Fifth gear - john_r's new car?

[VerySideways]

No, i'm not talking about the Skyline, i'm talking about the RS6.

Tempted?

572bhp Twin Turbo V10

[Robatr0n]

I missed it.

I won't be able to catch the repeat on saturday either but I don't mind as I will be running over things.

[VerySideways]

May i suggest finalgear.com, or racingflix.com to remedy the situation?

[Robatr0n]

Perfect remedy, thanks Doc!

[john_r]

VerySideways said:

No, i'm not talking about the Skyline, i'm talking about the RS6.

Tempted?

572bhp Twin Turbo V10

Must admit the Audi was stunning, but at over £77k OTR it should be!

In comparison the M5 Touring is 0.2s slower to 60 and is over £10k less OTR... Not sure of equipment though, but to add the 'essentials' to the M5, i.e. bluetooth, sun glass, hi-fi stereo, etc, will be around another £2.5k.

But you can't argue with the 20% more torque from the Audi and the 4wd - probably easily makes up for the £10k!

Rumour has it thought, that to get the ECU limiter raised by Audi to 175 you have to buy the ceramic brake kit at an eye-watering £5k+... and then they apparently reduce the service intervals dramatically as well? Not sure if true - bloke down the pub kind of conversation!

[John D.]

I thought the RS6 styling was a bit cack, don't think those box arches work very well. RS4 looks much better. So does an M5 Touring for that matter.

[touching cloth]

You can say that again.

Styling was bit bland - Fwd bias under normal conditions and a tendency to understeer. I bet the 4wd system more than saps the power advantage it has on paper - no thanks, I'll take an M5 or maybe a Merc E63.

[John D.]

touching cloth said:

You can say that again.

Bugger

[VerySideways]

Yeah, i think it'd be an RS4 for me.