JBaumgart

My 10 year-old daughter says my car pollutes too much because it has two tailpipes. <g>

BN

Buy a F......G horse.

earache

Did you test drive the car? If so, you must have felt whatever turbo lag there was. And you still bought it. What's the bitch? Even if CR is right, you must have thought it a better car than the others.

wendy12x12

I second that (environmental concern). Now, now Sixth Man, be nice.

nemaslov

and I really did not notice the lag at that time. I had an A6 Avant prior to the allroad, and I just noticed how quicker it was. Alot quicker. The turbo lag is NOT horrible, just could be improved on. I find when I'm on the San Francisco flat city streets-those areas where stop signs are every block or two, or when I'm "peeking out to cross a blind intersection"- is when I at times feel that lag. I want to cross the intersection immediatly without ANY delay and sometimes that lag happens. Granted you all are not in the urban jungle, but that is just my two cents. I wonder why some folks can't take the critics and feel that standing by their car is like those who chanted America love or leave it in the 60s. I Love this Audi, but hopefully these issues will be worked on next year or two to make it even better!

nemaslov

Yeah, you have a STICK!

maugt

Then its not turbo lag, the turbos are the same. Can we call it tip lag?

BN

So what's up with the 12x12, Wendy?

earache

We can pontificate all we want, but we bought the cars in spite of the gas mileage. Everyone here must have thought that the good far outweighed the bad. And I'd lay odds that most of us looked at at least two of the other cars in the comparision. I don't think that anyone disagrees with most of what CR says, but, by their own admission, the allroad was the top-rated model. They obviously don't weigh the good/bad the same way we do.

I am tired of it being suggested that because we don't agree with CR's conclusion we can't stand the heat and are blind brand lovers akin to "those who chanted America love or leave it in the 60s." It seems to me that defending CR's every word is a lot like the kettle calling the pot black.

srs

My $0.02. CR reviews cars from the perspective of the "average person" - not the car enthusiast. Things we find wonderful and compelling, they don't put much stock in - like how the the interior appointments fit together and intangibles like the combined "feel" of power, handling and quattro.

They just don't review the "fun factor", and I find that annoying when they are reviewing cars like the allroad. Sure, they're not an enthusiasts magazine, but that's a large chunk of why I paid all that money for the allroad, and so it should be factored into their assessment when they look at cars which cater to enthusiasts.

Like sal, I also find it annoying when they change their rules in mid-stream. If the Volvo is too new to determine reliability, so is the allroad. Which leads me to mull over what caused the A6 to get on their "bad" list in the first place - it appears to have been fuel gauge sender and radio gremlins. Here again, they seem to just count the number of problems without differentiating between "serious" ones (like those that leave people stranded) and minor (although admittedly annoying) ones.

Bottom line - they're not wrong about the problems they see in the allroad, but the importance they place on these problems seems all out of whack. Maybe it's just because they're not car enthusiasts.