Comments by "MediocreMan" (@mediocreman2) on "Tedward" channel.

  1. Too bad about the color and the black wheels, but otherwise this is a solid car that will give you many trouble free miles with a little bit of spice thrown in.
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  2. This is essentially what BMW was doing 15 years ago. Decent looking turbo gasoline, or turbo diesel inline 6, three row SUV with great handling, RWD bias AWD, and good power. But BMW has started to lose their minds, so it's good that Mazda has realized what a great combination those features are. But I'm guessing the Mazda doesn't have 50/50 weight distribution. Now Mazda just needs to put that inline 6 in a sports car or sporty car with a manual transmission.
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  3. This was an interesting tire commercial. But a bit long
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  4. Dang what trailer do you have? Miata is what, 2,400 lbs? A steel trailer is like 2k lbs. If you want a much better car than an X3, look at X5 diesel.
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  5. Great review and amazing car. Next you need to review a C4 S4/S6! A few quibbles; The 'cheap' clunky center stack buttons are anything but. If you feel the quality of those buttons compared to any other car (especially your Civic), you'd have to be a bit biased to not recognize the quality of those buttons. Soft touch, EXTREMELY durable plastic (30 year old buttons often look brand new), the text and icons are 'engraved' from the backside, so there is literally no way to wear off the text of the button, and they are made from black ABS plastic, so even if you scratch part of the button away, it is still black underneath, unlike a lot of buttons that are white underneath a black outer coating. These bodies generally don't rust. There is only one location that's at risk of rust, behind the front wheels because wet leaves/dirt can accumulate there. Audi mastered the galvanization process in around 1986. Mercedes still hasn't figured it out, just for comparison. Generally longitudinally mounted engines have a smaller turning radius than transverse mounted cars. This car might seem similar to the C3 underneath like you said, but it's not. Vastly different engines (this was Audi's first V6), different quattro iteration, it also uses ABS/EDL for the differential instead of manual differential locks, it has nothing in common structurally, nothing in common when it comes to body panels, etc. No shared components either, except maybe bolts here and there. This was a ground up project, and if you look at the history of Audi, the C4 (and D2) was a massive turning point for the company. Yes the B5 was responsible for tons of sales and turned the perception of Audi around in the US (After the 60 minutes faked tests), but the B5's don't have the special quality sauce the C4 and D2 did. Audi didn't really have any competition when these were new. The Acura Legend was beat by the Audi 100 (C4) in road tests and didn't come in AWD. Their only issue in the US was more anonymity compared to Mercedes and BMW, and like I mentioned what 60 Minutes did. Aside from a Bentley, Rolls Royce, Maybach, you will be hard pressed to find a modern car that has the build quality of this car. I've been in brand new S classes, 7 series, and A8's, and they still have little noises or cheapness. And yes once you're in the snow, you will change your tune even further. I've driven trucks, SUV's, Subarus, and nothing compares to the older Audis, especially those with the locking differentials. The trucks were front heavy, the SUV's were stable, but too heavy in general, and subarus were ok, but most of them use a weaker non-mechanical viscous coupling that adds delays when you don't want delays. Plus they are actually much more unreliable than the A6 here.
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  6. These don't really rust unless there is body damage that goes unchecked. I live in a highly salted state, and do not have body rust. So not sure how you got that wrong. There can of course be chassis rust since those are just standard steel components.
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  7. Never heard of this channel, but this car is special. I'm super bummed they've basically committed to it being a short lived car.
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  8. This A6 only had 2 valves per cylinder. But they were reliable.
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  9. The 30v did not come on the C4 chassis in the US.
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