B5 audi s4 advice
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I have been looking for something to replace my 120d, i have been looking at e46 m3's which where top of my list but ive just realized these s4's seem like a hell of a lot of car for the cash, a fair bit cheaper than an m3 and compared to the m3 im getting freakishly low insurance quotes to boost.
I imagine they are two competently different beats to drive with the audi being more laid back and comfy. What are the running costs like on the s4's compared to an e46 m3?
Great cars. I've had two, a standard one and another tuned to 330hp.
Weak spots, turbo failures, camsand gearboxes off the top of my head. Both expensive to rectify. Major services are expensive. Mine had an invoice from and Indy for £3,000 to include cambelt and a new cam and some other bits.
Brilliant cars if you buy a good one though. MRC Tuning are the people to speak to, they now them inside out, even built one for VMAX which did 200mph! Make sure you get a health check done before you buy one to save big bills!
Weak spots, turbo failures, camsand gearboxes off the top of my head. Both expensive to rectify. Major services are expensive. Mine had an invoice from and Indy for £3,000 to include cambelt and a new cam and some other bits.
Brilliant cars if you buy a good one though. MRC Tuning are the people to speak to, they now them inside out, even built one for VMAX which did 200mph! Make sure you get a health check done before you buy one to save big bills!
I've still got one, and have been surrounded by simular sorts of stuff for ages, aswell as friends with mspec stuff. Standard the M3 is the much more fun car and is faster, but they both have their own horror stories. On the driving aspect, unless going sideways is your main source of fun I would lean towards the S4 as they are much better all round toys when fettled with.
Spend the extra few quid and get one that has already had an upgraded pair of turbos as they are the weakest spot and require the engine to come out, if they have been done its probably also had a clutch and belt change and will keep on pounding along to 200k miles, eating M3s and lots of other things without a sweat
Oh, mine is averaging around 20mpg, most spare parts can be picked up out of gsf, ebay and the like for little money, much the same for the M3.
Edited by 4key on Friday 23 November 18:33
A friend has one with all sorts of bits and bobs.. circa 450hp I believe.
Problem is its not a cheap car to look after, for example rear brake discs are somewhere north of £300 trade price. Lots of work is engine out job. I can't remember if it was these or the RS4 of the same age, but when they got released there was an issue with the turbos and there was a recall to replace them - engine out.. to do so you basically remove the front of the car and yank it out the front.
Problem is its not a cheap car to look after, for example rear brake discs are somewhere north of £300 trade price. Lots of work is engine out job. I can't remember if it was these or the RS4 of the same age, but when they got released there was an issue with the turbos and there was a recall to replace them - engine out.. to do so you basically remove the front of the car and yank it out the front.
Crafty_ said:
A friend has one with all sorts of bits and bobs.. circa 450hp I believe.
Problem is its not a cheap car to look after, for example rear brake discs are somewhere north of £300 trade price. Lots of work is engine out job. I can't remember if it was these or the RS4 of the same age, but when they got released there was an issue with the turbos and there was a recall to replace them - engine out.. to do so you basically remove the front of the car and yank it out the front.
Problem is its not a cheap car to look after, for example rear brake discs are somewhere north of £300 trade price. Lots of work is engine out job. I can't remember if it was these or the RS4 of the same age, but when they got released there was an issue with the turbos and there was a recall to replace them - engine out.. to do so you basically remove the front of the car and yank it out the front.
ebay s4 rear disk for a score
4key said:
Interesting, I'll email him that, thinking about it the ones on his car *might* of been changed for RS4, I'll check.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff