After months of reading posts on this board, I finally took the plunge yesterday and purchased a '99 Black/Black A4 1.8T Quattro Manual w/All Weather, Trip Computer, Sunroof, and Bose system. Thanks to everyone for the informative posts!!!<p>While my '94 Mazda RX-7 Twin Turbo wlil be sadly missed, the Quattro purchase is just in time to deal with all the snow here in Chicago!<p>I can't wait to chip the car in the spring!!!

I just leased, almost exactly the same vehicle on 12/31/98, '99 1.8TQM with sport suspension, trip computer, all-weather package, and sport seats. I had a Jeep Grand Cherokee, but I have not been disappointed with the A4's AWD capability. And I have really enjoyed the more sporty aspects. The snow storm of '99 here in metro detroit has provided an ample proving ground.