Audi S8 (v10) - Any good?
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We have two of these we look after.
The good points
Goes like stink, very quiet and refined. Best handling of any air suspension car, almost as good as proper springs and dampers. Famous thanks to the transporter films.
The bad
Virtually no space under the bonnet means if anything goes wrong its hard to replace and that means big labour bill. Tracker,phone and DVD fitters often mess up the various networks, try to avoid none genuine accessories like the plague.
Only 2 or 3 faults to date with the ones we look after, both arround 40K miles now, Which is like none for a typical modern car with that mush technology on it.
(1) was a water ingress into the foot well, caused by a missing bolt from production. That didnt go down well, the first time it rained 1st week of ownership. Have never seen it before or since. presumably the Germans shot the man that left it off.
(2) issues with the phone ECU not pairing properly all the time, was faulty ECU but many people have problem with unsupported phones, Iphone is the worst and never works properly, Nokia's seem best for pairing to the car.
(3) FSI high pressure sensor failure, engine light on a reduced performance. Took 10 mins to diagnose and less than an hour to fit, not really a big deal at all.
The good points
Goes like stink, very quiet and refined. Best handling of any air suspension car, almost as good as proper springs and dampers. Famous thanks to the transporter films.
The bad
Virtually no space under the bonnet means if anything goes wrong its hard to replace and that means big labour bill. Tracker,phone and DVD fitters often mess up the various networks, try to avoid none genuine accessories like the plague.
Only 2 or 3 faults to date with the ones we look after, both arround 40K miles now, Which is like none for a typical modern car with that mush technology on it.
(1) was a water ingress into the foot well, caused by a missing bolt from production. That didnt go down well, the first time it rained 1st week of ownership. Have never seen it before or since. presumably the Germans shot the man that left it off.
(2) issues with the phone ECU not pairing properly all the time, was faulty ECU but many people have problem with unsupported phones, Iphone is the worst and never works properly, Nokia's seem best for pairing to the car.
(3) FSI high pressure sensor failure, engine light on a reduced performance. Took 10 mins to diagnose and less than an hour to fit, not really a big deal at all.
Tame Technician said:
Dr G said:
It's a W12 in the Transporter movies 
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