Help stop me thinking about S4/RS4/S6/RS6

[Ray Singh]

I have a B5 A4 1.9tdi and i long for the sound of V8 Audi. All of the above cars are great value at the moment, especially the S4 saloon.

One minor point is that the fuel consumption will be horendous compared to my current hack. I am used to over 750 miles from a single tank in my current Audi.

So here is a picture. The tank is full and the MMI predicts over 700 miles (730) from the tank. Apologies for the broken DIM pixels, but you can make out 700 miles plus.

Can anyone with a S4/RS4/S6/RS6 post a similar image from their car to dissuade me from Audi S and RS?

[anonymous-user]

Its only number, just go and buy it you know you want to :-)

By the way that 700 will become 250-300.

[barryrs]

I filled my S6 up the other day and my range reached the dizzy heights of 380 miles

[Marshy]

barryrs said:

I filled my S6 up the other day and my range reached the dizzy heights of 380 miles

I'm sorry, I simply don't believe you!

Best I've seen is 370....

[Tame Technician]

300

[barryrs]

Marshy said:

barryrs said:

I filled my S6 up the other day and my range reached the dizzy heights of 380 miles

I'm sorry, I simply don't believe you!

Best I've seen is 370....

I've seen 405 before; I'm not saying that's what i actually achieved though

I've never actually worked it out, don't think I want too either.

[silentbrown]

Ray Singh said:

Can anyone with a S4/RS4/S6/RS6 post a similar image from their car to dissuade me from Audi S and RS?

Hopefully it doesn't have to be taken while travelling at 45mph. That seems a little rash ;-)

Just buy the S4 and switch the display from Miles to Kilometres. You'll feel much better about it...

[Terminator X]

When full the S5 reads 295

TX.

[RS Grant]

[AudiphileMode]They look like B6 A4 TDi dials rather than B5 A4 TDi dials in the OP.[/AudiphileMode]



It's simple, if you like the long range/lower fuel costs, stick with the TDi car.. but if you can live with the shorter range/increased fuel costs then you'd have FAR more fun in any of the cars you've listed in the title!!


Cheers,
Grant

[Ray Singh]

Apologies - a typo. My car is a B6 A4.

I knowi cant afford to run any of the cars i mention in the title, but i thought that it would be fun.

[lengster]

B7 tdi during the week and for towing and tip run duties,b7 RS4 for weekends!! Perfect !

[djc206]

I checked fuelly and it says I've averaged 20.5 mpg over the last 2700 miles in my RS4 so that would be about 280 ish from a tank I believe. Last tank got 200 miles exactly before the light came on.

[RGambo]

djc206 said:

I checked fuelly and it says I've averaged 20.5 mpg over the last 2700 miles in my RS4 so that would be about 280 ish from a tank I believe. Last tank got 200 miles exactly before the light came on.

I'm feeling quite smug at the moment, I just got 325miles out of the tank on my c7RS6. Mind you that was pretty much all motorway the last tank was 260. But then it is a 70l tank.

[KungFuPanda]

From an advert of an S8 I'm looking to buy. 5.2l V10 goodness.

[Ray Singh]

Is that 5 mpg ?

I get 50 more than you, but lots less smiles.

[djc206]

If you start any audi up and let it idle for a while it will drop to 5mpg but no lower. Seen it several times including one genuine trip that ended up with a much more acceptable average of 8 sitting in rush hour traffic in Southampton. Lowest I've managed hooning around is about 12 I think.

[Fort Jefferson]

I have a B6 S4 manual. The least I've had is 16mpg the most 23.5mpg both on long runs, and I've had the car a long time.

[lilwashu]

In my old B7 S4 auto - worst was 7MPG driving up mountain hairpins in sport mode, and best was 33MPG doing 75 on a long trip back from Austria. It was usually around 15 in traffic and 22 on normal journeys.

[Murph7355]

On largely b-roads my B7 RS4 gets around 250 miles out of a tank.

The info system usually says 300 mile or a bit more when I fill up. But it's optimism soon wanes.

There are plenty of worse ways to send the world into man made oblivion and drain your piggy bank though

[DUMBO100]

By comparison my Hond Civic Type R FN2 gets 252 miles to a full tank