Another vote for the Crosstrek with snow tires for winter driving. Great on gas mileage, sporty, so many great features and a blast to drive.
I’ll repeat the requests:
1. New, used CPO thru dealer, or just used?
2. Plan for service? Dealer or other.
3. Budget? What do you want to spend? What will you stretch it to?
With all the complex and expensive electronics in new cars an extended warranty can often be worthwhile if you plan on keeping the car for a while, IMO. I'm not sure how it is with Audi but with Subaru my wife was able to shop for the warranty from other dealers and got a better price which our dealer then matched.1. In a typical environment, I always go CPO. See my last post on mileage, and cost of my SQ5. My last Audi was purchased new, as it is somewhat rare.
2a. I always purchase Audi's service plan. It runs about $1200 for all scheduled maintenance through (I think) 35,000 miles. It saves several thousand dollars. It also motivates me to leave our little mtn town and go to the Big City.
2b. I'm a fam of Audi's extended warranty. $3,000 for 7 years / 70,000 miles. Yeah, I don't drive much. $3,000 is one blown electrical module. Cheap insurance.
3. Can't comment on this.
Thank you for the questions, appreciate your engagement and interest in the topic. I will get around to answering them as well as some of the questions others have posted. This thread has brought to mind other topics and I am going to create two new separate threads to address them and then will circle back to this thread.I’ll repeat the requests:
1. New, used CPO thru dealer, or just used?
2. Plan for service? Dealer or other.
3. Budget? What do you want to spend? What will you stretch it to?
It’s a tough market. Might be very tough where you are.
I for one think recommendations are tough with no roadmap.
An Outback, an Allroad and an SQ5 are not in the same wheelhouse, IMO. Just 3 examples. You can buy three CPO Outbacks for the price of a NEW SQ5 in this market.
There are some deals out there. Friend just bought a brand new {250 Dealer miles} two year old leftover Volvo V90. It is a new car. I am sure that he paid at least $5K less than the dealer cost. Probably $10K, or more. Pretty nice car. Volvo could not give them away. Price, I think, and other models in the lineup.
My brother ordered, waited months and took delivery of a RS6 Avant. I think he paid all of the sticker and more when done. A second set of wheels for winter, and a third for the shoulder seasons, just to start. Full dealer price. He knew exactly what he wanted.
If the question is reframed as “What can I buy for $ xx, with some type of decent remaining warranty, for our needs?” I bet we can give you rifled suggestions. Smart ones. Good ones.
If it MUST be new, again, with a solid budget number….you’ll get good suggestions.
My adult son and I play this game all the time. Best car for $10K, best for $15K, $25K, $35K, $50K. Or….best trucks. Or cars that should appreciate.
We also add in things like, we want to own it for 250K fairly trouble free miles. As one exampl
Glad to try to help, if you’ll give us some direction!