B8 S4 Ownership
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Chiefbadger said:
How long have you had the MRC stage 2? How have you found it? Would be really interested to know how much better it feels than stock
Was done to the car before my ownership, I've put 20k on it. Superb really- against a stock car it's quite comical the difference, as you'd expect from an additional 150bhp! No detrimental effect on drivability, economy is reasonable (26mpg to work, 30mpg on a run) I've changed the oil myself every 10k inbetween services, and made sure I bought a car that had the DSG maintained.
MRC have a good name, I've used them for servicing and they were friendly enough. This is their bread and butter, and they have several S4 B8/8.5 at over 500PS now, I'm sure they'd be happy to help.
Cheers
Pete
Yoof said:
Was done to the car before my ownership, I've put 20k on it.
Superb really- against a stock car it's quite comical the difference, as you'd expect from an additional 150bhp! No detrimental effect on drivability, economy is reasonable (26mpg to work, 30mpg on a run) I've changed the oil myself every 10k inbetween services, and made sure I bought a car that had the DSG maintained.
MRC have a good name, I've used them for servicing and they were friendly enough. This is their bread and butter, and they have several S4 B8/8.5 at over 500PS now, I'm sure they'd be happy to help.
Cheers
Pete
I've got one of the last 8.5 S4's off the line and unfortunately MRC haven't cracked the latest ECU yet. Neither has anyone else so I'm having to be patient. Good to hear that there are regular miles being put on the MRC cars though and that drivability is just as good! Good luck with the sale, looks like a cracking example! Superb really- against a stock car it's quite comical the difference, as you'd expect from an additional 150bhp! No detrimental effect on drivability, economy is reasonable (26mpg to work, 30mpg on a run) I've changed the oil myself every 10k inbetween services, and made sure I bought a car that had the DSG maintained.
MRC have a good name, I've used them for servicing and they were friendly enough. This is their bread and butter, and they have several S4 B8/8.5 at over 500PS now, I'm sure they'd be happy to help.
Cheers
Pete
A standard A5 18 onto a B8 A4 is marginal in terms of going under the arch, the fronts bring the sidewall right up level with the arch. With a bigger, wider wheel they'll probably sit outside of the wheel arch and quite possibly give you clearance issues too.
Is it that specific style of wheel you want or just an upgrade from the 18s?
Is it that specific style of wheel you want or just an upgrade from the 18s?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-AUDI-A4-B8-SLINE...
Plenty around, expect to pay 12-1500 used for a set with decent tyres.
Plenty around, expect to pay 12-1500 used for a set with decent tyres.
Just out of interest, has anyone with a b8 or earlier 8.5 driven one of the later CREC engined cars or vice versa? Given the CREC engine/Simos 16 ECU is still yet to be cracked, I was just wondering how they fared in standard form? Are the original b8's still the quickest due to the extra power? I.e they tended to make more like 350-360bhp.
nky_84 said:
Been looking at a few of these and cant work out what the difference is between cars having the navigation controls on the dash vs below the gearstick. I thought it was B8 vs B8.5 but ive just seen that is not the case.
Thanks,
Nick
true, very little difference in controls between them.Thanks,
Nick
Only real things that sticks out for me is the steering wheel controls are 'slanted' on later ones making them harder to use and they have stop-start (which is infuriating!).
nky_84 said:
Been looking at a few of these and cant work out what the difference is between cars having the navigation controls on the dash vs below the gearstick. I thought it was B8 vs B8.5 but ive just seen that is not the case.
Thanks,
Nick
NickThanks,
Nick
Although the layout of MMI controls may look similar on the dash to behind the gear selector, it's simply for MMI control convenience of non-nav functions eg radio, phone, car setup. No controls behind gear selector = no nav. Some have a few buttons but not the big MMI click wheel - these may have ADS options, but no nav. They are rare.
You then get into the various versions of nav available - on older cars a big MMI wheel with no 'joystick' on the top denotes DVD based nav (in the boot). This usually comes with a 6 disc CD changer in the dash (aka tech pack low in Audi brochure speak or MMI 2G) which looks very different to the cover that flips down to reveal x2 SD card slots and possible a SIM slot.
Tech pack high/navigation mid/MMI 3G or 3G Plus on facelifts = HDD based nav. This has a tiny joystick on top of the big MMI wheel, the SD card slots, no CD changer and under Media options you will find jukebox as an option, which is part of the HDD reserved for music.
There is also MMI 3G Basic, which runs off a DVD map in the dash slot, but also has x2 SD card slots onto which the navigation files can be copied. I've not seen it on an S, but I'm sure it exists and features on other models on the B8 platform.
Scuffers said:
JNW1 said:
Presumably you can switch that off though?!
yup, EVERY TIME YOU GET IN THE F**KING CAR!!!!!But remembering to take some large carrier bags from the boot, before walking all the way across the car park and into the supermarket each time is proving the current challenge.
Scuffers said:
JNW1 said:
Presumably you can switch that off though?!
yup, EVERY TIME YOU GET IN THE F**KING CAR!!!!!Hol said:
Scuffers said:
JNW1 said:
Presumably you can switch that off though?!
yup, EVERY TIME YOU GET IN THE F**KING CAR!!!!!But remembering to take some large carrier bags from the boot, before walking all the way across the car park and into the supermarket each time is proving the current challenge.
JNW1 said:
Scuffers said:
JNW1 said:
Presumably you can switch that off though?!
yup, EVERY TIME YOU GET IN THE F**KING CAR!!!!!Anyone tried this or heard similar?
Yep, apparently possible to default Stop Start to "Off" with VCDS as per the link below. Keep meaning to try it with mine but havent got round to it yet.
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/stop-start-b8...
Yes, same on BMW's although I'm told it's possible to re-program the software so the default is for the stop-start to be off when you start-up rather than on; don't suppose a main dealer will be very keen to carry out that particular modification though!
http://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/stop-start-b8...
JNW1 said:
Scuffers said:
JNW1 said:
Presumably you can switch that off though?!
yup, EVERY TIME YOU GET IN THE F**KING CAR!!!!!Gassing Station | Audi, Seat, Skoda & VW | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff