Why i cant bring myself to sell the Audi Quattro

[Donza]

Its a 2002 A4 1.9TDi. I bought it from new and its been remapped to 185BHP.

I filled it up to the brim with Diesel at Pudsey ASDA in Leeds, and then drove to Newcastle.

That photo was taken once i parked up outside my parents home. As you can see the tank is still going strong and it returned an average of 56.5MPG. And i was doing the journey with a relatively heavy right foot.

The 130 PD Engine is a wonder. A peach of an engine. The build quality of my interior is crap and chipping away, but the engine is the only thing that stops me from selling this car.

 

[hawk20]

Wrong forum?

 

[A210AMG]

Put a Mini badge on it and give it the wife to be.

 

[gIzzE]

There are so boring to drive that the only enjoyment I got from mine is trying to get the MPG on the DIS to get higher and higher.

It passed away the hours of tedium!

 

[GrahamC230K]

Wrong forum?

Nope. The VAG PD engine really is so good everyone should know about it.

 

[Seamster15]

Should have taken the E class.

 

[Sp!ke]

Moved

 

[gIzzE]

Nope. The VAG PD engine really is so good everyone should know about it.

Absolutely!! So good VAG have dropped it for a common rail.

 

[jeremytaylor]

The build quality of my interior is crap and chipping away.

And there was me believing the hype about Audis having quality interiors ...

 

[GrahamC230K]

Absolutely!! So good VAG have dropped it for a common rail.

Really? Hope the replacement is good.

From what year please?

I think the 115PS and 130PS PD engines were gems and to an extent the 150PS, but some say a stock 130 or a remapped 130 a better engine.

 

[wemorgan]

I thought both the old 1.9 and new 2.0 were direct injection?

It's possible I've not understood the difference between common rail direct injection and PD direct injection.

 

[gIzzE]

Really? Hope the replacement is good.

From what year please?

I think the 115PS and 130PS PD engines were gems and to an extent the 150PS, but some say a stock 130 or a remapped 130 a better engine.

The latest ones are common rail, still some PD engines available, I think more because of the noise of the PD engines rather than performance/consumption, which seems to be spot on.

 

[GrahamC230K]

I think the 2 litre diesel in our 2005 BMW is more noisy than our older VAG 2000 1.9 PD engine (listening from the outside).

 

[gIzzE]

Hmm, the 150bhp 2.0 is pretty noisy, they changed a couple of bits with the 163bhp engine that made it quieter and the new 177bhp engine is amazingly quite for a diesel, let alone a 4 pot diesel.

 

[GrahamC230K]

It's the 150!