E46 330i touring VS B5 Audi S4 Avant.

[essexplumber]

Would an Audi S4 Avant with say 116k on an 04 plate be dramatically more expensive to run than a BMW E46 330i petrol Touring of a similar age/milage? I know ones a V8 and the other a straight 6 but is the difference huge?

I ask as I really want an estate but there aren't many decent 330's around but quite a few S4's.

[tgr]

I suspect it's because people with 330i tourings are keeping theirs, and there's a reason for that

[ManOpener]

essexplumber said:

Would an Audi S4 Avant with say 116k on an 04 plate be dramatically more expensive to run than a BMW E46 330i petrol Touring of a similar age/milage? I know ones a V8 and the other a straight 6 but is the difference huge?

I ask as I really want an estate but there aren't many decent 330's around but quite a few S4's.

That's a B6, not a B5. The B5 was the twin turbo V6 that was produced up to 2001.
I'd imagine the B6 would be a fair chunk more expensive. Worse on fuel, AWD system and more things to potentially go wrong.

[essexplumber]

tgr said:

I suspect it's because people with 330i tourings are keeping theirs, and there's a reason for that

Good call. Avoid the S4 then?

[Cupramax]

No, there's nothing inherrantly wrong with them but you're comparing a 3litre with a 4.2 quattro, the main difference being fuel consumption which is a slight bugbear incase you hadn't noticed.

[V8Wagon]

Two quite different cars imo. The 330i is quick, the S4 will be much quicker. I had an S6 with the same V8 in it and it was an awesome engine. 14mpg round the town was a bit hard to swallow as was the cost of cambelt changes at over £1000 a go.

[schmalex]

We used to have a B6 S4 Avant. A truly awesome car, but it really did like a drink!!

[V8Wagon]

schmalex said:

We used to have a B6 S4 Avant. A truly awesome car, but it really did like a drink!!

Wansn't just the super unleaded my V8 liked either. It had quite a liking for Castrol edge.