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Originally Posted by Norcalscionchamp
Audi's parts are Volkswagon parts aren't they?...just like Lexus parts are made by Toyota...if they are engineered to a higher standard then why are Toyota products considered to be so far superior in reliability than the Volkswagon group's...not only in the eyes of the public but also in numerous publications and studies.....
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They are not Volkswagen parts. There is very minimal parts sharing between VW and Audi these days, unlike say, a decade ago. The only platform Audi shares with VW is the Golf/A3. VW gets all of Audi's older technology; the 2.0T they have currently is the same 2.0T in the previous generation A4's. So if anything, VW parts are old Audi parts, not the reverse.
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Originally Posted by norcalscionchamp
think about it....lets say we want to buy a car for our daughter going off to college.....for $10,000 dollars you could get an Audi A4 with 100,000 miles on it....or a toyota corolla with maybe a little more...114,000....which one do you think will cost you less to keep on the road for your girl....and which one do you feel most confident will get her where she needs to go....now me if I ever have a daughter going to college...
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As for sending your daughter off to college, yes, the Corolla will be less expensive to keep up. A Corolla cost under $20k new whereas an Audi A4 was $30k+ new. A Corolla is a basic sedan with low horsepower, 5spd manual or 4spd auto trans, cloth seats, front wheel drive, whereas an Audi is a luxury sedan with a turbocharged engine, 6spd manual/auto trans, quattro AWD, leather interior (the kind that still looks good after 100k, unlike any Toyota I've seen/owned)... Apples to oranges. Which would I feel more confident to get her where she needs to go? Either one, so long as they're maintained properly. Which would hurt my pocket the least? The Toyota, obviously. Which would I feel
safer having a daughter drive? Do you even have to guess?
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Originally Posted by norcalscionchamp
I will be sending her off in a Lexus....something I feel would be reliable for her, but also something luxurious and classy
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Good for you. I don't see a sub-$10k Lexus as being "classy" by any stretch of the imagination, unless you buy an LS400, bag it and put a Junction Produce kit and some 20" Works on it. But the bags, wheels, and kit alone would be $10k
