Admittedly, most winter beaters aren't as nice as this 2009 B8 Audi A4 2.0T quattro. However, it had covered almost 100k miles, had a blown turbo, worn brakes and sloppy suspension when we found it.
We ordered our A4 as unadorned as we could possibly stand, forgoing the V-6 engine option (since broken out as its own model, the supercharged S4) in favor of the turbocharged, direct-injection ...