Home

Long-Term Road Tests

Daily updates on our fleet of cars and trucks

2009 Audi A4 Avant: You Write the Caption

audi-a4-avant-tow.JPG

Automotive Editor James Riswick sent me this photo of our Audi wagon from the Heavy Duty Truck Comparison Test. Get that trailer Audi here.

What is your caption?

We'll post our favorite this afternoon.

Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor

Categories: ,

95 Comments

technetium99 says:

03:55 AM, 02/ 4/11

Audi sight, Audi mind.

ergsum says:

04:04 AM, 02/ 4/11

What, another super pull Audi commericial trailer?!

technetium99 says:

04:06 AM, 02/ 4/11

Avant to move this trailer. This Audi do it.

hoosiergrandad says:

04:11 AM, 02/ 4/11

I think I can, Ithink I can, etc*

*Hugene's winning caption from last week

ergsum says:

04:13 AM, 02/ 4/11

"Avant to tow! They Audi let me try!"

technetium99 says:

04:15 AM, 02/ 4/11

The true winner of the truck comparison....

ergsum says:

04:16 AM, 02/ 4/11

@technetium99, we seem to be on the same page this morning, but you beat me to the punchline.

technetium99 says:

04:18 AM, 02/ 4/11

@ergsum, yeah, time to start thinking outside the box trailer.

ergsum says:

04:19 AM, 02/ 4/11

The Avant receives a severe tongue lashing.

ergsum says:

04:30 AM, 02/ 4/11

"Pullitt"

oldchap says:

04:51 AM, 02/ 4/11

"That thang got a hemi?" "NEIN!"

technetium99 says:

05:11 AM, 02/ 4/11

...And the box it came in.

ergsum says:

05:22 AM, 02/ 4/11

Time with the Avant went off without a hitch.

technetium99 says:

05:25 AM, 02/ 4/11

A4 Avant: One unexpectedly hitchin' ride!

technetium99 says:

05:27 AM, 02/ 4/11

adantium says:

05:31 AM, 02/ 4/11

adantium says:

05:32 AM, 02/ 4/11

TowA6ble!

herrstreet says:

05:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow

Audi trailer

Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yelBlack & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow
low

Super Bowl Tailgate

Black & yellow Black & yellow Black & yellow

adamb1 says:

06:03 AM, 02/ 4/11

Audi your mind.

technetium99 says:

06:06 AM, 02/ 4/11

Riswick is getting hitched!

teampenske3 says:

06:07 AM, 02/ 4/11

@ herr

Dammit, you beat me to the Wiz reference! Ah, well.

“POWAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!”

rayray633 says:

06:10 AM, 02/ 4/11

Honey, you would not believe the sales at Walmart this week!

rayray633 says:

06:13 AM, 02/ 4/11

2009 A4 Avant XL

teampenske3 says:

06:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

Shoulda had a V8

Here's another one to blow up!

teampenske3 says:

06:43 AM, 02/ 4/11

*replace "one" with "caravan" on the last one.*

teampenske3 says:

06:44 AM, 02/ 4/11

Shoulda had a diesel

ergsum says:

06:54 AM, 02/ 4/11

Eh fore, Brute?

rayray633 says:

07:04 AM, 02/ 4/11

vt8919 says:

07:09 AM, 02/ 4/11

Anything they can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than them...

"Dude, I think it's supposed to be on a truck."

"All my friends couldn't ride in the Audi so I threw some lawn chairs in a trailer and..."

tomslick2 says:

07:14 AM, 02/ 4/11

Squared trailer, not so squared wagon.

Any you though a wagon was good for a trip to Ikea.

technetium99 says:

07:22 AM, 02/ 4/11

In a tow jam.

seth111976 says:

07:35 AM, 02/ 4/11

You're doing it wrong.

fd3sired says:

07:35 AM, 02/ 4/11

Audi F-teenthousand

captobvious says:

07:45 AM, 02/ 4/11

Suck it Ram!

F150 who?

tho76 says:

07:50 AM, 02/ 4/11

Yah mule! Schnell! Schnell!!

allthingshonda says:

07:51 AM, 02/ 4/11

Honey, who shrunk the Suburban?

rayray633 says:

07:56 AM, 02/ 4/11

Beep... Beep... Beep

rayray633 says:

07:58 AM, 02/ 4/11

The Silver Sled

hybris says:

07:58 AM, 02/ 4/11

Knew I should have bought the Powerstroke.

Don't let the dealer know.

You have chosen... poorly.

vt8919 says:

08:01 AM, 02/ 4/11

Only in America do trailers have more bling than the car that's towing it.

ergsum says:

08:04 AM, 02/ 4/11

Just what makes that little old Avant
Think he'll move that rubber wheeled box
Anyone knows an Avant, can't
Move a rubber wheeled box

But its got high hopes, its got high hopes
Its got high apple pie, in the sky hopes

teampenske3 says:

08:05 AM, 02/ 4/11

ergsum says:

08:06 AM, 02/ 4/11

Before it starting pulling the trailer, it was an A4 sedan.

teampenske3 says:

08:08 AM, 02/ 4/11

Home sweet home.

rayray633 says:

08:10 AM, 02/ 4/11

Objects in mirror are more hopeful than they appear

ergsum says:

08:29 AM, 02/ 4/11

An idiot Avant.

blackngold1000 says:

