The Audi S4 and S6 lease deal and general discussion thread

[Ellis2204]

Hi what’s anybodys screen showing on the tracker for Audi, mine isn’t actually telling me a build week? Should it?

[Paul_P1]

My build date has changed from the 11th June to the 14th may.

[bigfish]

Paul_P1 said:

My build date has changed from the 11th June to the 14th may.

Same here - although I can take car until September

[foreverfalling]

Lady said mine would probably be ready until July but my car doesn’t go back until September so don’t want it until then.

I wonder if vwfs would take early termination of my golf if my Audi is ready.

[Marcus_a]

Maintenance question...

S4 (via CVL), 12kpa 24month - the maintenance cost is £201.68 (initial x9) followed by 24x £25.20. TOTAL cost £801.68.

Question 1: provider is ‘Autoserve’. Is this common? Has anyone any experience of Autoserve?

Question 2: I think it’s worth it. If tyres are 125 each that’s 500 so any servicing costs over 300 and you’re in profit. Any opinions?

[TomScrut]

Marcus_a said:

Maintenance question...

S4 (via CVL), 12kpa 24month - the maintenance cost is £201.68 (initial x9) followed by 24x £25.20. TOTAL cost £801.68.

Question 1: provider is ‘Autoserve’. Is this common? Has anyone any experience of Autoserve?

Question 2: I think it’s worth it. If tyres are 125 each that’s 500 so any servicing costs over 300 and you’re in profit. Any opinions?

I had my S5 serviced and it was £258, but I had 4 quotes (only 1 under £300) with the highest being £475. Oil & Inspection. Mine is at 16000 miles and will need a set of rears soon. You will need a set of tyres in 24000 miles (if not, why get an S4) so it makes sense to me. Whether you can get acceptable tyres for £125 is another question.

[rauf786]

TomScrut said:

I had my S5 serviced and it was £258, but I had 4 quotes (only 1 under £300) with the highest being £475. Oil & Inspection. Mine is at 16000 miles and will need a set of rears soon. You will need a set of tyres in 24000 miles (if not, why get an S4) so it makes sense to me. Whether you can get acceptable tyres for £125 is another question.

At how many miles was your first service due?

[Marcus_a]

Thanks guys. I believe the S4 servIce would be due at 18k from what I’ve read? And agreed that 125 per tyre was a minimum spend. I think maintenance is probably worth it and gives peace of mind.

Has anyone had the services provided by AUTOSERVE?

[Harris_I]

Marcus_a said:

I believe the S4 servIce would be due at 18k from what I’ve read?

I've just taken delivery of an S4. Somewhat annoyingly the OBC doesn't specify when the next oil service may be due so I can't tell if the service schedule has been set to long intervals or short (or whatever they call it). Inspection is shown as 2 years from now.

On my previous S8, the dealer reset from short to long service internal, and this was confirmed by the OBC. How can I check they have set this on the S4?

[Harris_I]

Also, somewhat O/T, but I'm v surprised to note the S4 is not tuned for 98 RON. Must be the first car in several years I've only had to fill with 95 RON.

[TomScrut]

rauf786 said:

At how many miles was your first service due?

15200 is what it ended up at. The inspection is always 19k, the oil starts there and crawls down based on how you drive it. I got both done at the same time as I don't have the car long enough for the 3800 miles to start making a difference.

[TomScrut]

Harris_I said:

Also, somewhat O/T, but I'm v surprised to note the S4 is not tuned for 98 RON. Must be the first car in several years I've only had to fill with 95 RON.

It works with 95 but I am pretty sure it is tuned for 98? Im sure it says somewhere in my S5 manual to do with the better fuel.

[Harris_I]

TomScrut said:

It works with 95 but I am pretty sure it is tuned for 98? Im sure it says somewhere in my S5 manual to do with the better fuel.

Nope - my manual refers to what the fuel filler flap says. No mention of 98 in the flap - only 95 or 91. No point putting in 98 if it's not tuned for it.

That said, the manual is terrible - seems to be generic for the full A4 range.

[TomScrut]

Harris_I said:

TomScrut said:

It works with 95 but I am pretty sure it is tuned for 98? Im sure it says somewhere in my S5 manual to do with the better fuel.

Nope - my manual refers to what the fuel filler flap says. No mention of 98 in the flap - only 95 or 91. No point putting in 98 if it's not tuned for it.

That said, the manual is terrible - seems to be generic for the full A4 range.

Ah ok. So in theory it should make no difference? My S5 seems quicker (could be in my head) in the few instances I put posh fuel in it, and it definitely does better mpg (whilst this has not been proven scientifcally)

[bobnaldo]

I'm thinking it will cost similar to run as my Golf R, slightly worse MPG but runs on 95 as oppose to the R which has 98 on the fuel cap.

[Ozone]

I've just changed my Golf R for a new S4 about a month ago, I was getting roughly 30mpg in the Golf and am getting 28mpg in the S4. (and that's going from 98 in the Golf to 95 RON in the S4)

The S4 mpg may go down as I get more used to it though

[TomScrut]

Ozone said:

I've just changed my Golf R for a new S4 about a month ago, I was getting roughly 30mpg in the Golf and am getting 28mpg in the S4. (and that's going from 98 in the Golf to 95 RON in the S4)

The S4 mpg may go down as I get more used to it though

I went from manual R to S5, and long term the Golf did 31mpg and the S5 is on 28.5mpg.

[gregd]

Ozone said:

I've just changed my Golf R for a new S4 about a month ago, I was getting roughly 30mpg in the Golf and am getting 28mpg in the S4. (and that's going from 98 in the Golf to 95 RON in the S4)

The S4 mpg may go down as I get more used to it though

I've made the same change and can report similar mileage.. I've mostly still been putting 98 in the S4.. hadn't even noticed what it said on the filler cap

[bobnaldo]

My order is on a waiting list and likely to be allocated a build slot in the next 6 weeks, does that sound ok?

[Inky81]

I’ve got a build wk of 14th May, what’s the anticipated lead time thereafter? Appreciate it can vary with shipping etc but any guideline would be appreciated.

Ta.