Anyway to tell the difference between a quattro and fwd while not in motion?

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 04:06 PM

^ What the title says...

Anyway to tell besides the badges?

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 04:44 PM

14 views and no one?

**Chard** · 07-26-2004 04:47 PM

Take a look at your dash. The beltline trim by the glove box will say Quattro if you have it.

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 04:48 PM

Originally posted by Chard
Take a look at your dash. The beltline trim by the glove box will say Quattro if you have it.

anyother way to tell besides badges?

**Daft** · 07-26-2004 04:50 PM

Maybe with a mirror on a stick? You could look for a rear diff.

Otherwise, no.

**A4 in SC** · 07-26-2004 04:52 PM

Look up under the rear of the car. You'll see a rear diff in the center and an axle connected to the rear diff to each rear wheel.

Of course, if you're test driving it, you could ask the owner or salesman...

Badges won't automatically tell you if it's quattro or not. My car is a quattro, and there's only one quattro badge on the whole car. It's on the interior trim - on the dash above the glove compartment.

BTW, your question is just a little vague. If you would tell us what you're specifically wanting to know, it would help. Are you shopping for quattro, do you just want to recognize quattros on the road, etc?

HTH,
Mike

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 04:55 PM

i was just wondering if there were any body modifications or different wheels or whatever...

im considering getting a 99 A4 FWD 2.8.... i need the cheapest and most realible and thats looking promising to me.

my post count says im a noob but ive been lurking for months so i know quite a bit about these cars

**joeya103** · 07-26-2004 05:01 PM

another way to tell is by the exhaust. if the tips are short and close to the muffler, it's quattro. fwd cars have tips that stretch away from the muffler farther

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 05:03 PM

Originally posted by joeya103
another way to tell is by the exhaust. if the tips are short and close to the muffler, it's quattro. fwd cars have tips that stretch away from the muffler farther

thats what i was looking for, thanks...

how much of a difference in price would it be for a 98-99 A4 Automatic between quattro and fwd? and is 1.8 or 2.8 cheaper?

**A4 in SC** · 07-26-2004 05:04 PM

As far as body or wheels go - no, there are no tell-tale signs it's quattro or not.

Sorry if I came off the wrong way. I didn't mean anything by it. I was just curious what you were really asking...

Mike

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 05:05 PM

Originally posted by A4 in SC
As far as body or wheels go - no, there are no tell-tale signs it's quattro or not.

Sorry if I came off the wrong way. I didn't mean anything by it. I was just curious what you were really asking...

Mike

its all good dont sweat it

**Chard** · 07-26-2004 05:06 PM

No real body modifications that you can really see other than the exhaust. The only thing that are different inside and out are the badges. Everything else is underneath.

If you're getting a 2.8 FWD, why not get a 1.8 Quattro? The price range should be pretty close, no?

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 05:12 PM

Originally posted by Chard

If you're getting a 2.8 FWD, why not get a 1.8 Quattro? The price range should be pretty close, no?

hmm after a little kbb.com researching your right... there basically $500 off of each other with the 1.8 being more expensive *thumbs up*

now if i could only find an a4 in exceptional condition with around 50k on it and with an auto tranny and being sold in the next 2 months and id be a happy man

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 05:13 PM

Originally posted by Steve24
hmm after a little kbb.com researching your right... there basically $500 off of each other with the 1.8 being more expensive *thumbs up*

now if i could only find an a4 in exceptional condition with around 50k on it and with an auto tranny and being sold in the next 2 months and id be a happy man

edit: 1.8t Q is a tad over 12k private party - 2.8 fwd is like lower to mid 11k pp

edit2: crap i hit quote instead of edit woops

**awahl63** · 07-26-2004 05:19 PM

Why are you getting auto and is it definite?

**SEXICÄN** · 07-26-2004 05:20 PM

If there is snow on the ground and the car is staying in one place and spinning in circles, AWD. Same, snow, and the cars front end is slippin and sliding, FWD.

Seriously, if stock grill AWD's have quattro badge and also on the rear below the 1.8T/2.8/30.0

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 05:23 PM

Originally posted by awahl63
Why are you getting auto and is it definite?

well i want it to have tiptronic for sure, i do way to much city driving and stop and go crap do be getting a manual... save that for the fun cars, this is gonna be a daily driver.

**SEXICÄN** · 07-26-2004 05:32 PM

I hear ya. I hate driving manual in stop'n go. I wish there was some way of completely switching to auto when its like that but then completely switch back to my manual everytime else

**bitterchild** · 07-26-2004 07:00 PM

ohio= quattro... the only people that have an excuse to get a fwd audi are in Fl and Socal. Get a passat if its really an issue

**SEXICÄN** · 07-26-2004 07:23 PM

i would hate to own a car in ohio, with ohio using salt on the roads instead of sand. water and salt=bad for car

**Steve24** · 07-26-2004 08:08 PM

yeah the salt tears up the cars really badly... and i live near cleveland so im in one of like the only 2 spots in the world that get really bad lake effect snow.

but still even if the streets are covered with snow, packed down snow, you can still see people going around in rwd bimmers and such and getting around just fine, ive handled fwd in the snow all the time, its easy just takes some practice and patience

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