08:32 AM, 02/ 4/11

STEELER CARAVAN - SUPER BOWL OR BUST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ergsum says:

08:48 AM, 02/ 4/11

Any vehicle that don't tow their own weight spends a night in the box.

ergsum says:

08:50 AM, 02/ 4/11

"Transmission Gone In 60 Seconds"

ergsum says:

08:51 AM, 02/ 4/11

"Transmission Impossible"

ergsum says:

08:55 AM, 02/ 4/11

"Do, or do not. There is no try."

sherief says:

08:58 AM, 02/ 4/11

Vorsprung durch Schleppen

ergsum says:

09:16 AM, 02/ 4/11

"These aren't the loads you're rated for."

redwoodaggie says:

09:33 AM, 02/ 4/11

The secret Ford, Chevy, and Dodge don't want you to know.

manofthefield says:

09:46 AM, 02/ 4/11

And the winner of the 2011 Heavy Duty Truck Comparison Test is: the Audi Family Truckster!


I lol’d at
oldchap says:
"That thang got a hemi?" "NEIN!"

sherief says:

09:53 AM, 02/ 4/11

Truth in Towing

manuelc says:

10:01 AM, 02/ 4/11

This quattro's got pull.

xjustinx242 says:

10:04 AM, 02/ 4/11

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!

isend2c says:

10:14 AM, 02/ 4/11

It's all in the turbo technique.

takikuroi says:

10:18 AM, 02/ 4/11

"What's the problem? The long term guys said it was good at everything."

rayray633 says:

10:24 AM, 02/ 4/11

Where is the MMI control for Trailer Mode?

stpawyfrmdonut says:

10:25 AM, 02/ 4/11

I'm pulling for you.

rayray633 says:

10:28 AM, 02/ 4/11

Before Towing = 2009 A4
After Towing = 2009 A4 Avant

rayray633 says:

10:29 AM, 02/ 4/11

2009 A4 Avantow

rayray633 says:

10:29 AM, 02/ 4/11

Idiot's Guide to turn your A4 into an A4 Avant

deagle13 says:

10:34 AM, 02/ 4/11

"*No Audis were hurt during the staging of this photograph."

"How do you say "blown differential" in German?"

"Quattro no-no"

rayray633 says:

10:35 AM, 02/ 4/11

Audi's optional accessories are not as sleek as their automobiles.

bluepunk82 says:

10:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

The Avant Gets an A 4 Effort!!!

technetium99 says:

10:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

A4 Avant: Now with Quat-tow drive.

rayray633 says:

10:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

The USA is to a bailout, as an A4 Avant is to a triple-axle trailer.

bluestrider12 says:

10:43 AM, 02/ 4/11

Remove the trailer of shame... Attach the trailer of triumph! Doh!

rayray633 says:

10:43 AM, 02/ 4/11

A metaphor for the automotive bailout

rayray633 says:

10:47 AM, 02/ 4/11

Tranny, meet the Mechanic.

ergsum says:

11:09 AM, 02/ 4/11

OMG! It ripped its ball hitch right out! Ow, I can't look!

ergsum says:

11:15 AM, 02/ 4/11

A hitch this time saves nein.

ergsum says:

11:17 AM, 02/ 4/11

Audi know your limits.

colet06 says:

11:19 AM, 02/ 4/11

I am too a truck...My headlights just aren't on.

Only I could make this look good.

ergsum says:

11:29 AM, 02/ 4/11

"The Load of the Rings"

ergsum says:

11:32 AM, 02/ 4/11

A4 gone conclusion.

ergsum says:

11:35 AM, 02/ 4/11

unA4dable

stpawyfrmdonut says:

11:41 AM, 02/ 4/11

towing me towing you.

teampenske3 says:

11:42 AM, 02/ 4/11

You might be a redneck if you...

Or better yet,

You might be a German redneck if you...

Or,

You might be a really rich redneck if you...

cjgt says:

12:00 PM, 02/ 4/11

A bailout couldn't save this auto union.

rayray633 says:

12:52 PM, 02/ 4/11

"How am I going to explain this to Scott?"

rayray633 says:

12:52 PM, 02/ 4/11

"Do you have the phone # for the shop we used to fix the XC60?"

rayray633 says:

12:53 PM, 02/ 4/11

Sincerely, Idiot.

jacton says:

12:56 PM, 02/ 4/11

The optional mother-in-law suite.

ergsum says:

01:45 PM, 02/ 4/11

The Avant gets towtaled.

hugene says:

02:22 PM, 02/ 4/11

Avant to move this trailer. ahahaha. Let me count the tries. 1 try ahahaha. 2 tries ahahaha.

shaddai says:

02:54 PM, 02/ 4/11

258 ft/lbs of torque ought to be enough to pull this...

wagon_trail says:

03:00 PM, 02/ 4/11

I guess wagons really are more piratical.

funkymunky says:

03:19 PM, 02/ 4/11

Audi Duty.

actualsize says:

03:46 PM, 02/ 4/11

'allo y'all, vatch, zis!

stpawyfrmdonut says:

04:40 PM, 02/ 4/11

You and the trailer you came in.

Add a comment

Advertisement

Latest Poll

My next car will have:

Advertisement

Tip the Editors

Got a breaking news tip for the Inside Line editors?

Send it to tips@edmunds.com

Awards

min's Best of the Web award

Past Vehicles

Browse Archives