A3 1.9 Tdi E Se

reefer110 · Aug 21, 2014

Hi all,

1st post here.....

I've done a search, but unfortunately cannot find any results!

My question relates to the A3 1.9 TDi e SE Sportback, I'm looking for real world experience of this car, in particular around the '59 plate. There are a few motoring reviews on the web but nothing more than the usual blurb you get from these type of things.

I'm looking for info about reliability of the engine, I've read the 1.9 fitted to this is one of Audi's older engines, 'gruff', 'rattly' and 'unrefined' are some of the words used. Is this to be believed?

I do a lot of motorway miles, the car seems ideal in terms of mpg, not too dissimilar to my current A2 but with the potential of being more comfortable to drive. The car I'm looking at has a couple of extras, heated seats, climate, Bose and privacy glass. Just wondering if the heated seats would be part of a winter pack, or if they could be specced individually.

Finally, was the Bose system available in different configurations, or did it always consist of the 8 speaker/sub package in the A3.

TIA

dany2k · Aug 21, 2014

reefer110 said:
Hi all,

1st post here.....

I've done a search, but unfortunately cannot find any results!

My question relates to the A3 1.9 TDi e SE Sportback, I'm looking for real world experience of this car, in particular around the '59 plate. There are a few motoring reviews on the web but nothing more than the usual blurb you get from these type of things.

I'm looking for info about reliability of the engine, I've read the 1.9 fitted to this is one of Audi's older engines, 'gruff', 'rattly' and 'unrefined' are some of the words used. Is this to be believed?

I do a lot of motorway miles, the car seems ideal in terms of mpg, not too dissimilar to my current A2 but with the potential of being more comfortable to drive. The car I'm looking at has a couple of extras, heated seats, climate, Bose and privacy glass. Just wondering if the heated seats would be part of a winter pack, or if they could be specced individually.

Finally, was the Bose system available in different configurations, or did it always consist of the 8 speaker/sub package in the A3.

TIA

Hi mate,
I have a 2009 1.9 TDie Sportback so in a good position to give you a head's up. The engine does the job but yes, it is gruff, rattly, unrefined and slow. In terms of MPG, on motorway journeys I consistently get 60 mpg: this is calculated using actual diesel usage and not the on-board computer (which would have you believe it's achieving 70 mpg!).

I bought the car solely on the basis of its economy: retrospectively a MK6 Golf GT TDi with a 140 CR engine or Audi A3 with a 140 CR engine would quite certainly have done the same job mpg-wise!

S15LVO · Oct 17, 2014

Would you get this out of a 2.0l Mk6 golf ;-) Avg 65 MPH from 20mile trip.

fangio · Oct 18, 2014

Do you really believe that?

S15LVO · Oct 18, 2014

I normally get 64mpg so to drive the same and get this I was well impressed.

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