[Chase Galbraith]

Hey Guys,

So I am looking to buy a second hand car as my first car.
The car that I am going to be buying will be used for travelling to university every day and going to the surf so the car will have to be big enough to hold a surfboard. I have been looking around on the online sites and have found a couple of cars that I am interested in although all of them are completely different they are:

Audi A4 Avant B5 (2000-2002)
Jeep Cherokee (2002 =>)
Nissan X-Trail (2002-2005)

My favourite of this obviously being the Audi, but I have heard some reviews saying that they are ridiculously expensive to service, how much more would the Audi cost to service? Seeming’s the fuel consumption is much lower for the Audi than the two 4wd's (around about 3 litres less per hundred) would the amount of savings on the fuel out weight the cost to service? If you have experience with any of these cars please let me know it would help a lot in me deciding.

Any help would be greatly appreciated; if you have any other car suggestions please suggest I am open for options.

Thanks heaps guys