I'm not sure about the A4 but I have driven an older model S4 (2000 - or2001) with the squential twin turbos. Now that car was a real treat to drive, it had power in every gear no matter how low the rpm's were and the handling was impecable. Drove it up to Whistler and even in the snow it was difficult to kick out the rear end.
I have owned 4 BMW's and still have one (old school e30 325 with lots of performance mods) I will probably never sell that car, I have had it for nearly 20 years and has always been really solid and reliable. It has taken a beating over the years and still runs great although I havn't driven it in a few years. It needs a paint job and a few other minor repairs. I will most likely do a full restoration on it and add a few more performance mods in the near future.
The only reason that I havn't been driving it is that I have a Jeep that I have as my daily driver now that is more suited for my needs at the moment. I don't really do all that much driving anymore and I couldn't justify having both vehicles insured when I would only drive the beemer a few times a month. Plus I couldn't really take the dog in the beemer as I would be constantly worrying that he would damage the leather or something else and he would get fur over everything. I don't have to worry about that sort of thing in the Jeep I don't even have carpets in it so when it gets dirty I can just hose it out, pull the drain plugs out of the floor and viola good as new ;)
My personal prefrence would be the BMW over the Audi, and from reading some of the responses in this thread the BEEMER would be the car to go with, but it seems that your daughter is really set on the Audi. I guess you will have to do a little more research to make sure you don't end up buying her a headache indtead of a good reliable vehicle.
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