AUDI A4 Estate 2.8 Quattro

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07 July 2004, 04:04 PM

LeighJ

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AUDI A4 Estate 2.8 Quattro

What sort of mpg will you get from one of these, anything I should be warry of - '99 model.

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Leigh

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07 July 2004, 04:15 PM

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mpg 20-25 ish

the diffs can get a bit noisey

Thats what one of the directors here had

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07 July 2004, 04:17 PM

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Thanks Ian, might look at an oil burner then.

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07 July 2004, 04:18 PM

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Depends on how you drive it, more than a scoob. Great car though - I had a '96 one done 150k miles only problem was the sunroof motor!

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07 July 2004, 05:07 PM

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i had a passat syncro 2.8 V6....same set up as the Audi quttro........it was auto (which made it worse) but it never got over 20mpg...EVER. and was slow.

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07 July 2004, 09:18 PM

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I've got a A6 2.8 Quattro and am reliably averaging 29mpg (according to the Driver Information System), 50 miles a day to work and back - a good run, a bit of stop start but no motorways.