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Alright I have been looking at GTI's lately because they are just so easy
to make fast. The I realised that the A4 is really just the same thins
except more luxorious and AWD which might help during winters a bit but I
have a Jeep if it gets that bad. I know the A4 starts life with like 10 hp
less than the dub and about 500 more pounds to but it also has a lot of
class. Now after I do all the tuning I want to do both the GTI and the A4
would have nearly the same power (hopefully 225-250 hp after I can handle
it stock). The 500 or so pounds would be the only thing holding back the
A4.
As far as looks I can't decide between the 2 myself. A lot of people have
A4's so mine wouldn't stand out much but most of my friends seem to
consider the A4 better looking.
So what do you think would be the better choice? This is my first car if
that means anything.
Ferny
What year GTI/A4 are we talking about? I think both cars are great. The A4
would be more flexible because of the extra doors and probably a larger
trunk. Although, you can get a four-door GTI also. A4's, base ones, do not
come with Quattro (4-wheel-drive). Also, you can get a bigger, optional V6
in the A4 that would make more power than the GTI's 2.0T. In my opinion,
the GTI looks better than the current A4 and I see far fewer of them. If I
were in your shoes, I would get a GTI. You can get packages that would make
the interior just as nice, if not as nice, as the Audi's interior.
StiMan
I'm sorry about not being descriptive at all. I'm talking about a 2001 B5
A4 and 2002ish mk.4 GTI. Both probably with the 1.8T but the V6 is still in
my head a bit. For my purposes the GTI has more storage space because of
it's fold down seats. Powerwise, for both the V6 and 1.8T the GTI is faster
by 10 hp. I looked at the weight again and the A4 is only like 100 pounds
heavier not 500.
Ferny
my friend has a 99 2.8 Quatro A4 and i love that car. (it's supercharged) I
feel like its smooth, and i like th fact that it has four doors. The
interior also feels luxurious. I have another friend with a 2001 golf and i
hate his car. It feel really cheap inside and just overall i dont like how
it looks... test drive both and see what u like.
V-Tec
Can't really offer any personal experiences witht the aforementioned cars,
but 500 lbs is a lot to overcome. It'll hurt MPG, acceleration, handling,
etc.
It might be a little over your price range, but have you considerd the VW
R32?
giant016
my friend was in the same situation between a GTI and A4. He ended up
getting neither but he mainly didn't get the Audi because everyone he knows
that has had an audi, mostly A4's, said they are more expensive to fix than
a VW and it broke down more too. and plus Vw is just better than Audi
simply because its VW. but thats jsut my opinion
hardwhite
They're the same company. Both cars are going to be expensive to fix and
fairly unreliable. Audis and VWs have the worst reliablity, on average, of
German cars (VW's slightly worse than Audi's).
StiMan
