engine seems in very good health. No odd sounds, pulls like a beast once the turbo kicks in on the 99.7% highway drive back home with the cruise control set to 140 km/h, one spirited run to 180 km/h (after which it just kept on accelerating) and with quite a bit of adjustments needed due to heavy lorry traffic, I managed a 5.2 l/100km (54 UK mpg, 45 US mpg). According to the computer I can still do 970 kms on the tank.
Highway noise is almost negligable, massive improvement over the previous generation, there's literally no squeaks and rattles anywhere, but even if there were, I wouldn't be able to hear them, since the sound system had no problems dealing with Hybrid - Disappear Here at max volume. I'll be migrating my old radio, since it'll fit better visually (the stock Audi Concert CD radio is MIA) and selling this one (which actually plays DVDs on a tiny tiny screen in eye-strain-o-vision) with the old.
Sometime next week I'll be paying a visit to the tyre shop where my old tyres are kept and put the 16" OZ wheels on (these are stock Audi 15") along with maybe some spacers to put the wheels flush with the body work.
Oh, and since this is a German car sold in Slovenia, the instructions are naturally... French.
WAT.
More pics tomorrow. Gotta work now...
Meanwhile...
The reason for me getting it is because it's been brought to my attention that as soon as a car hits 15 years old, its resell value will plummet even more than usually so I thought it'd be the perfect time to upgrade before it starts burning a hole in my wallet. And considering I really love the entire Audi package, I've made up my mind a long time ago to stick with the brand and after crunching some numbers we came to the conclusion that the next generation A4 would be perfect. I've been scouring the local car reseller websites and visiting prospective cars until I came across this one.
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2011/03/04/_ICE0315.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2011/03/04/_ICE0317.jpg
https://pic.armedcats.net/i/ic/icebone/2011/03/04/_ICE0316.jpg
It's a 2004 1.9 tdi 6 speed with 173k on the clock and as soon as I took a ride in it I HAD to have it. Everything looks in (or nearly as much) perfect condition, the ride is softer than both my ex (lowered) and dad's next gen A6 and it's a dream to drive. The wheel, shifter and handbrake lever are leather, showing almost no sign of wear. Although missing the advanced MMI, it at least has the good trip computer with controls on the right stalk and cruise control, which made driving home from the town where I bought it (200kms away) a lot easier than it would be without.
The engine seems in very good health. No odd sounds, pulls like a beast once the turbo kicks in on the 99.7% highway drive back home with the cruise control set to 140 km/h, one spirited run to 180 km/h (after which it just kept on accelerating) and with quite a bit of adjustments needed due to heavy lorry traffic, I managed a 5.2 l/100km (54 UK mpg, 45 US mpg). According to the computer I can still do 970 kms on the tank.
Highway noise is almost negligable, massive improvement over the previous generation, there's literally no squeaks and rattles anywhere, but even if there were, I wouldn't be able to hear them, since the sound system had no problems dealing with Hybrid - Disappear Here at max volume. I'll be migrating my old radio, since it'll fit better visually (the stock Audi Concert CD radio is MIA) and selling this one (which actually plays DVDs on a tiny tiny screen in eye-strain-o-vision) with the old.
Sometime next week I'll be paying a visit to the tyre shop where my old tyres are kept and put the 16" OZ wheels on (these are stock Audi 15") along with maybe some spacers to put the wheels flush with the body work.
Oh, and since this is a German car sold in Slovenia, the instructions are naturally... French.
WAT.
More pics tomorrow. Gotta work now...
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