heh, parents bought me a 98.5 2.8 quattro.<br>i'm 18. =]<p>98.5/2.8Q - A!

My delays were <p>1) Not getting paid adequately at first<br>2) buying a house<br>3) private school for the kids<p>Ah...but now I finally got a decent sports sedan.<p>Steve S.<br>97 2.8QM

But not because of my age. Or income.<p>Simply because of my interest in cars.<p>Like ///M3's, Integras, New Beetles, and RX7's there is no real socioeconomic group that buys the 1.8T A4... and no real price range for A4 1.8T's with $21,000 1.8T's and $41,000+ 1.8T's on the road.<p>There are about a thousand ways to think of the 1.8T. Some find a used 1997 A4 1.8T Quattro is a better car than the E36 318i with a similar price, four-wheel-drive, and a current bodystyle. Some find a 1999.5 A4 1.8T is sporty like their current Eclipse, but has the additional storage and seats they need.<p>Personally? I only had two cars on my shopping list, the Porsche 993/C4 and the Audi A4 1.8T Quattro. My opinion is one of the more outrageous on this board:<p>A $95,000 Audi A4 1.8T Quattro is a better car than the $95,000 Porsche Carerra 4 (911/996).<p>And, looking at a $95,000 Carerra 4 at the Porsche/Audi Exchange awhile ago (Aero, PCM, hifi, mats, supple, washers, rcaps, alum/s+b, stainless sill, pwr seat, rear wipe, litronic, 18" whls, lumb/L, computer) I'd say it's true. Better performance with all the same goodies (18" wheels, xenon lights, great instrumentation, etc.).<p>You don't have to agree... the Exchange still has an unclaimed C4 Silver/Black coming in at $84,586.00 with aero, hifi, cd, pwr seat, dials, and 18" wheels if you disagree.<p>Thinking a little differently,<br>Cameron

Nice car, regardless. Good luck and don't bash it up and make your parents trade it in for a Saturn.

According to the Audi customer demographics faxed to us last week the averages are as follows:<p>A4 1.8T - 62% Male / Average Household Income: $87,500<p>A4 2.8 - 59% Male / Average Household Income: $121,200

Or maybe I'm the only one who drove like an idiot when I was 16-18. Regardless of how much money I have, no kid of mine is getting a fast car until they're old enough to buy it themselves. Not a value judgement, just an attempt to save lives...<p><br>-vik<br>age 16: '77 Plymouth Volare station wagon -- green with wood paneling <br>age 18: '83 Ford Escort Wagon -- 0-60 in 16.2 on a good day (DNF on a bad day)<br>age 21: '91 Ford Escort Pony -- still running great! (anyone wanna buy it?)<br>age 28: '99.5 1.8tqms (2 weeks away) -- my dues are *paid*

The original question in this thread was who is the A4 1.8T marketed towards. I'm going to go out on a limb and say that it wasn't in Audi's minds to make a car that parents would simply buy for their teenage children. And I agree that if you didn't pay for the car yourself, that you are not the kind of input this survey is looking for.<p>- Drew (with similar upbringing to vik)<br>Age 16 (1984): '77 Chevy Vega (need I say more?)<br>Age 18: '78 Mercury Capri (4-banger Mustang look-alike)<br>Age 19: '81 Chevy Citation (not fast and not pretty either)<br>Age 22: '88 Honda Civic DX hatchback (I *thought* it was peppy!)<br>Age 26: '71 Olds Cutlass convertible (Still got it! Only has 55,000 original miles!)<br>Age 31: '98.5 A4 2.8 qm (It was about time for a new car.)<p>Every car was a trade-up except for the Olds. I owned that and the Honda simultaneously. My A4 replaced the Honda. The Olds and the A4 were the only two cars that I bought myself (not family hand-me-downs).<br>