Hi there,

I'm one of the lurchers on this site who has found the site invaluable these past weeks and months as I have antagonised over what car to plump for in our quest for an upgrade. Thank you to you all for all of the incredible information you guys share with us, all of it so very useful.

Anyway, thanks to your help I have now reached a decision that it will be the A6 Avant SE for me with just a couple of extras to boot (Tech pack, lighting, advanced key and reversing camera), I am close to ordering however the last point I am trying to decide is, whether I can justify the extra spend onthe baseline quattro model, that would see me stretching my budget by a further c.£60 more per month

I appreciate there are lots of threads on the wonders of Audi's AWD and how many people's response will be "if it's not quattro, it's not a proper Audi" or that without it I just won't be safe. However, bare with me, my situation is this:

- I will be going for automatic transmission, but without quattro it would just be the 2.0 multitronic for me (though this is changing to s tronic with Ultra I believe), I would only stretch to 3.0 engine for quattro
- I live in the city centre but do a mix of urban and motorway driving, however the amount of motorway driving will drop over the next year and it will be mainly city driving
- I occasionally go up North to see family, however my current car (a FWD hatchback) has proved adequate in all conditions to date including in the winter for this without any real off road or treacherous driving required

Therefore my questions for you are:

1. Will a 3.0 204 quattro be an unnecessary expense that is wasted on me?
2. Is the s tronic gearbox worth holding out for over the multitronic, even on the 2.0 TDI?
3. MPG is purely individual, but seeing as though the 2.0 multitronic comes in for stick on this - Will shifting to a 3.0 quattro actually not diminish my fuel efficiency all that much v. a 2.0 multitronic?

If you have made it this far, well done! As you might tell, I am not really a connoisseur of driving and the subtleties of a quattro may well be lost on me, but with the multitronic seemingly on the way out and the added 'grip' that the quattro brings is it worth it?

Any insight hugely appreciated.
Thanks