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a myriad of other vehicle settings, all with a modus operandi of this popular luxury or anything else is to call Phil Hornbeak,
minimum of distraction. Thankfully, the sedan. Audi has endeavored to make the new who will gladly help you get the car you
comprehensiveness of the menus is offset by A4 sportier than the last one, and presum- want for the best possible price.
a good number of redundant buttons and ably they did, but I was not able to tell much
even a (tiny) pad you can write on with your of a difference during my time with the car. The all-new Audi A4 is really all-new,
finger. While not as immediately intuitive as though you'll be forgiven for not noticing
an iPhone, getting comfortable with the Certainly the A4 is quiet. Car and Driver given its remarkably unremarkable new
MMI is easy, and it's about as good as it gets reports that the 2017 A4 has almost the qui- styling. Still, it's an impressive piece, and a
in a car in 2017. (My son, who works in web etest interior noise levels they've ever meas- car you'd be foolish not to consider seriously
development for a well known Silicon Valley ured, just behind the Rolls Royce Phantom. if you're looking to buy a luxury sedan in the
corporation recently explained all of this to I never found myself thinking, “Wow, I BMW 3-Series class.
me by saying, “Dad, if you're good at tech don't hear anything in this car,” but at the
you work for a tech company. If you're not same time driving it was always a nicely If you’re in the market for this kind of ve-
you work for a car company.” Something to hushed experience. hicle, call Phil Hornbeak at 210-301-4367.
keep in mind.)
Not surprisingly, a wide variety of options Steve Schutz, MD, is a
On the road, the A4 is nicely buttoned and option packages can move the price of board-certified gastroenterolo-
down and easy to enjoy. As always, Audi is an A4 from its just under $40,000 base gist who lived in San Antonio
shooting for overall dynamic goodness rather MSRP all the way to around $55,000, so in the 1990s when he was sta-
than race track edginess, so neutral handling configuring your car online after a few tioned here in the U.S. Air
in most conditions with a touch of under- glasses of Cabernet is not recommended. Force. He has been writing auto reviews for
steer if you enter a turn too quickly is the Smart BCMS members know that the best San Antonio Medicine since 1995.
way forward whether you're buying an A4
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