Ideas for a fastish estate with £5k budget
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Willy Nilly said:
You know how a 6 cylinder BMW should purr like a content cat? Well imagine a Simca that's not had an oil change for 5 years. Most of the rear lights work. It spent several weeks at work parked over a pool of it's own coolant, chomps its way through batteries, the dash is lit up like Southend sea front and it's not taxed, insured or MOT'd. But it looks the part and the Polish driver can lord it around.
Well, it sounds like it still works. B5 S4.
Can be had at any price from £3k up to about £4.5 - £5k for a very well looked after one.
I'm on my second after a spell with an RS4.
The current one now has 140000 miles and going very well.
A remap will take it from 265hp up to about 320hp
It's rumoured that the turbos are a weak link but my first s4 had 125000 miles when I sold it and it popped up on autotrader with 165000 miles last year, current S4 has 140000 miles on original turbos and I heard from the guy I sold my RS4 to last week that it has 140000 miles and going well.
If they do fail it's an engine out job to replace them but see it as an "opportunity" to fit RS4 turbos to give you about 380hp 😀
Can be had at any price from £3k up to about £4.5 - £5k for a very well looked after one.
I'm on my second after a spell with an RS4.
The current one now has 140000 miles and going very well.
A remap will take it from 265hp up to about 320hp
It's rumoured that the turbos are a weak link but my first s4 had 125000 miles when I sold it and it popped up on autotrader with 165000 miles last year, current S4 has 140000 miles on original turbos and I heard from the guy I sold my RS4 to last week that it has 140000 miles and going well.
If they do fail it's an engine out job to replace them but see it as an "opportunity" to fit RS4 turbos to give you about 380hp 😀
Not sure what they're like, but how about the Passat W8,
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/v...
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Hoofy said:
Willy Nilly said:
You know how a 6 cylinder BMW should purr like a content cat? Well imagine a Simca that's not had an oil change for 5 years. Most of the rear lights work. It spent several weeks at work parked over a pool of it's own coolant, chomps its way through batteries, the dash is lit up like Southend sea front and it's not taxed, insured or MOT'd. But it looks the part and the Polish driver can lord it around.
Well, it sounds like it still works. 
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