C5 RS6 Avant... again
Discussion
I’m going to echo what many others have said:
1) Stunning car - the definitive fast estate
2) Wheels look much better now and have enhanced the whole car
3) Nearly bought one a few years back!
When we found out we were expecting I looked at one to replace our 2015 S3 Sportback. Mugello blue, Plus Performance Pack, Bilstein coilovers, Milltek, all the expensive bits done and only about 53k miles I seem to remember? Sadly it would have been our only car and I didn’t want to kill what should be an appreciating classic with daily driving, short journeys and car parks. Plus Mrs B wasn’t keen on the step back in age!
I WILL scratch the itch one day though. Same car has been up for sale a couple more times since which rubs it in!
1) Stunning car - the definitive fast estate
2) Wheels look much better now and have enhanced the whole car
3) Nearly bought one a few years back!
When we found out we were expecting I looked at one to replace our 2015 S3 Sportback. Mugello blue, Plus Performance Pack, Bilstein coilovers, Milltek, all the expensive bits done and only about 53k miles I seem to remember? Sadly it would have been our only car and I didn’t want to kill what should be an appreciating classic with daily driving, short journeys and car parks. Plus Mrs B wasn’t keen on the step back in age!
I WILL scratch the itch one day though. Same car has been up for sale a couple more times since which rubs it in!
Batch 7.5R said:
I’m going to echo what many others have said:
1) Stunning car - the definitive fast estate
2) Wheels look much better now and have enhanced the whole car
3) Nearly bought one a few years back!
When we found out we were expecting I looked at one to replace our 2015 S3 Sportback. Mugello blue, Plus Performance Pack, Bilstein coilovers, Milltek, all the expensive bits done and only about 53k miles I seem to remember? Sadly it would have been our only car and I didn’t want to kill what should be an appreciating classic with daily driving, short journeys and car parks. Plus Mrs B wasn’t keen on the step back in age!
I WILL scratch the itch one day though. Same car has been up for sale a couple more times since which rubs it in!
I get that. I kept my last one from 2012-13 (18 months) and it was a daily driver. Weekly really as I was driving to the airport on a Monday and back on a Friday. It was collector condition and two things made me move it on: I thought it was too good to use daily, and I thought I would lose my licence. I’m now in the position where I can have this one as a toy that is stored over winter, and I am almost 10 years older!1) Stunning car - the definitive fast estate
2) Wheels look much better now and have enhanced the whole car
3) Nearly bought one a few years back!
When we found out we were expecting I looked at one to replace our 2015 S3 Sportback. Mugello blue, Plus Performance Pack, Bilstein coilovers, Milltek, all the expensive bits done and only about 53k miles I seem to remember? Sadly it would have been our only car and I didn’t want to kill what should be an appreciating classic with daily driving, short journeys and car parks. Plus Mrs B wasn’t keen on the step back in age!
I WILL scratch the itch one day though. Same car has been up for sale a couple more times since which rubs it in!
I don’t think these are realistic daily drivers and the mileage on this is fairly low for its age, so the plan is to keep it for a while and see whether we get pushed off the road by legislation. Even Mrs w1bbles thinks it sounds fantastic but she’s a sucker for a V8. I’ve lost count of how many V8s we’ve had…
Actually, I’ll try.
RR Classic (1984)
Ninety V8 3.5 (1988)
Ninety V8 3.9 (1985) still have this
C5 RS6 (2003)
C5 RS6 (2002) still have this
Disco 3 4.4
Erm.. that’s 6. Maybe need more!
w1bbles said:
I get that. I kept my last one from 2012-13 (18 months) and it was a daily driver. Weekly really as I was driving to the airport on a Monday and back on a Friday. It was collector condition and two things made me move it on: I thought it was too good to use daily, and I thought I would lose my licence. I’m now in the position where I can have this one as a toy that is stored over winter, and I am almost 10 years older!
I don’t think these are realistic daily drivers and the mileage on this is fairly low for its age, so the plan is to keep it for a while and see whether we get pushed off the road by legislation. Even Mrs w1bbles thinks it sounds fantastic but she’s a sucker for a V8. I’ve lost count of how many V8s we’ve had…
Actually, I’ll try.
RR Classic (1984)
Ninety V8 3.5 (1988)
Ninety V8 3.9 (1985) still have this
C5 RS6 (2003)
C5 RS6 (2002) still have this
Disco 3 4.4
Erm.. that’s 6. Maybe need more!
That’s quite the collection! I ended up with a Golf R estate, which whilst now extremely fast and perfectly happy doing family duties, just isn’t a Mugello Blue C5! I don’t think these are realistic daily drivers and the mileage on this is fairly low for its age, so the plan is to keep it for a while and see whether we get pushed off the road by legislation. Even Mrs w1bbles thinks it sounds fantastic but she’s a sucker for a V8. I’ve lost count of how many V8s we’ve had…
Actually, I’ll try.
