2004 Audi A4 S-Line review from UK and Ireland

I had the car for 2 months, and the air con pump packed up with a grinding noise. The main dealer wanted £1000 pounds to sort. I took the car to my local garage, who sorted the issue using the same parts for £487.00 in labour and parts.

This car is superb very quick when you use Sport mode, or use the Tiptronic mode; you can then use the 6 gears. I was put off at first, as I have always have manuals, but now I am very happy; it's fantastic in traffic.

Servicing is on a longlife, which means every two years or 20.000 miles, but this all depends on your driving i.e. if you do lots of stop starts, this will have a massive impact on the miles between services, and could reduce the time and mileage in half. I get approx 12,000 miles between services, and the cost ranges from £180 to £330 at the main dealer. My local garage charges £150 to £230, so you know where I go.

The car looks the part. It has a full GMBH Body kit i.e. side skirts/mesh grill/boot spoiler/17 star alloys; it's by far a better looking car than the standard A4. Please note this kit is factory fitted.

The cabin is very nice. Everything is to hand, and the Audi Concert head unit is great, sounds fantastic, lots of bass. I have also connected a Ipod Ice unit; again a great bit of kit; you can flick through you iPod using the head unit, and keep your iPod in the glove box.