The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
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ATM said:
DeejRC said:
Agreed a deal with Pork yesterday for a 2019 Macan Turbo. I cant decide if its Thread or not, but I quite like them.
Surely any purchase is worth a mention even if it is not 20 years old.The S and GTS are high on my list of next cars, along with stuff like the M340i touring.
Made it back from Devon with the XKR yesterday. I'd like to think if there was anything of importance wrong it would have reared its head on that journey.
Split it in 2 with an overnight pitstop in Lancaster, my back just can't take sitting in a car for that long, no matter the car.
Still better than the trains and planes it took to get there though...
Split it in 2 with an overnight pitstop in Lancaster, my back just can't take sitting in a car for that long, no matter the car.
Still better than the trains and planes it took to get there though...
Braw. I'd argue it sounds best at 'posing speed' as well. 
Almost the entire drive was dull motorway/A road so will get it on some twistier stuff this week.
They look stunning anyway but this seems to get multiplied as soon as you own one. When I came back out of a service station shop and looked at it there was a bit of disbelief. 'f
k me, I actually own that now??'. 
Edit: to add after just having popped out in it...it feels special as soon as you get in it, don't have to be driving enthusiastically, can just be tootling along at 30mph. It's a trick that a lot of performance cars based on a saloon/hatchback just can't replicate, as good as they can be to drive.
Almost the entire drive was dull motorway/A road so will get it on some twistier stuff this week.They look stunning anyway but this seems to get multiplied as soon as you own one. When I came back out of a service station shop and looked at it there was a bit of disbelief. 'f
k me, I actually own that now??'. Edit: to add after just having popped out in it...it feels special as soon as you get in it, don't have to be driving enthusiastically, can just be tootling along at 30mph. It's a trick that a lot of performance cars based on a saloon/hatchback just can't replicate, as good as they can be to drive.
Edited by Patrick Bateman on Monday 17th October 16:26
Chris Stott said:
A Macan Turbo is far more thread worthy than the 17 year old E53 3.0D I bought in August (and never mentioned ).
Ditto for me ). (Mini Clubman runaround and grandad-spec S211 merc estate dog wagon)It's hard to criticise the Macan for anything other than the usual SUV traits, being a reverse tardis that weigh 2 tons.
993rsr said:
ATM said:
993rsr said:
I cant get excited about this as its not an avant.Couldn’t get an S8 Avant ;-)
Maybe it needs a roof rack and a roof box to differentiate you from these people.
That's a lot of car for the money!
I saw an RS6 with the twin turbo V10 (Avant) last weekend. They are fantastically understated compared to the current Audi steroidal offerings.
This may be a stupid question but how does the engine present itself for want of a better term? Is it as 'V10' as say, an M5 /M6?
I saw an RS6 with the twin turbo V10 (Avant) last weekend. They are fantastically understated compared to the current Audi steroidal offerings.
This may be a stupid question but how does the engine present itself for want of a better term? Is it as 'V10' as say, an M5 /M6?
Crook said:
That's a lot of car for the money!
I saw an RS6 with the twin turbo V10 (Avant) last weekend. They are fantastically understated compared to the current Audi steroidal offerings.
This may be a stupid question but how does the engine present itself for want of a better term? Is it as 'V10' as say, an M5 /M6?
Back in the day I believe the S6 V10 was known as a bit lacking in Torque at lower revs and therefore you needed to rev it to get the best out of it. Not sure where I got that from so could be rubbish.I saw an RS6 with the twin turbo V10 (Avant) last weekend. They are fantastically understated compared to the current Audi steroidal offerings.
This may be a stupid question but how does the engine present itself for want of a better term? Is it as 'V10' as say, an M5 /M6?
Crook said:
I really want a V10 before the world implodes but I need it to be a V10 in flashing, on fire, radioactive neon. It needs to shout at me "I AM A V10!" every. single. time. Much like a CGT is I suspect and the M5 / M6 is. High revving insane F1 inspired lunacy.
You rang, Sir? 
jeremyc said:
Crook said:
I really want a V10 before the world implodes but I need it to be a V10 in flashing, on fire, radioactive neon. It needs to shout at me "I AM A V10!" every. single. time. Much like a CGT is I suspect and the M5 / M6 is. High revving insane F1 inspired lunacy.
You rang, Sir? Crook said:
I really want a V10 before the world implodes but I need it to be a V10 in flashing, on fire, radioactive neon. It needs to shout at me "I AM A V10!" every. single. time. Much like a CGT is I suspect and the M5 / M6 is. High revving insane F1 inspired lunacy.
I think the Lambo engines and exec Audi car engines are very different, right?ATM said:
Crook said:
I really want a V10 before the world implodes but I need it to be a V10 in flashing, on fire, radioactive neon. It needs to shout at me "I AM A V10!" every. single. time. Much like a CGT is I suspect and the M5 / M6 is. High revving insane F1 inspired lunacy.
I think the Lambo engines and exec Audi car engines are very different, right?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff