What can you tell me about 1996-1998 audi a4? good, bad, ugly? I kind of want to buy one or a bmw or mercedes.

Question

alternate to an audi a4?

Answer 1

Do you see many A-4 around? have a very good dealer near? Know Audi Mechanic? then buy Audi. If you answered no to any above Buy a Real BMW or Mercedes Benz. Know a good BMW shop Dealership Know a Good MB shop dealer? All the cars you chose can be frightfully expensive to repair. Only buy the car you cannot close the glove box because the repair receipts fill it up. Look at the annual cost on those receipts Just normal servicing MB BMW and AUDI owners at the golf club brag! I just got the audi out of the shop for an oil service and couple of tires and spent 1,000 That's nouthing I took the MB in for a "A" servicing and $2,200 latter. Then the BMW owners says If I knew BMW stood for Burn My Wallet....

Answer 2

The Audi A4 is better build quality than either the BMW or Mercedes.The BMW handles a little better than Audi or Mercedes.I have owned both a BMW and Audi A4/A6 the A 4 has done 132,000 miles with only normal servicing and still has the original exhaust system.Mercedies build quality is poor compared with an Audi also if you read their dealer satisfaction reports they are also poor.In conclusion the best of the 3 is the Audi.Regards Mick UK.

Answer 3

I just bought a '97 A4 quattro for my daughter's college car. The V6 seems to have a better record than the turbo 4. Make sure the timing belt has been changed at 90,000 miles. If mpg is an issue, I got 29 mpg on the highway with it, pretty good for an AWD V6.
Any car needs regular maintenance, too bad so many people think all you need to do is change the oil and fill up the gas. Pay attention to things, like leaks, this one has leaks from two of the three differentials. Fix stuff like that before something is destroyed. Any car can develop a leak somewhere, what matters is how difficult it is to fix.
German cars are well built and expensive. I do most of my own maintenance, so it saves lots of money.

Answer 4

One of the posters' assertion that "German cars don't last for very long" simply isn't true. .With proper maintenance and care, Audis, BMWs and Mercedes' can be driven for a very long time (the Mercedes w123 series of sedans are a prime example - they are over 20 years old and many of them are still running strong).

That said, these cars are not cheap to maintain, and even though you may be able to get a used one for a very good price, you will still be paying luxury car service levels for maintenance and repair, which will be required more and more as the car gets older.

Now if you're not scared off by the responsibility of maintaining such upscale German vehicles - these cars are a pleasure to drive, in their own ways.

If you want AWD performance, go for the Audi A4 (with quattro - about 2/3rds of them sold in North America are so equipped). They have very lovely interiors too. The BMW 3-series is the equivalent car model - these are RWD and handle very wonderfully. The Mercedes C-series cars are the smallest Mercedes sedan class (as opposed to the E and S series) but in terms of workmanship, performance, style and balance are very good indeed.

It's all going to boil down to a matter of style and taste. Hope that helps.

Answer 5

You might wanna consider not buying a german car at all. The cars that you mention are hovering around 10 years of age, with about 100,000+ mileage. German cars dont last as long as domestics and cars made in the far east. The Audi will probably last you the longest, but each one I guarantee you will cause you headaches in the shop and in your wallet. Is this going to be your first car? If so, invest in something thats a bit more dependable, like a Honda or Subaru or somethin. I know they are less exciting, but will be less of a pain down the road. And of course, when the time comes around to buy your second car, you can trade it in for a newer Audi, BMW, or whatever, that will give little to no issues.

Answer 6

depends on what YOU want. All about the same really, but the Mercedes suffers from high parts prices. I figure its the boxes cost more to produce (haha), but really they are just a matter of taste. Just compare the models equally and take them out for spins.
I, myself would rule the benz out, because its soooo stiff and caddy-like. A rocket, but .....
I was at a toss up myself about a A4 and a 3 series. I chose the 3 series just because it felt right. I like the interior better and the feel, although the A4 felt peppier, the BMW fit me better.
It wasnt like deciding between a Grand Am, F-150 and a Boxster. Its just too close.
It's all what you feel more comfortable in .

Answer 7

it quite is perplexing to declare and not utilising a extra acceptable description than "smells undesirable" What does it scent of for a start up? Does it do it continuously? each so often you may get a construct up of bacteria interior the automobile's vents that would reason an grotesque scent. you may get a gadget that's honestly a smoke bomb you enable off interior the automobile with the fan working finished speed which kills all the bacteria and freshens the scent, despite the fact that the single I used made the automobile scent like a freshly wiped clean bathroom, which wasn't a good number of an progression to be honest. try considered one of them, alongside with a clean pollen clear out and notice if that works.

Answer 8

although audi a4 is good you can land up with the new mercedes c class abit of xpensive but really luxurious , better mercedes than bmw.also i would like to say that it is foolish on someones part to say that german cars r not good instead thy are better.thank you