Audi A3 vs Toyota Corolla: European webmasters
 

Just looking to get a car for everyday use in town, automatic transmission to have wifey driving me around while im drinking.

European webmasters invited to share their experience, any other similar ( golf size ) car you have positive feedback please, post.

Thanks.

Audi's have a habit of thier onboard comps fucking up Toyota's are pretty bullet proof and cheaper to maintain. VW are also pretty solid cars as are Honda's

My thoughts exactly, just love the look of A3 comparing to WTF Corolla's design ... Had Golf before .. cant say anything good about it, just ok.

I have my sympathy to the Audi, but the japanese one is really cheaper to support.
But the look of Audi is way sexy than Toyota....
I'd jump on Audi.,

You seem to understand what im looking for, say :

http://otomoto.pl/toyota-corolla-C23885873.html

or

http://otomoto.pl/audi-a3-1-9-tdi-13...C25329242.html

Fuck, i like Audi more.

I'm driving the 2nd Audi A3 in a row and love it :)

Hows automatic do on it?
Toyota's variator seems to be a little more modern, no?

I wast aware that someone is driving automatic in europe.

Between those two, get the corolla - or even better, the 1 series like I said before.

I had an Audi a3 sport a few years ago. Wasn't a bad ride. Had a few problems and don't think it handling was that great around corners... and come winter time my breaks would freeze up and you would need pump it to crack the ice.... nearly ran someone over with that one..

Great to look at though...

So a newer corolla... checked beamers, they are frigging old and has long millage for the same price...

Girls do:

http://www.drivenow.com.au/blog/wp-c...rlsweekend.jpg

and lazy web designers who are tired of driving...

Suzuki Swift sport :thumbsup

http://d33j14v132fxt4.cloudfront.net...ki-swift-sport
Really cool little car and a lot of fun to drive ( i bet - only have the regular one )

I drive a tiptronic :)

My brothers son loves his audi's and has had the A3 A4 and now the A5 the first two he purchased second hand and had problems with both, The A4 he had comp problems then he purchesed a new A5 had it for 5 months and the on board computer stuffed up, It was under warrenty but he had to wait 2 weeks to get it sorted out. I had the older coralla about 4 years back and never once had any probs with it, they are good reliable cars

Hit this corolla button again and im convinced!

how about this?

http://photos02.otomoto.pl/photos/or...25680473_1.jpg

Have driven an 03 corolla for 5 years now. Freaking love it. Never been a single problem with it.

Audi is the same shitty VW only under a different name

Iv never owned a Merc so couldent tell you what they are like over here My second car I ever had was a VW Golf mrk2 I drove that thing into the ground did no maintenance on it apart from the MOT requirements and it just kept on going. I ended up selling it for the same price I bought it for, so my experience owning a VW was a good one

if its for the wife, get the corolla, less headache, also it won't get stolen and end up in Siberia..
If you'll drive it too, think about the '04 or newer A3 2.0tdi with a dsg gearbox :)

Yup, the Audi is closet to a Golf, owned by the same company too. Do you have Golf Plus? VAG expect that to eventually outsell the normal sized golf.
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new/golf-plus-ii/home

Corolla is called Auris here for some years. Go for it.

But you don't look gay on avatar.....just kidding, they are all good, does anyone here really think that they would be on market that they are bad . Just choose what you like. Different owners, different maintenance and driving styles, you can't make conclusion based on people's experience here.

really toyota...... is this a real question?

If you buy carefully (ie, not ex fleet or hire car) you can't go wrong. :2 cents:

Unless Audi makes economical automobiles, it is surely gonna loose it's entire market to Toyota....but still there are many people who prefer Audi rather than Toyota...but Audi also has to be concern about the economical recession through the globe....

Here's the thing with buying cars in poland... If it's low mileage and the car is not expensive for what it is, it's either welded together from 3 cars or the mileage is not real. All the cars here are imported from western europe. If you see a car in poland that was freshly imported and costs 5k euro and has 100k km on it, and if you look in germany and see that cars with 200k km cost 7k euro, where did the importer find such a great car for so cheap with such little mileage and still have room to make a profit?

Both i owned had manual transmission, but i had a rental with S-Tronic a few times and it's pretty good, fast smooth shifting - anyway, I'm a manual fan :)

:2 cents:

Not only in Poland, my car is imported from Germany directly, so will be the next one.

Btw. Corollas have excellent reputation, but the newer designs are just terrible, so are the common folk class Mazdas and Hondas - 323 or Civic used to be the ride at the start of the 90's, now they both look - well.... really weird to say at least..

O would say Toyota, also Honda are very reliable.

Konrad lives me no room but getting a new one off the salon ffs!

Konrad to the rescue.

I'd save up and get the 1 series, though it'll cost you more for service.

This 3 series looks quite decent and i see the prices are ok overall, you could also aim for a 3 series, depends how new you want it to be.

http://www.autovit.ro/bmw-320-C25336603.html

Its for the wife but i will be driving it occasionally too, and I am tall.
Design wise: I like Audi A3 and BMW Series 1
Price wise: Corolla and Merc A series

Mercs A series are suspiciously cheap comparing to Audi , where is the secret?

I used to own a VW 3 who ran up to 150k kms and when I sold it it was still doing ok.