Audi RS6 C6 - what are they like?
Discussion
I've owned mine a year and had the older C5 before it. The C6 is a big, heavy car and feels nice and solid from inside. They have two "big" maintenance issues -
1. 80p Oil seal seal between the pump and block leaks due to age/heat and is happening on lots of cars now. Costs around £1500-£3k+ to get fixed (Audi will remove the engine, specialists don't). It found by looking at the rear of the undertray and looking up and forwards and there will be a good amount of fresh oil if it's gone.
2. Coolant pipes corroding - Age again, these live behind the OSF tyre inside the arch liner where you can't see very well. This hides the corrosion until the pipes fail and again it's £1500-£.5k+ with the engine in/out.
Both are "once per 100k mile" repairs as both are age related rather than mileage and seem to happen around the 7-8 year point.
To drive the acceleration is "OK" when stock and bloody mental when mapped to 700hp+ (£1500). Handling is interesting, they go around a corner extremely quickly for such a big car but there is absolutely zero feedback/feeling from the steering at all and the OEM steel brake discs are just uncooled heat sinks which give up way too soon.
With a few tweaks you can have a lot of fun but don't expect to feel any communication with the car in the corners other than to feel the immense weight shifting around.
TL:DR - Epicly Fast when mapped but no feel when cornering.
1. 80p Oil seal seal between the pump and block leaks due to age/heat and is happening on lots of cars now. Costs around £1500-£3k+ to get fixed (Audi will remove the engine, specialists don't). It found by looking at the rear of the undertray and looking up and forwards and there will be a good amount of fresh oil if it's gone.
2. Coolant pipes corroding - Age again, these live behind the OSF tyre inside the arch liner where you can't see very well. This hides the corrosion until the pipes fail and again it's £1500-£.5k+ with the engine in/out.
Both are "once per 100k mile" repairs as both are age related rather than mileage and seem to happen around the 7-8 year point.
To drive the acceleration is "OK" when stock and bloody mental when mapped to 700hp+ (£1500). Handling is interesting, they go around a corner extremely quickly for such a big car but there is absolutely zero feedback/feeling from the steering at all and the OEM steel brake discs are just uncooled heat sinks which give up way too soon.
With a few tweaks you can have a lot of fun but don't expect to feel any communication with the car in the corners other than to feel the immense weight shifting around.
TL:DR - Epicly Fast when mapped but no feel when cornering.
IanH755 said:
2. Coolant pipes corroding - Age again, these live behind the OSF tyre inside the arch liner where you can't see very well. This hides the corrosion until the pipes fail and again it's £1500-£.5k+ with the engine in/out.
To clarify, is that £500 or £5,000?This is on the list as my next family barge.
Awesome car
They feel like they are built from Granite....the C6 was over engineered believe me.
As said they are getting older now....the 80p oil seal will go...I was on of the first to suffer.
Unit 20 can repair with engine in though.....I got all other gaskets etc done when block was out.
They are rapid....mental when mapped, even mapped ones feel well able to handle the power....some are kicking out 900bhp plus!!
I lowered mine and added spacers and remap....not the last word in handling BUT totally adequate for fast driving in UK for me....pisses me off when I hear "don't track it"....it's not and never will be a track car!!
Get one while you can....you'll never see a TT V10 in an estate car again.
Have a look at some of my old posts.
They feel like they are built from Granite....the C6 was over engineered believe me.
As said they are getting older now....the 80p oil seal will go...I was on of the first to suffer.
Unit 20 can repair with engine in though.....I got all other gaskets etc done when block was out.
They are rapid....mental when mapped, even mapped ones feel well able to handle the power....some are kicking out 900bhp plus!!
I lowered mine and added spacers and remap....not the last word in handling BUT totally adequate for fast driving in UK for me....pisses me off when I hear "don't track it"....it's not and never will be a track car!!
Get one while you can....you'll never see a TT V10 in an estate car again.
Have a look at some of my old posts.
Gassing Station | Audi, Seat, Skoda & VW | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff