S Line Luxuary's words of wisdom

[Mattygooner]

maniac0796 said:

My theory with VAG cars is they give an illusion of quality, and inside is very nice and quiet. But get under the plastic engine cover, and they're pretty st in all honesty.

That's a great theory, care to base it on something?

[Dave200]

OnTheOverrun said:

. . . . . "It's not 300bhp, it's 300bhp's teutonic cousin. Some say they are the same fanboy. Others can see the irony of one predictable fanboy taking the piss out of another predictable fanboy. All we know is, he's called the imagine". . . . .

[Mr Dave]

Gaz. said:

k-ink said:

The most unreliable car I ever owned was a VAG. Went wrong more times and cost more to fix than my other few dozen cars all added up.

Still, they make a nice dash and glossy adverts to convince the gullible public otherwise

:raises hand of gullibility:

I knew they had a problem with coil packs. I didn't know that the coil packs were merely the tip of a very expensive iceberg.

My wife's mkiv GTI 1.8T is the most unreliable car I've owned, it has now surpassed a 1993 mk1 Clio I had at 18 as the most costly car I've owned in terms of repairs now that the waterpump has died (before this there were level pegging) and the build quality is appaling with various bits of trim either coming off in my hand or just working loose. May & June was a milestone in Golf ownership though, they were the only months since October that something for the VW didn't appear on my bank statements.

My VAG car was a never ending misery. Ive now got my dads old BMW and at 160,000 miles of often hard driving and a bit of neglect from him, a spring has broken and the ABS ECU failed, the spring was due to hitting a pothole very hard and the ABS ECU left the car perfectly driveable. My brothers VAG car was a never ending stream of problems as was a friend of mines. He replaced his with an RX-8 that has been a lot more reliable.

And I like 300bhps posts, I think a lot of people pay him no heed because of sounding like a total fanboy, but a lot of what he has to say is sense and he seems to have had experience of some of the yank tanks.

Edited by Mr Dave on Tuesday 13th July 01:02

[frosted]

Personally I can't really see what's wrong with vag products . I can tell you that I rather have an rs6 avant over a lambo or amg or m5 all day long. And it seem Audi designers are doing a very good job (bar the a3 ) which is quite old now

Edited by frosted on Tuesday 13th July 01:44

[MarkRSi]

Dog Star said:

I like to pretend that S-Line is real - whenever he pops up I'm just chortling away like an idiot. Indeed - I WANT him to be real - that way whenever I see an Audi I can pretend it might be him driving it

+1

Everytime I see an Audi now I just think 'the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine...' - always cheers me up

[bikemonster]

frosted said:

Personally I can't really see what's wrong with vag products . I can tell you that I rather have an rs6 avant over a lambo or amg or m5 all day long. And it seem Audi designers are doing a very good job (bar the a3 ) which is quite old now

Edited by frosted on Tuesday 13th July 01:44

[Liam79]

I currently run a Audi a4 tdi s-line and although it is a nice car it's not any better than any others in the same group and tbh I prefer my old 330d sport more.

[MacG]

frosted said:

Personally I can't really see what's wrong with vag products . I can tell you that I rather have an rs6 avant over a lambo or amg or m5 all day long. And it seem Audi designers are doing a very good job (bar the a3 ) which is quite old now

Edited by frosted on Tuesday 13th July 01:44

S-Line's long lost cousin?

[LuS1fer]

Bit of a scoop here. I hear the S-Line is now defunct and they are bringing out a T-line - there will be a special launch at an Audi dealership where you will be treated like a VIP with a few white lines of their own to make you buy one.

[10 Pence Short]

MarkRSi said:

Dog Star said:

I like to pretend that S-Line is real - whenever he pops up I'm just chortling away like an idiot. Indeed - I WANT him to be real - that way whenever I see an Audi I can pretend it might be him driving it

+1

Everytime I see an Audi now I just think 'the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine...' - always cheers me up

There's the alternative universe of the Yank Tank, too... the cubic capacity, the wobbly handling, the overall stness...

[Zod]

Hitch78 said:

People in glass houses should not throw stones 300bhp/t:

He blindly loves S Line A3s almost as much as you blindly love yank rubbish!

Well, that's assuming he's for real.

[Zod]

frosted said:

Personally I can't really see what's wrong with vag products . I can tell you that I rather have an rs6 avant over a lambo or amg or m5 all day long. And it seem Audi designers are doing a very good job (bar the a3 ) which is quite old now

Edited by frosted on Tuesday 13th July 01:44

but this one is definitely for real.

frosted, explain how a car with the engine ahead of the front axle can be well engineered and designed? Audis are still all (except for the R8) based on cheap, mass-use, front wheel drive platforms.

[SVX]

Couldn't we set the PH detectives on him and out him if he's a troll?

[BigS]

Matt UK said:

Richard-G said:

i know we have ph clothing, can i be the first to ask for an s line luxuray line of clothing? With some of his words of wisdom emblazoned across the front of them? Ultimate injoke amongst ph'ers? Bumper stickers? 'my other cas is an s-line TDI' etc

To get you started...

Does it have "the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine" in big letters on the back?

[LuS1fer]

10 Pence Short said:

MarkRSi said:

Dog Star said:

I like to pretend that S-Line is real - whenever he pops up I'm just chortling away like an idiot. Indeed - I WANT him to be real - that way whenever I see an Audi I can pretend it might be him driving it

+1

Everytime I see an Audi now I just think 'the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine...' - always cheers me up

There's the alternative universe of the Yank Tank, too... the cubic capacity, the wobbly handling, the overall stness...

Same as a C1!

[Twincam16]

BigS said:

Matt UK said:

Richard-G said:

i know we have ph clothing, can i be the first to ask for an s line luxuray line of clothing? With some of his words of wisdom emblazoned across the front of them? Ultimate injoke amongst ph'ers? Bumper stickers? 'my other cas is an s-line TDI' etc

To get you started...

Does it have "the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine" in big letters on the back?

It sounds like Engrish doesn't it?

Someone needs to mock up an Audi DTM or Le Mans car with this as a sunstrip, or written across the rear wing.

[Matt UK]

BigS said:

Matt UK said:

Richard-G said:

i know we have ph clothing, can i be the first to ask for an s line luxuray line of clothing? With some of his words of wisdom emblazoned across the front of them? Ultimate injoke amongst ph'ers? Bumper stickers? 'my other cas is an s-line TDI' etc

To get you started...

Does it have "the finish, the power, the handling, the imagine" in big letters on the back?

Photoshop is your friend!

[Greenwich Ross]

LuS1fer said:

treated like a VIP with a few white lines of their own

Lines or lies?

[300bhp/ton]

OnTheOverrun said:

. . . . . "It's not 300bhp, it's 300bhp's teutonic cousin. Some say they are the same fanboy. Others can see the irony of one predictable fanboy taking the piss out of another predictable fanboy. All we know is, he's called the imagine". . . . .

Thing is, while you, and others.... label me as a singular fanboy, you all miss the mark the only think I'm truly a fanboy of are cars, interesting and/or fast ones. And to a lesser degree V8 engines.

True I have personal favourites and do enjoy many American performance cars, but you'll also find me a regular of the Offroad forum, the Land Rover forum and the Jap forums too.

[0191mark]

Matt UK said:

Richard-G said:

i know we have ph clothing, can i be the first to ask for an s line luxuray line of clothing? With some of his words of wisdom emblazoned across the front of them? Ultimate injoke amongst ph'ers? Bumper stickers? 'my other cas is an s-line TDI' etc

To get you started...