RE: Audi S4: PH Fleet
Discussion
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..
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?
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!
Nice car though...and a sleeper!
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!
Nice car though...and a sleeper!
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
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
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
TX.
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!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
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
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
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!
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