10,000 miles in my RS4 - Costs

[baz1985]

Lol, that's cheaper than my 8P 3.2 pcm.

[remoh]

Very interesting, I picked up my 57 S6 in feb 09 and some of the costs are comparable, I've got a service coming up and will do a similar (but not as well put together) as this overview.....I also get around 280-300 miles to a tank (80 litres) and in general its fantastic....

Service booked next month....

Yes its been autobahn'd on the stretch from the ring to Koblenz....;->

M

[robm3]

baz1985 said:

Lol, that's cheaper than my 8P 3.2 pcm.

Is that the Alfa 8c? (sorry, don't know what a 8P is)

Anyhow if its the Alfa you have then you're investment is on the way up...

[Thorny]

David911RSR said:

Thorny said:

Yes there are known DRC issues but i think you have to rememebr that you always hear about the cases when things go wrong and not when nothing does,

Approx 3000 B7 RS4's were registered in the UK. Lets just say that 20% of the owners post on RS246.com. RS246 ran a pole regarding DRC issues. To date, 110 owners have experienced problems compared with 13 who have not. Whilst these numbers are not entirely accurate, they do provide guidance on how many cars are affected. IMHO a 20% + failure rate is not acceptable.

Thorny said:

these people also tend to shout the loudest.

Most people on here speak as they find. I agree that some posters write with a little too much emotion however, that works both ways! At the end of the day if it wasn't for the owners who shouted, Audi would not have extended the warranty period to 5 years on DRC components.

Thorny said:

At the end of the day the RS4 is a mass produced automobile from an incredibly well established and reliable manufacturer, yes things do go wrong but statistically these are rare.

Personally, I ignore the marketing hype about reliability etc from motor manufacturers.

Edited by David911RSR on Tuesday 29th September 19:33

All fair points although I doubt 20% of all Rs4 owners post on RS246.

I can only speak from personal experiecne, I have owned the previous RS6 (which was also reported as having issues with DRC) the previous RS4 (buckled wheel rims) and the current RS4 as well as 2 S3s. I have never had any problems with any of them. In terms of hype from motor manufacturers regarding reliability, it may be a cliche but the german cars I have owned, BMW/Audi/Porsche, have never gone wrong and have been tangibly better quality than many other marques I have owned.