The Audi S4 and S6 lease deal and general discussion thread

[foreverfalling]

The paint. Hard to get orange peel to show on a phone camera.

[ashleyman]

foreverfalling said:

Paint is awful on all new Audi cars. The orange peel effect is laughable. Even the salesman agreed. We had a look at a few different ones and it’s terrible. If it wasn’t a lease I’d be more bothered...

Most modern VAG paint is awful these days. Orange peel is worse on some than others but the actually hardness isn't too good. Lots and lots of people are getting them ceramic coated to help stop swirly from even the lightest of washes.

Love the colour and surprisingly am really keen on the standard wheels!

[simonwhite2000]

foreverfalling said:

Picked mine up today. Very enjoyable drive. Feels much faster and interesting than my golf r manual is.

Paint is awful on all new Audi cars. The orange peel effect is laughable. Even the salesman agreed. We had a look at a few different ones and it’s terrible. If it wasn’t a lease I’d be more bothered...

Very nice - those standard wheels have really grown on me. Agree its a much more interesting proposition that the Golf R. Engine noise being the main thing thats different! My paint wasnt too bad on my nav blue or daytona grey even before a new car detail.

[foreverfalling]

I think I wish I’d got nav blue. Ahh well. Very happy with the car. I’ve not had a good automatic before (my onlymother was a c32 Amg) and I love it.
Feels so much faster and sounds so much better than my golf r. Also inside feels a lot more premium too.

[Paul_P1]

My lease S4 came like this.....luckily the supplying dealer has agreed to pay for a detailer to fix it. It also has the orange peel. Would be seriously pissed off if I'd just paid £46K for it.

[foreverfalling]

Paul_P1 said:

My lease S4 came like this.....luckily the supplying dealer has agreed to pay for a detailer to fix it. It also has the orange peel. Would be seriously pissed off if I'd just paid £46K for it.

That's bad... Originally I told them not to wash it as all the used cars were like that but I decided to just let them do it and thankfully its not too bad...

[SuperNads]

Mine was waiting for me this morning at work. Driver set off from Carlisle at 2am and delivered it to Chichester with 400 miles on the clock! Dropped it off with Tim at Envy Car Care for a ceramic coating, can't wait to get it back.

Edited by SuperNads on Thursday 2nd August 17:52

[SuperNads]

Big fan of the rotor grey interior. The massaging seats are...interesting!

[TomScrut]

SuperNads said:

Mine was waiting for me this morning at work. Driver set off from Carlisle at 2am and delivered it to Chichester with 400 miles on the clock! Dropped it off with Tim at Envy Car Care for a ceramic coating, can't wait to get it back.

Edited by SuperNads on Thursday 2nd August 17:52

Is that Misano red? Looks smart

[SuperNads]

Yep, it's incredibly red

[272BHP]

I do like the wheels, much better than the ugly standard ones.

If you don't mind me asking how much more where they a month on top of the lease price?

[TomScrut]

SuperNads said:

Yep, it's incredibly red

I nearly got my S5 in it but I spent too long pondering about it and ended up in black.

[SuperNads]

272BHP said:

I do like the wheels, much better than the ugly standard ones.

If you don't mind me asking how much more where they a month on top of the lease price?

On a 6+23 I think they were roughly 19/month or £550 odd over the term. Well worth it IMO.

[272BHP]

Damn I think that is well worth it for the upgraded alloys, wish we would have gone for them.

The missus drove the S4 for the first time last week to the local multi story and kerbed the rear wheel heavily. The wheel sits so proud of the tyre it was always going to happen. They will all be destroyed by the time we hand it back in two years!

[Inky81]

SuperNads said:

Big fan of the rotor grey interior. The massaging seats are...interesting!

Glad you like the rotor grey. I took a risk and went the same way as the broker only gave me 5 mins to make a decision! Couldn’t find many pics online and they all photograph so differently depending on the light, so was worried if made a faux pas. Mine comes Mon 20th, boggo black.

[SuperNads]

Only thing annoying me is the passenger seatbelt banging against the plastic sides of the seat.

[Harris_I]

Same here. It should be such a simple thing to sign off on a premium car.

Then again, I'm too irritated by the needlessly complicated user interface on MMI to worry about the seatbelt buckle.

Otherwise it's an absolutely stonking car. Reminds me of my youth in hot hatches but much more grown up.

[foreverfalling]

Harris_I said:

Same here. It should be such a simple thing to sign off on a premium car.

Then again, I'm too irritated by the needlessly complicated user interface on MMI to worry about the seatbelt buckle.

Otherwise it's an absolutely stonking car. Reminds me of my youth in hot hatches but much more grown up.

Took me a day to realise how to get to the menu about the car - key etc...

Still not worked how to turn down brightness of virtual cockpit at night.

Loving the car though.

[Bluesmurff09]

Ai actually like the standard 19s on the S4 as they are unique to the S4 unlike some of the optional ones that you can also spec on a 2.0ltr diesel.

[TomScrut]

Bluesmurff09 said:

Ai actually like the standard 19s on the S4 as they are unique to the S4 unlike some of the optional ones that you can also spec on a 2.0ltr diesel.

Yeah I wouldnt be upgrading if I was getting one. Paint yes (I have a BB S5 at the moment and I regret not getting a better colour, always dirty), wheels no.