No longer a 4X4 owner.

[subaqua]

I must admit I am looking forward to picking mine up, even on a tatty old runabout there is something very special about that quattro badge (a badge that is virtually unchanged since its conception I believe?)

correct. small q . if you are lucky enough to own a Quattro then I am a very jealous person. I sat in a short sport once and it felt amazing.

Th Ur-Quattros were something brilliant.

strange how the Germans pinch italian word for going on cars. Quattro is italian the i on GTi is injezione .

anyway thats my whiff of petrol for the week

 

[DRHysted]

Mine was a Toyota Hilux Surf, I had her nearly 5 Years and despite approaching 250000kms she never ever let me down.
I did want a LR but the reliability issues put me off I must admit

The surfs are amazing vehicles (sold mine two years ago because I couldn't afford 2 vehicles). Mine went everywhere over all terrain without problems. The only time mine ever brokedown in 7 years was when I cooked the cylinder head. Did all the modifications and serviceing myself, ran her on bio fuel.
Best vehicle I ever had!

 

[PBancroft]

sadly the quattro ( note the lower case for all letters ) shown wasn't available until 1983 . the show is set in 1982. the headlamps are the giveaway.
yes i did own a quattro , a lovely 1987 version

True, but it was all a dream whilst they waited in purgatory to accept that they had, in fact, died, anyway, so the anachronisms don't really count.

Apols if anyone hasn't yet seen the show and I've spoiled the ending... but it was kind of set up from the get go and its still awesome (though Life on Mars is the better of the two).

 

[Over The Hill]

No, Quattro is AWD rather than 4WD.

The point re the original post was guilt linked with using a 4x4 and my assumption that this is down to the fact they use twice as much fuel to do the same job (as they lug around twice as much metal and have twice as many bit to turn with all the drives and diffs eating up fuel) . So while the quattro may be a bit lighter it is set up more as a sports car so will be equally as bad on fuel as the tonka toy was.

So really I could not see a reason for a lesser feeling of guilt.

 

[Panter]

The point re the original post was guilt linked with using a 4x4 and my assumption that this is down to the fact they use twice as much fuel to do the same job (as they lug around twice as much metal and have twice as many bit to turn with all the drives and diffs eating up fuel) . So while the quattro may be a bit lighter it is set up more as a sports car so will be equally as bad on fuel as the tonka toy was.

So really I could not see a reason for a lesser feeling of guilt.

The guilt was a bit tongue in cheek to be honest. I felt absolutely no guilt whatsoever at driving my 4X4 with it's fuel economy of around 28mpg.
The Quattro will achieve nearly 43mpg so it's a fair bit better.

Before you all start chasing me with flaming pitchforks, we do have a small diesel hatchback which is the ever day driver (if I'm not cycling,) the big car is, out of necessity, heavy and AWD for towing duties.

EDIT: Why on Earth do you think it's "sporty?" it's a diesel estate not a rally car

 

[The Jogger]

When you take all the metal that goes into a new car, a recycled car 4x4 or not has got to be much more ozone friendly.....