Little Red Rocket
Here I go again, babbling my semi-incoherent effusive praise of Audi wagons. I know, they're not perfect, but they're so good in
so many ways that I just have a hard time putting on my critical hat and giving 'em a good nit picking or going over.
The minute I get into any car, I almost immediately take on the mindset of being at home (yes, anyone wanting to analyze my nomadic psyche can go and talk to my dad), with the odd conundrum of the difficulties we all have at home, be it loneliness in a big empty house (big wagons) or a family member that just won't give up the remote (obnoxious stability controls that can't be turned off) or waking up in the morning and realizing that you're still living at home and you've almost turned 30. Actually I moved out years ago, but I'm feeling a little melodramatic and I thought that sounded good... convincing? Perhaps too much so. No, really, I don't live with my mom.
What does all this have to do with the Audi A3 2.0T? Uhh...
Anyway.
Where was I? Oh yeah, the A3 rocks. It is not without its faults, and in my streamlined lifestyle, what it gives up compared to its larger A4 Avant sibling actually improves it in my books. Namely, size and weight. In case the alphanumerical name didn't give it away, it's smaller than the A4, and it weighs less, no doubt to its Golf-roots and the loss of quattro AWD, helping it to shed a few (hundred) pounds. Yet, the A3 is still big enough to easily manage my hockey gear, and though it went untested, I'm quite sure it could handle at least two more sets of equipment and their owners. Ideally, it seemed about right for two adults, a pair of kids and their gear, with a pet adding just the right touch of nuisance and overcrowding.
Here I go again, babbling my semi-incoherent effusive praise of Audi wagons. I know, they're not perfect, but they're so good in
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| Audi wagons are not perfect, but they're so good in so many ways that I just have a hard time putting on my critical hat and giving 'em a good nit picking. (Photo: Jonathan Yarkony, Canadian Auto Press) |
The minute I get into any car, I almost immediately take on the mindset of being at home (yes, anyone wanting to analyze my nomadic psyche can go and talk to my dad), with the odd conundrum of the difficulties we all have at home, be it loneliness in a big empty house (big wagons) or a family member that just won't give up the remote (obnoxious stability controls that can't be turned off) or waking up in the morning and realizing that you're still living at home and you've almost turned 30. Actually I moved out years ago, but I'm feeling a little melodramatic and I thought that sounded good... convincing? Perhaps too much so. No, really, I don't live with my mom.
What does all this have to do with the Audi A3 2.0T? Uhh...
Anyway.
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| In case the alphanumerical name didn't give it away, the A3 is smaller than the A4, ideal for two adults, two kids and maybe a pet. (Photo: Jonathan Yarkony, Canadian Auto Press) |