Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:24 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:


so a turbo charged Impreza WRX STI would outperform your A3?


In speed and handling, yes. In terms of comfort, quality and residual
value, no.



I guess residual value depends on the market. In general, Imprezas over in Oz
tend have a higher resale value than A3s, in terms of depreciation value.

On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:13:43 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:24 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

so a turbo charged Impreza WRX STI would outperform your A3?

In speed and handling, yes. In terms of comfort, quality and residual
value, no.

I guess residual value depends on the market. In general, Imprezas over in Oz
tend have a higher resale value than A3s, in terms of depreciation value.

That just confirms everything we already knew about Ozzies...... :-)

--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:13:43 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:24 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

so a turbo charged Impreza WRX STI would outperform your A3?

In speed and handling, yes. In terms of comfort, quality and residual
value, no.

I guess residual value depends on the market. In general, Imprezas over in
Oz
tend have a higher resale value than A3s, in terms of depreciation value.

That just confirms everything we already knew about Ozzies...... :-)

Blame the Audi distributors. Everyone they've had in OZ in the last 30 years
has seen fit to charge a heap for the cars (don't forget we always get the
superseded model!) then slug even harder on the service costs.

I know two brothers, one with a Porsche, the other has an A4. The Audi is
the dearer to service.

As a consequence, after lease time, typically three years, the depreciation
is savage.

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 02:38:14 GMT, "Bruce Lankford"
wrote:


"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:13:43 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:

I guess residual value depends on the market. In general, Imprezas over in Oz
tend have a higher resale value than A3s, in terms of depreciation value.

That just confirms everything we already knew about Ozzies...... :-)

Blame the Audi distributors. Everyone they've had in OZ in the last 30 years
has seen fit to charge a heap for the cars (don't forget we always get the
superseded model!) then slug even harder on the service costs.

OTOH, you did get the Monaro before us! :-)

I know two brothers, one with a Porsche, the other has an A4. The Audi is
the dearer to service.

Interesting - certainly not true in the UK, at authorised dealers.

As a consequence, after lease time, typically three years, the depreciation
is savage.

Understandable. You can certainly argue thatAudi do charge a lot for a
tarted-up Skoda! :-)
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Bruce Lankford wrote:


Blame the Audi distributors. Everyone they've had in OZ in the last 30 years
has seen fit to charge a heap for the cars (don't forget we always get the
superseded model!) then slug even harder on the service costs.

Aha!


I know two brothers, one with a Porsche, the other has an A4. The Audi is
the dearer to service.

As a consequence, after lease time, typically three years, the depreciation
is savage.


I wonder how much a 3 year old A3 Quatro 3.2 with DSG would cost over here?

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 21:13:43 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:


Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Sat, 04 Jun 2005 19:37:24 +1000, Tat Chan
wrote:


so a turbo charged Impreza WRX STI would outperform your A3?

In speed and handling, yes. In terms of comfort, quality and residual
value, no.


I guess residual value depends on the market. In general, Imprezas over in Oz
tend have a higher resale value than A3s, in terms of depreciation value.


That just confirms everything we already knew about Ozzies...... :-)


what, that we value form and functionality over a marque badge?



(and besides, I am sure the hoons are the ones that prop up the value of 2nd
hand Imprezas).