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Sezer74 said:Nice car NS, happy motoring.
Getting used to hand brakes can be challenging, in my lorry the park brake is small and obviously air assisted, sometimes my hand goes searching for the park brake instead of the handbrake in my car.
Rufus said:Great car and I do like the A3. We bought an Audi Q5 turbo last year and we love it. It replaced our 14 year old Lexus RX300, which we really liked, but after driving the Audi I wouldn't go back to the Lexus equivalent. The fit and finish of the two brands is on a par, but the handling characteristics of the Audi leave the Lexus in the dust; there's something very compelling about the taught German handling. We hope the Audi will prove to be as reliable as the Lexus. We're now looking to replace our 12 year old Lexus IS300, but don't want to go the luxury route. I've been eyeing the Subaru Impreza, but SWMBO seems to prefer the VW Golf, which I like too, but prefer the Subaru for its all-wheel drive. Fortunately both are available with a manual transmission, so I'll be happy either way.
Dipesh said:It's a button in the dash/near the gear lever.
Motors are on the calliper rather than cables.
Northam Saint said:We are getting there, ruddy pain the bum though. Ours isn't as automatic as we thought. Basically you have to think about it as a normal handle and pull the switch up when parking. But on driving away you just leave it to switch it's self off. Expect when on a hill where you push the foot brake then the accelerator and off you go.
Rufus said:Great car and I do like the A3. We bought an Audi Q5 turbo last year and we love it. It replaced our 14 year old Lexus RX300, which we really liked, but after driving the Audi I wouldn't go back to the Lexus equivalent. The fit and finish of the two brands is on a par, but the handling characteristics of the Audi leave the Lexus in the dust; there's something very compelling about the taught German handling. We hope the Audi will prove to be as reliable as the Lexus. We're now looking to replace our 12 year old Lexus IS300, but don't want to go the luxury route. I've been eyeing the Subaru Impreza, but SWMBO seems to prefer the VW Golf, which I like too, but prefer the Subaru for its all-wheel drive. Fortunately both are available with a manual transmission, so I'll be happy either way.
frankw said:Rufus said:We hope the Audi will prove to be as reliable as the Lexus.
desperately sorry, but not a hope in hell…
frankw said:Rufus said:We hope the Audi will prove to be as reliable as the Lexus.
desperately sorry, but not a hope in hell…
Rufus said:I fear you might be right. We would have preferred to replace the Lexus RX with the latest model, but we didn't like the exterior styling or the interior finish at all, hence the Audi Q5. Why is it that Toyota/Lexus consistently turn out vehicles that are reliable over the long term whereas the Germans and Americans can't?
frankw said:p.b said:Even the other Japanese car manufacturers consider Toyota a white goods producer. Mind you, I'm sure there's some jealousy in there too.
Aw shucks... 10 million people a year world wide, must just like white goods bubba... kinda homey?
Frank
ps
my land cruiser has saved my life on more than one occasion over the years... not bad for an 'ol twin tub
p.b said:frankw said:p.b said:Even the other Japanese car manufacturers consider Toyota a white goods producer. Mind you, I'm sure there's some jealousy in there too.
Aw shucks... 10 million people a year world wide, must just like white goods bubba... kinda homey?
Frank
ps
my land cruiser has saved my life on more than one occasion over the years... not bad for an 'ol twin tub
Yes, it's been a very, very successful formula - just not one that appeals to petrol-heads.
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