Audi Allroad 2000 test drive - 2006 SUV

Audi Allroad 6500 km

If the car has a universal body, it does not matter that the cabin is leather, a Tipronika box and it costs almost $ 50 thousand. It can and should be carried on it.

I set the task for myself at first glance very simple: to go with the child to take a walk to the park at the weekend, taking with me a children's jeep-electrical car.
The simplest solution that was suggested is to immerse the toy on the roof: the benefit of the Thule design holds the weight of up to 80 kg, and besides, there is a certain metaphor in this - the SUV is lucky. But it was not there. Firstly, there was clearly a trunk with a platform, and not just two guides. Secondly, even if you tie the toy somehow by the wheels, when moving, the little car would begin to conjure, and the prospect of driving at a speed of 40 km/h with a motor with a capacity of 250 hp. She looked clearly joyless. And I completely depressed when I estimated the weight and shape of the jeep - 40 kilograms and a bunch of protruding details. Raise it alone to a height of one and a half meters, and then also lower it on the asphalt, without damaging the Alload, was obviously unnecessary.
The jeep did not fit into the luggage compartment - neither along nor across. First of all, I tried, having previously removed the bar with the luggage curtain, fold the seat. First threw back one third of the rear sofa. The jeep did not fit. Then I decided to make out the seat so that this third remains raised, and 2/3 lay on the floor. To do this, I had to remove another bar with a net, which is attached just above the long part of the sofa. Alas, the jeep also did not fit in the stacked two -thirds, I had to lay out the seats completely.

And only after that finally I did it. In fairness, it is worth noting that the arc had to remove the safety arc from the jeep, because it rested on the ceiling. Thus, despite the fact that the toy has small, relative to the car, dimensions, it occupied almost the entire back of the car. Perhaps this is not quite practical use of the trunk, because the free space remains, and not so little.
On the other hand, it is the universal and good, which allows you to transport large indivisible things without any problems.
- The standard carpet in the trunk of Audi Allroad was clearly short, he does not cover the backs of folded rear seats, but a nice upholstered upholstery to the touch - alas - is poorly cleaned. It is useless to wipe it with a cloth (this is not to the leatherette), go to the sink for a vacuum cleaner is lazy (especially since the car is clean outside). That is, for such moves, a gutful owner clearly needs a large rubber carpet or a banal rag - a blanket, otherwise even dry dust from the wheels of a toy car is not torn badly and only with the help of special products.
+ The eyes in the floor for fastening the fixing mesh perfectly suitable for the rope. The jeep, although he sought to go through the fifth door, he failed.
+ A thought out algorithm for the transformation of the universal salon allows you to transport things in it that the sedan never dreamed. And the grids and trunk curtains perfectly conceal excess air and allow you to fix all kinds of trifles on the floor of the trunk.
Text and photo Sergey Sherestnikov

The car is provided for a long-term test by the leasing company Kelvin, (095) 785-1972.

Our expenses: August 23 - September 23
AI-95 gasoline 2700 rub.
Moika 800 rub.
Peny cleaner of the cabin 110 rub.

 

Source: "Autopilot"