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"In defining the ideal modern-day sports sedan, few can rationally argue against the Audi S4&amp;#039;s perfect confluence of comfort, style, performance and utility. Some may even assert it&amp;#039;s the best of the bunch (see &amp;quot;Four-Door Firepower,&amp;quot; May 2010). But as meritorious as Audi&amp;#039;s reputation has been of late\u2014from continually impressive new production vehicles to repeat victories at the 24 Hours of Le Mans\u2014one can still slip and fall off the top of the proverbial mountain, as we&amp;#039;ll soon expound.         2010 Audi S4    Not much expense was spared with our live-in S4, as evidenced by its $59,150 price tag, nor would we feel any buyer&amp;#039;s remorse toward our choices. The Prestige package bumped our wheel and tire set up to 19s that saw us through\u2014albeit by the skin of their tire carcasses\u201423,553 enjoyably hard-driven miles. The package-inclusive xenon headlamps were a boon, especially on unlit mountain roads heading up to Lake Tahoe&amp;#039;s winter wonderland, as was the iPod and satellite radio-friendly Bang &amp;amp;amp; Olufsen sound system, which kept us thoroughly entertained (when passengers failed to) on those longer journeys. The MMI navigation system is easy enough to operate, though new and more intuitive electronics (including Audi&amp;#039;s latest MMI Touch) are popping up at the speed of Apple firmware updates.         2010 Audi S4    If you&amp;#039;re not a control freak, or just prefer a more traditionally passive suspension, uniform steering assist and throttle map, you could probably get by without the Audi Drive Select ($3950). We stand by our claim, however, that the torque-vectoring Sports Rear Differential is a must for any fellow enthusiast.         2010 Audi S4    If you haven&amp;#039;t already noticed our profound affinity for the S4, let us add that there hasn&amp;#039;t been a vehicle as universally liked since our long-term supercharged Jaguar XF or beloved Audi R8. That being said, the headaches caused from needing our 6-speed manual transmission to be replaced at only 16,000 miles (due to a reverse gear glitch) and being temporarily stranded on the road at 22,000 miles by a failed thermostat (draining all the coolant from our engine) would have us definitely reevaluating our investment, had we been the actual owners of this otherwise excellent midsize sports sedan.         2010 Audi S4    In this round of head versus heart, we could on one hand deem these issues a fluke and stand by our original purchase, or we could essentially trade it in, as is, for a brand-new, fully loaded Acura TL SH-AWD\u2014a car that proved incident-free for 31,000 miles under our watch. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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