Ask my wife, she's used to be a Honda Accord owner likes most people who want reliable cars for safety reasons, now she will not drive anything but Audis, after we got married and I got her first 7 year old A6 Avant. She loved the car for the comfort, the safety (which she can feel by driving) of quattro handling and all the luxurious features that Japanese gadgets don't even come close. She will not drive any other makes as long as we still can afford these cars. As for me, I've been owning Audi since Audi 5000s. I loved the comfort, the stability of driving the car and all the detail features of Audi cars. I normally leased a new body model of the A6 (about every 6-7 years) since 1990 until we tried a used 96 A6 Wagon and it's been so reliable and we got a used 98 A8 and they've both been great. I think A8s are the best kept secret of cars. It's inexpensive to buy used, reliable and extremely cheap to maintain. The comfort, safety, luxury and quattro features are second to NONE.

Here's my take on owning Audi.

If you can afford the payments,...