11-01-2013, 02:54 PM
BLINGMW Wrote:Audi A3 2.0T quattro appears that it may get 30MPG highway and meet your requirements. That's only because you have other VW/Audi on the list though, so I guess you consider them reliable enough. Of course, I'd pick the TDI but it looks like it's only FWD.
And while I really like my Element, that's because it's FWD and manual. The auto AWD is another world of slowness.
The current A3 is SUPER old. The interior is... I don't know the exact years, but ~2005 or so? That saddens me. And they have been extra unreliable from all that I know (coworker had one).
I'll happily eliminate the Element. Damned things are REALLY expensive here too.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.