2005 Audi A4 User Reviews

Buy A Car With 4 Rings On The Hood. — Just got it. It's simply awesome. Lot's of power, but still not enough, great styling, handles like it's on rails. I've tried to get it loose, it just sticks to the road. Great on gas too, 32 mpg!!! If you want a STI or Evo but are short on $$, get this instead, it won't let you down.

Primary Use: Commuting to work

My Opinions And Experience With The 05 A4 — alloy wheel metal is too soft and scratches very easily, Power window motors all failed within the first three years of owning the car. Interior paint on plastic parts chips easily, drink holders are very poorly placed, but make sense when you consider people do not eat or drink while driving in Germany

Defiantly A Keeper — only thing i dont like is that is automatic, and if your a chick and care about cup holders, they get in the way, but for me they are fine. the turbo is sick, and for a 4 cylinder it is fast and quick, and gets good gas milage for the long hall if you don't drive it the way I do.

Audi A4 Is Nice — decent acceleration. great braking. great handling. did need repairs tho...no the strongest car either, appearance is nice though. gas mileage is not good unles u drive really carefully, maintenence sux. this is a very fun car to drive tho if you dont care about gas

About The Audi —

When you hammer the gas in the A4, there's a brief delay and then you get a nice spurt of acceleration. Same with the steering. There's a little play in the wheel when you corner; then the sporty sedan bites into the pavement. The A4 takes to the road the way a debutante enters a party: There's a period of deferential reserve before it warms to the scene. You want the A4 to get up and boogie. Its shapely design suggests performance, and its curves resemble those of the more exotic Audi TT roadster. The cockpit grips you snugly, as if preparing the driver for some serious throttling. But the A4's head wins out over its heart, at least in the entry-level 1.8T model. It provides a refined ride that is spirited at times, but this car is too prim to let its hair down. The "Tiptronic" shifter that comes with the optional 5-speed automatic transmission reflects the A4's button-down soul. I was skeptical when I first pushed the gear selector out of conventional drive and over into clutchless shift mode, expecting a lazy driver's version of a stick shift. There is some of that. Moving through the Tiptronic's six gears requires nothing more than an effortless flick of the wrist. And in case you forget, the transmission downshifts for you when you slow down or stop. But there was some functionality on top of the faux racing schtick. The Tiptronic shifts gears the instant you tap the stick forward, without the delay there would be with a clutch. It will keep the transmission in any gear you choose, if you feel you need the power, while providing a broader range of choice than a typical automatic transmission. But for regular driving, why bother? The Tiptronic got boring after awhile, especially since it didn't serve much of a purpose. And it began to seem like an innovation designed to enhance the A4's image as a road car more than the actual driving experience. There's a lot of that identify confusion going on in the A4, which strives to fulfill the luxury and performance expectations that come with the Audi brand while staying squarely under $30,000 at the low end. A leatherette interior is standard, for instance, but the same trim level doesn't include power seats. There's both luxury and performance in the A4, but not quite enough of either.