Test drive Audi A4 B6 2001 - 2004 sedan

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A4 manifests itself from the best side. What can not be said about the level of corporate service
 
After the first three thousand kilometers of the Audi A4 mileage, she gained road experience and slightly changed her character. The pendants settled, and the level of comfort increased. It’s like with good new shoes, which becomes especially convenient in a few days. The almost perfect state of the car, I recall, in editorial trials, was recorded in the course of the first. But this is already a separate story.
 
TO-1000
 
Strictly speaking, the first free cannot be called maintenance - this is soon a duty check of the most important nodes and assemblies and the level of consumables. But it is necessary to pass it for sure that it is not easy to do in the spring: at the service stations, an influx of customers. However, on the second day of the negotiations, I succeeded: a polite girl recorded the number of the car and assured that it costs nothing and takes forty minutes to one hour, depending on whether it was necessary to wash the car.
 
At the appointed hour, in one of the audi centers, the application was issued quickly, and presented the masters responsible for the car. Having given him the keys, I calmly went to drink coffee. There was an hour, there was no news, so I had to ask about acceptance - was it not found any defect? The car is almost ready, it is now blank, ”answered the same polite girl. - And here is the master! He assured me that everything was in order with the car. But the inquisitive nature of the journalist, who remembered the warning about the possible consumption of oil, made me directly ask me. Now let's check - the master muttered, and disappeared for ten minutes. And if I did not ask?
 
Oils in the motor to a minimum, ”a master named Dmitry stated, returning, returning. - Buy a liter canister in the store, and we do it. No problem. But which one to buy - Castrol or Mobil? - I ask. - And what viscosity? Dmitry, apparently, did not expect such a question. And he answered sincerely: we fill Mobil, synthetic, 10W-40. It should fit. This in other services pour Castrol. Honestly, I’m not sure that I should have agreed with such an easy decision. But, in the end, Audi in corporate ownership, and servicemen are responsible for it. Fortunately, only 250 grams had to be added - this is how much the engine ate for the first thousand kilometers (very good!).
 
The next morning, before starting the engine, I decided to check the level already on my own - there was more maximum oil. Well, the service is better. Nevertheless, during a run of 3 thousand kilometers, the probe checked once again and found that during this time the oil level had returned to normal. Nevertheless, I must say that the car is worthy of better service. They even washed the car for a hundred so that there were traces of dirt on the back, and I had to wash A4 again to prepare for shooting.
 
Speed \u200b\u200band gasoline
 
The roads are dry, the sun warms, the speeds grow. Increasingly, I catch myself on the fact that I began to frankly drive, twisting the motor to maximum revolutions. Audi meekly blows everything (I think, I think), but meets with an increased fuel consumption. So, when moving mainly in the city, the consumption is about 12 liters of the 95th per 100 km. But this is if the air conditioner is not turned on. The installation of climate control increasingly resorts to his help, and then the consumption reaches almost 16 liters. A lot for a 2-liter motor. In addition, with a working air conditioner, a loss shortage begins to be felt, and you have to keep the tachometer arrow above 3,500 rpm.
 
But there is a plus - in a 70 -liter gas tank. In Moscow, they use the scheme more actively according to which - the more gasoline you buy, the cheaper its cost. So, at an average price of 11 rubles 80 kopecks per liter of a full tank, I fill in 11, 30. A trifle, but nice.

As I said, the settled pendants now seem not so much sports as comfortable. The cranes of the body in corners became more noticeable, but not so much that the turns of turns at decent speed interfere, if desired. And excellent steering settings make it possible to clearly control the road situation. The transmission (6-speed variator) is somewhat thoughtful, and with active driving, you are increasingly resorting to manual gear shifts. For brakes - do not get enough: powerful calipers guarantee an effective slowdown.
 
There was some incomprehensible sound when starting in the morning or after a long parking. Even on the accelerator pedals you feel a small impetus. However, as they say, a good knock will always get out, and I do not pay much attention to this yet.
 
On some days with sharp acceleration and subsequent braking, I felt that the car was too striving to leave the trajectory. It turned out to be guiltyly hilted the front right wheel. It was worth pumping him, and everything fell into place. Dunlop Sport SP 8000 is a great choice for such a machine. Even in heavy rain you go, as if on dry asphalt, and the demolition moments are perfectly controlled.
 
Expenses
 
At the moment, all expenses were limited to the purchase of one oil canist (about 300 rubles) and the new American two -component polish (this amazing pearly color of the body, which invariably attracts attention, should shine!), Just at a sky -high price of 550 rubles. You can, if desired, calculate gasoline costs - 3000 km with an average consumption of 11.5 liters per hundred, it will turn out a little more than 4 thousand rubles.
 
Andrey Osipov
 

Source: "Automobile Izvestia"