Audi A4 1.4 TSI 150 bhp

Bl4ckGryph0n

I think you worry too much...If you like a sedately powered but nice engine then there is nothing wrong with it. Rules always change in the future, but there is nothing inherently wrong with that engine, on the contrary. It also doesn't mean you can't all of a sudden drive it into London anymore.

Some frank honesty, at your age the changes of not being able to drive will materialise quicker than that engine won't be able to do what it needs to do

HenryHonda

Cheers BG - I'm not offended, honest

Yes, it's true, I don't chuck cars around like I used to.  However, a motor racing engineer friend of mine thought that highly tuning a 1.4 litre (domestic) engine to screw 150 PS out of it could well lead to reliability problems down the line - and it certainly wouldn't be working as comfortably as the de-tuned 150 PS 2.0 TFSI.  I've also read a test drive review since of the 1.4 engine mated to the DSG gearbox - and it wasn't good, being jerky at lower speeds.

Oh well, I may have missed a bargain, but then I would only have been constantly worrying about reliability - which Audi, unfortunately, do not have a particularly good reputation for these days.  Brilliant design of car though....

Bl4ckGryph0n

Even better, get yourself a nice V8....No need to rev it, will go on forever. No need to detune it.

To be honest it is not that tuned, it just has a turbo They've cheated.

Good luck which ever way you go.

psychopomp1

OP,
I recently went from a 2005 A4 saloon B7 2.0 TDI (187 PS manual) to a 2018 A4 Avant B9 2.0 TFSI (190 PS S-Tronic) and whilst I do love the petrol engine for its smoothness/refinement, I do miss the extra torque I was used to on my B7. Part of me does regret not going for the 2.0 diesel (190 PS) purely for the torque but I got nearly 30% off list price for my factory ordered B9 (after Audi's Diesel Scrappage scheme discount) so can't really complain too much. Also the DPF on the latest Audi Diesels is pretty much trouble free these days, I believe the DPF issues mainly existed when DPF first came out.

HenryHonda

So, a quick update to finish the year with...

After keeping an eye on the Audi UK Approved Used online database these past couple of months, I went up to York Audi on Friday and test drove myself a 2017 A4 Sport 2.0 TFSI Ultra 190 PS S-tronic (9,000 miles) - and I bought it

The 195 mile journey back to South Norfolk (A1, A roads mainly) saw me achieve 51.5 mpg (displayed) using 'Efficient' mode in Drive Select.  Yesterday, I registered 45.2 mpg on a shorter return trip into Suffolk (A/B roads).  Happy with that (and no, I don't have a heavy right foot.. )

So much quieter and better handling than my 2013 A4 B8 SE 2.0 TDI 150 PS CVT which I part-exed.

So far, I'm a happy bunny - just keeping an eye on oil consumption...

PITA that the boot liner from my B8 doesn't fit, lashing eyes are in different positions, and the useful cubby hole to the right in the boot has no retaining net (standard on my previous SE) - typical Audi, make it difficult for second owners to get even the basics fitted   That cubby is almost entirely useless without the retaining net

Oh, and the light switch assembly still has the design fault that annoyed me so much in the B8...  The switches and LED indicators for the front 'all weather' lights and the rear fog lights are to the left of the central rotary light switch - which means that, on right-hand drive cars, the driver can not see the LED indicators to show those two pairs of lights are on - and there are no lamps in the main display.  Irritatingly, the blue high beam indicator light is now in the right hand speed display - and gets covered by the red needle at certain speeds!

I guess that the former problem isn't an issue on left-hand drive cars, and that Audi were trying to skimp on costs by using the same switch arrangement for all countries - cheapskates