Originally Posted by skimobile

So other than getting a Subbie - what do I get????

I've had a couple of A6 Avant's since 2003. Always have snow tires on in the winter. I ski a lot and drive in snow a lot. I love my quattro.

They stopped importing the the Avant in 2012. I'm not a big SUV fan (Q5/7 or Macan/Cayenne - although Porsche uses their own AWD, not Quattro). Some of the E-Series wagon's look okay, but I'm not sold on the 4Matic.

I've thought about the A8, although I think I'd need to run double roof boxes for some of the bigger ski trips with the family. For the summer, my daughter is old enough now that I won't be throwing a tag-along in the back of the avant, it will be 4 bikes up top.

Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by derfA8L

Yup, first weekend in a brand new 1996 A6 Quattro and it's snowing lightly. Took a sharp curve on a back country road, but didn't realize there was a layer of ice under the snow. Everything happened in slow motion: I see the car's rear end out of the corner of my eye as the car does a 180 and comes to a stop with my wife muttering something I can't repeat. Good thing there was no other car on that road 😨

Originally Posted by 911 Crazy

So your wife was right after all with her definition of your license plate!

Originally Posted by derfA8L

Didn't have the current plates back then. But I guess any letters could translate into that verbal barrage :^0 Good thing it was short lived, but the looks lasted a while longer, as I recall.