New advice on buying a new car

[awd-drifter]

Hmm. I was leaning towards the Audi's but from reading this thread it seems like they're a pain to work on. The Audi S4 Avant (the 'wagon' version) was extremely nice when I worked on one a while back. Slightly lower it and rims and it's definitely an eye catcher but it just sucks that modifying it or doing "simple" maintenance on it could be a pain. Have you looked into Lexus and Acura? Lexus GS400?