Miles of Style
Sometimes a car just fits. Maybe you can see the one you want from a mile away, or maybe it comes as a complete surprise. Maybe
you end up test driving all competitors and analyze all the factors before finding that perfect fit. Whichever way, there is always one car that just feels right.
For one person, it might be a compact sports coupe with good handling and a peppy little motor. For another, it might be an SUV with a commanding seating position and the perfect height to easily install that child safety seat in the back without having to contort your body awkwardly day in and day out. It could even be a modest little subcompact that zips in and out of traffic and can make any tiny space into a parking spot. To each his or her own.
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soon as I sat down inside the 2006 Audi A4 Avant, I got that feeling. Within seconds I had the seat adjusted for perfect support of my legs and back - I swear Audi must have used a dummy that was the same height and proportions as me when they designed their seats.
Within minutes I was on the road, driving away from VW headquarters, programming the radio and singing along with some of the latest hits, adjusting the climate control, barely conscious of the movements necessary to get the desired results out of the drivetrain, seamlessly moving along with traffic without any of the usual frenetic activity that accompanies the trip to work. Of course, it helps when it's an automatic.
Sometimes a car just fits. Maybe you can see the one you want from a mile away, or maybe it comes as a complete surprise. Maybe
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| Sometimes a car just fits, and Audi's A4 Avant seemed as if it was made specifically for my body type. (Photo: Justin Couture, Canadian Auto Press) |
For one person, it might be a compact sports coupe with good handling and a peppy little motor. For another, it might be an SUV with a commanding seating position and the perfect height to easily install that child safety seat in the back without having to contort your body awkwardly day in and day out. It could even be a modest little subcompact that zips in and out of traffic and can make any tiny space into a parking spot. To each his or her own.
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| The A4 Avant is so logically laid out I was barely conscious of the movements necessary to get the desired results out of the drivetrain. (Photo: Justin Couture, Canadian Auto Press) |
Within minutes I was on the road, driving away from VW headquarters, programming the radio and singing along with some of the latest hits, adjusting the climate control, barely conscious of the movements necessary to get the desired results out of the drivetrain, seamlessly moving along with traffic without any of the usual frenetic activity that accompanies the trip to work. Of course, it helps when it's an automatic.