Thanks for the helpful comments everyone.

(Steve Grauman) wrote in message >...
> The Allroad give you considerablly more power to work with (250 or 310,
> depending on which engine you choose) and the versitility of the air suspension
> system. With it, you can set the car lower for an "Avant like" stance and
> sports car handling or higher for the kind of ground clearence you'd need for
> snow, light flood or bumpy terrain conditions. It gives you 95% of the
> versitlity of a real 4x4 with 100% of the benefits of a car sized and car based
> vehicle, including gas mileage. The A6 Avant is a very nice but far less
> versitle vehicle, and I'd suggest driving the Volkswagen Passat too as it will
> save you money, but will not be quite as large.
> Steve Grauman