2000 Audi All Wheel Drive

My older daughter's boyfriend used to have a 1971 VW Camper Westfalia van which he loved because he could go anywhere for not much money and camp or even live in it for months if he wanted to while on skiing or traveling trips all over the western states.

However, at one point I told him that "This is more of a rich man's hobby car now because it takes so much work on it to keep it going." So, he listened to me and sold it which helped him get a much better job and move on with his life into the future. So, now he has a really great job he loves and meets jet setters flying to visit where he works and he is really great talking to people and literally makes friends with everyone wherever he goes.

So, when I visited Portland this time I found he had bought an 2000 AUDI All Wheel Drive that had only about 100,000 miles on it which means it at least has another 100,000 miles left without rebuilding the engine because like Mercedes this is a really well designed and well made car and built to last. However, the man wanted 4500 dollars for it but when my daughter's boyfriend realized that when warm reverse didn't work right on it he offerred the man $1000 and the man took it because he was moving to another state.

So, when I arrived he took me for a ride in it and eventually drove it up to Timberline Lodge because it is an all wheel drive and would do fine going up or downhill on ice.

I discussed getting something like this for my daughter in Seattle because her 2013 Hyundai Sonata doesn't even have a low gear. However, I looked more closely at the floor shifter in between the seats on it today and noticed a plus and minus next to the shifter so I looked it up in her manual for the car. It turns out that when you go into drive you can also slide the shifter sideways to the left (don't do this at freeway speeds). This is to keep the car in the lowest gear or you can by pushing forward on the shifter when shifted to the left at Drive go up or down one gear at a time. It doesn't tell you what gear you are in so be careful doing this and look carefully at your tachometer to the left of your speed gauge which is to the right.

You don't want to take this above 4000 rpm when in these lower gears if you can help it. So, remember don't shift into low gear and then drive 70 mph or your transmission will blow up or just be destroyed along with the engine.

So, if you are going to do this have a good reason for it and don't forget to go back into Drive to the right for normal driving on highways and freeways.

Low gear is mostly for going down long grades so you don't have to use your brakes or in strange slow driving situations. But, in a city car like a sonata it is mostly for steep downhill grades at slow speeds. So, if you do this always be watching your tachometer so you don't go above 4000 rpm while doing this.

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Also, the specific car I talked about which is a 2000 Audi All Wheel Drive, my daughter's boyfriend who likes to study about mechanical things as a hobby said that there are two problems with this car one in the engine and one in the transmission which is why he chose this car because he could work on it which is fun for him. I wanted to buy something like this for about $4500 for my daughter but he said unless I was working on it for her the maintenance on it might be expensive still. So, this is something to think about if you are thinking of buying your child an All wheel drive car with about 100,000 miles on it that will do great in snow or ice. OR if you want a good car that is well built that might last another 100,000 miles if it has been well maintained and driven well.



In fact he is thinking of returning to college and  becoming a mechanical engineer.