RE: Audi S4: PH Fleet

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SprintSpeciale

432 posts

144 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Dr G said:
They tend to bend rather than crack. Takes a damn good whack to damage one though, they're usually excellent.
I don't disagree. I thought Chris's concern was that whacking the wheel has weakened it - he wrote about changing it on safety grounds. My understanding is that if the wheel is bent it can be (safely) starightened. Wheels that have had an impact that damages the integrity of the wheel will crack/split, not just bend.

Of course, Chris may just want new wheels and it's easier to justify that on saftey grounds..

9point2litres

29 posts

178 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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A great car I looked at these when I got my S6 Avant just needed more space and looked at an S6 and loved the effortless nature of the 5lt V10! IMO both are great unsung heros of the Audi sleeper range. If Chris ever needs more space for bigger dogs or more camera equipment perhaps an the S6 Avant (C6) will meet a need?

LY99

152 posts

187 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Chris, are there any updates to the other Red car in your fleet please??

I'm guessing its spent most of its time hiding in a barn till the warmer weather is here (like mine has)

Edited by LY99 on Tuesday 21st January 15:54

rs4al

925 posts

164 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Would be very interested to hear what suspension you go for, as my S4 is also starting to feel a bit tired in that department.

I wonder what the life of the drive select shocks are ?

steve1386

57 posts

171 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Faster than an E61 M5...really? Having ran one (albeit an E60)I very much doubt it. However I do agree with keeping it - service costs were astronomical from the main dealer, where if you want top dollar for an E60/61 is always where you'd take it in my opinion.

Nice car though...and a sleeper!

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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RE: wheels

you can run 17" rimms on these with std brakes no problem (I do this with winter tyres)

upside is the ride is way better, and tyres are much cheaper.

9point2litres

29 posts

178 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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0-100 in 9.4 secs there's not going to be much in it.....
steve1386 said:
Faster than an E61 M5...really? Having ran one (albeit an E60)I very much doubt it. However I do agree with keeping it - service costs were astronomical from the main dealer, where if you want top dollar for an E60/61 is always where you'd take it in my opinion.

Nice car though...and a sleeper!

Blanchie

394 posts

221 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Chris I hate articles like this!!! lol
I've only just got out of my head changing my S3 Sportback S-tronic for one as need more room and you write this!cool
back to the classifieds.......

J4CKO

41,279 posts

199 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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To read to that without knowing what car it was referring to you would assume it was some ancient old heap with 250,000 miles on, not a four and a bit year old quality car that has done 69,000, it is how people talk about festering Merc 300Te's !

Imagine the amazement when it goes over that magical 70,000, thrill as it reaches its fifth birthday, marvel at how Audi can knock together such a resilient vehicle to cope with a couple of domestic dogs and be left stood for upto a month, a month no less ! without turning into Iron oxide.

A good valet would have it looking practically new I suspect

Madkat

1,147 posts

171 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Do you mount your bike rack in those exhausts?

Terminator X

14,920 posts

203 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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TobesH said:
Chris Harris said:
there comes a point with any car when it's easily the cheapest available that the price doesn't fall much further. Price adjusted for maintenance to make it retail, it was probably worth £10k, but when I bought it, everything else was £20k, so it's fair to say it was worth nearer £15k.
Mmm, there's normally a surprising amount of 'mark up' especially in the Audi and specialist retailers, however, early last year a colleague bought a 2010 B8 S4 Avant, 50k miles in a very nice titanium metallic for £21k from Audi 5 Oaks. It was a very good buy, it'd be more than that now it would appear. They do seem to be holding their value rather well.

Chris, it's a keeper for a sure
CH bought his from a mate as far as I recall.

TX.

Jimmy No Hands

5,007 posts

155 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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J4CKO said:
To read to that without knowing what car it was referring to you would assume it was some ancient old heap with 250,000 miles on, not a four and a bit year old quality car that has done 69,000, it is how people talk about festering Merc 300Te's !

Imagine the amazement when it goes over that magical 70,000, thrill as it reaches its fifth birthday, marvel at how Audi can knock together such a resilient vehicle to cope with a couple of domestic dogs and be left stood for upto a month, a month no less ! without turning into Iron oxide.

A good valet would have it looking practically new I suspect
Four years old.. and the 'electronics' still work too!

joedesi

107 posts

213 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Im fortunate enough to currently run both a 2011 B8 S4 saloon and a 2013 E92 M3. Although my S4 is standard, I completely agree with CH in regards to its performance. The power train of this car is devastating with its combination of quattro, DSG gearbox and supercharged V6. On wet roads, for the average driver (me!) the S4 will outperform the M3 in 90% of given circumstances. However, in terms of how the cars feel...a completely different story.

C'mon CH please do the ultimate comparison video for all the BMW/Audi fanboys on the indernet - Tuned S4 vs Stock M3 both on road and track.

You're welcome to borrow mine!

J

Zad

12,695 posts

235 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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So the next S4 is likely to be turbocharged - and less tuneable? The B5 (V6 2.7 biturbo) version of the S4 pretty much wrote the book for tweakable Q car / family luggers. With every generation of car we are told that this is the end to modification, that electronics and software will kill it all. I think that started around 1980. Some bright spark always finds a way in, and we end up with something better than ever!

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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unlikely....

sagarich

1,210 posts

148 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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joedesi said:
C'mon CH please do the ultimate comparison video for all the BMW/Audi fanboys on the indernet - Tuned S4 vs Stock M3 both on road and track.

You're welcome to borrow mine!
This!

Sods Law

3,280 posts

224 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Looking at the review, real PH usage, and the subtlety factor I think I might get one as a daily driver for work, it will fit nicely alongside the M6...

I'm impressed, just needs to be a saloon....


Good update...

LankyPaddy

49 posts

266 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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Good write up. S4 currently top of my "sensible/practical car" want list.

said:
using around a litre of oil every 1,500 miles
I have a VAG car, and it does use a fair amount of oil but are you sure that V6 hasn't been swapped for a 2 stoke?

va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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I love the car but find it strange that it's talked about like it's some kind of old shed! It's an 09 FFS, hardly an old banger yet smile

Pablo16v

2,071 posts

196 months

Tuesday 21st January 2014
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va1o said:
I love the car but find it strange that it's talked about like it's some kind of old shed! It's an 09 FFS, hardly an old banger yet smile
biggrin slightly detached from reality methinks.