RR Classic (1984)
Ninety V8 3.5 (1988)
Ninety V8 3.9 (1985) still have this
C5 RS6 (2003)
C5 RS6 (2002) still have this
Disco 3 4.4
Erm.. that’s 6. Maybe need more!
w1bbles said:
I’ve lost count of how many V8s we’ve had…
Actually, I’ll try.
RR Classic (1984)
Ninety V8 3.5 (1988)
Ninety V8 3.9 (1985) still have this
C5 RS6 (2003)
C5 RS6 (2002) still have this
Disco 3 4.4
Erm.. that’s 6. Maybe need more!
Good effort, though I'd class you as a 'novice' :-) You do need more.Actually, I’ll try.
RR Classic (1984)
Ninety V8 3.5 (1988)
Ninety V8 3.9 (1985) still have this
C5 RS6 (2003)
C5 RS6 (2002) still have this
Disco 3 4.4
Erm.. that’s 6. Maybe need more!
I'll try and list mine later, if I try now, the boss will be on to me and wonder why I'm tapping on the keyboard too much !
Right now I have an RS4 B7 Saloon and a v8 90 4.6..
Edited by JustGREENI on Tuesday 24th August 15:30
A quick update for anyone interested. While the RS6 had only done about 4,000 miles since its last cambelt and water pump change, it had been done 4 years ago while the service interval is three years. I couldn't find anyone in Scotland who would do it so I thought a trip to Unit 20 would be sensible. I combined it with a trip to Wales and left the car at Unit 20 for a couple of days.
Rather inconveniently one of the exhaust flexible couplings blew out within 20 miles of leaving home so it was a VERY LOUD trip south, which left me with ringing ears and utter exhaustion! Grizz at Unit 20 kindly patched it up but it needs a new coupling welded in (which is currently under way).
I had asked for a complete health check while it was there, so as well as cambelts, water pump and gearbox oil flush and change it got a comprehensive once-over. I was pretty nervous about this, but the key things were:
Engine sump needs to be replaced at some point due to (a) corrosion, and (b) having bottomed out in the past.
One of the oil cooler pipes has some corrosion and needs to be replaced in due course.
The air quality sensor is goosed.
Both rocker covers are leaking and need to be re-sealed (not urgently).
The rear suspension has some corroded bit (ARBs) and some elderly bushes.
One of the rear callipers is binding a bit.
So I'm going to work through these over the next year or so - a trip back to Unit 20 next year will get this properly under way.
All in all I'm pretty relieved. Their general consensus was that it's a good one.
That's about as little borkage as I could have hoped for! The car is now in dry storage for the winter. Back in spring...
Rather inconveniently one of the exhaust flexible couplings blew out within 20 miles of leaving home so it was a VERY LOUD trip south, which left me with ringing ears and utter exhaustion! Grizz at Unit 20 kindly patched it up but it needs a new coupling welded in (which is currently under way).
I had asked for a complete health check while it was there, so as well as cambelts, water pump and gearbox oil flush and change it got a comprehensive once-over. I was pretty nervous about this, but the key things were:
Engine sump needs to be replaced at some point due to (a) corrosion, and (b) having bottomed out in the past.
One of the oil cooler pipes has some corrosion and needs to be replaced in due course.
The air quality sensor is goosed.
Both rocker covers are leaking and need to be re-sealed (not urgently).
The rear suspension has some corroded bit (ARBs) and some elderly bushes.
One of the rear callipers is binding a bit.
So I'm going to work through these over the next year or so - a trip back to Unit 20 next year will get this properly under way.
All in all I'm pretty relieved. Their general consensus was that it's a good one.
That's about as little borkage as I could have hoped for! The car is now in dry storage for the winter. Back in spring...
Ecurie Ecosse said:
Great stuff, I really miss my 2004 Mugello C5 and the trips to Unit 20.
If you plan it right you can fit in a visit to Portmeirion, where they filmed The Prisoner, whilst the car is being serviced.
That would have been sensible but instead my wife followed me to Unit 20, where I dropped it off. We then drove to Cardiff in the Disco and went to a gig, then drove back through mid Wales and picked it up. Then we drove in convoy to Bedford to stay with friends… and then drove back in Convoy to Perthshire. As we drove through COP 26 convoys on the M74 I did wonder what they would think of the trip!If you plan it right you can fit in a visit to Portmeirion, where they filmed The Prisoner, whilst the car is being serviced.
Fuel - ouch. Although due to the horrendous weather and the RS6’s appetite for aquaplaning I drove to Liverpool at 50mph, contributing to a trip average of 22.6 mpg according to the trip computer. I suspect that’s optimistic but as it normally tells me I’m doing 17mpg, that’s ok in my book.
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