Look dude, I was busting your chops. No need to leap to the defense of Audi like someone’s life depends on it. They’re fine. They definitely have problems, seemingly more frequently than their German bretheren. Audi doesn’t need you defending it, it’s doing just fine.

Still better than an allroad!

This seems strange. Springs shouldn’t just crack regularly and there is no undue weight at the back, I’ve never heard of this as a presistent problem with the x3, but maybe you know something I don’t. The gasket and labor sound like the kind of thing you’d get at a BMW dealer, and of course you don’t want to take an…

Well you probably dodged a bullet anyway, cause the auto transmissions were the weak points in those early 2000s Volvos. I don’t know if that has changed, but anecdotally I know of an XC70 that went through at least two transmissions, so take that as you will.

I can’t hear you over the sound of a disassembled 4.2 v8

Talkin about Audis in general there, chief.

The oil filter is located behind the headers and requires disassembling the front suspension to access.

Oh sorry, I assumed you meant the Allroad, cause I don’t think they ever had a crosscountry manual. If you saw one, it must really have been one-of-a kind. Maybe even a swap. In my opinion, the Outback is pretty suv-like in a lot of ways, at least as much as an X3, which is the least suvish and probably better than an…

Really? I’ve consistently been seeing manual Allroads around New England. There’s 3 on boston cl as we speak. They’re not overly rare. I’m not sure they’re any good offroad though... How about a nice manual x3 or x5, there’s plenty of those.

There’s also the Volvo XC70 aka the Cross-country!

But to get paid to work on an Audi, that’s where the real money is! Those rattling chain tensioners might as well be the sound of jangling coins in your pocket. More like Allroads lead back to your mechanic.

I wasn’t presenting any evidence, you tool, just sharing an anecdote.

True story: I just came back from dropping my car off at the mechanic, and the next guy behind me had an Allroad with sagging front suspension. The mechanic also had 5 (I counted them) Allroads in his yard, waiting to be repaired. He’s a smart guy to work on Audis, cause that’s guaranteed return business for life.

My friend had one of these (not the super amazing sports version) until it was mercifully destroyed on the street by his careless neighbor. While he had it I kept urging him to get rid of it as soon as possible, cause if he got into an accident he would almost certainly die. I still remember the playskool interior and…

Wow it’s like it warped straight from 2001!

They’re both about as substantive as a cardboard cutout and more like an amalgam of publicists and PR maneuvers than people, so this is incredibly apropos! Kudos to Clinton for embracing irony! She might also consider her posts getting sponsored by Target and driving a Toyota Camry on the campaign trail!

What you just said is both sad and distasteful. That’s good value!

Sometimes, there’s just a hefty, dense cat. I can’t explain it, it’s just nature.

Uh hello? Opinions aren’t subjective, they’re absolute. But yes, thanks for this revealing and startling information.

Wow so many emotions you can conjure up in one inconsequential exchange! Sadness! Mirth! Condescension! Stomach cramps! I am using literally correctly. That is the correct way to use it. You are talking from a prescriptivist perspective like we’re in the Academie Francaise. English is not French. To reiterate, I am…