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7 speed S-tronic
Suits me, don't want manual
Ooooh! That looks great... Enjoy!
The 7 speed S-tronic box is fantastic ..you won't notice the gear changes ..and if you want to go manual you can with either flappy paddle or move the gear shift over ..
Tbh ..I rarely use either ..no need !
18mpg… i reckon. G’wan, tell us when you get it after a week of hooning around in it..
More like 14 😂😭
Chatsworth, Christmas Day morning (phone pic)
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Anyone thinks that it's just a glorified rep mobile wants to think again. The sound and grunt of that V8 all the way up to the rev limiter at 8250 is something else. The endless grip (who wants to be going sideways on public roads?) just makes you push it and push it.
It can also be a sedate luxury car too at the push of a button - Bang and Olufsen sounds, Google earth sat nav, auto everything.
Highly regarded as one of the best engines of it's time. Watch this video, not so much for the driving, but what the guy driving has to say about it
God that bloke is boring!
Love the noise but he did state an after,Ariel exhaust system. I’d love to hear the <span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">original noise. Sitting in a car with a “rumble” is one of my favourite things, something very much missing from my 320d 🙁</span>
Okay, cayman owners - any of you tall? I am 6ft 2ins...and not very long legged but they appear quite cramped with the seat right back. What are they like to live with in the real world?
Sitting in a car with a “rumble” is one of my favourite things, something very much missing from my 320d
Mine doesn't sound much different to that with the valves open to be honest. With them closed, you can hardly hear it.
It's not got the deep rumble of a Mustang, but my mate has a Mustang and the Audi is a much better car. The Audi is more high pitched, F1 esque. A lot of the aftermarket exhausts sound bloody awful
Sitting in a car with a “rumble” is one of my favourite things
Agreed, and the opportunities to do so are disappearing year on year
Agreed - I've had Flat 4, V5, Flat 6, Straight 6 and V6 cars, but never a V8.
Most of me says 'don't be daft', but there is a little Mrs Doyle sat on my shoulder saying 'Ahhh go on, go on, go on'. Certainly not going to be many chances left.
Agreed – I’ve had Flat 4, V5, Flat 6, Straight 6 and V6 cars, but never a V8.
Most of me says ‘don’t be daft’, but there is a little Mrs Doyle sat on my shoulder saying ‘Ahhh go on, go on, go on’. Certainly not going to be many chances left.
I needed the Mrs Doyle voice to convince me but finally 'went on' and bought a V8 12 months ago. Don't regret it. Strong chance it'll be the only V8 I'll ever get the chance to own. Just lucky enough that circumstances allowed it. Plan to keep it as long as I possibly can.
I've had 3 v8's, one of them with a flat plane crank, one a chevy small block, the other a bmw v8.
The chevy small block sounded best, but was the least powerful.
I've also had Two straight sixes, various straight 4's, and a straight 5.
It's one of the reasons I wanted the Audi. There are faster, and/or more involving cars out there, but always fancied one (it's pretty, fierce and understated to look at, at the same time) and had to have a n/a V8 before they are gone. Only a few of this ilk to choose from - Mustang, M3, C63 etc. The beauty of this one is the high revving nature, it's almost exotic. Of course there's a trade off, with low end grunt being sacrificed, but even then, it's no slouch and it took no time at all to learn to keep it above 4k rpm when driving spiritedly
Audi do make some very pretty cars. Mercedes, and to a lesser extent BMW, seem to have caught the Japanese habit of poking sharpened pencils in their designers' eyes. It ain't hard to make a good looking big car. Why is it that only Alfa and Audi can do it with the more every day cars?
You sound just like me when I bought my 2014 RS4 in 2015. I had always wanted one and as I had the money, thought ‘why not’!
Unfortunately, I found the whole experience disappointing, but not for obvious reasons. It was basically too fast to enjoy. I’d get to a clear stretch of road and put my foot down and within a few secs, was doing 90mph. Too fast, so had to back off or risk getting nicked or killing someone. I wouldn’t take on a track, so came to the conclusion that I’d sell it after only 15months, the shortest time I e ever owned a car.
I bought an S5 convertible, which although fast , can be enjoyed at low speeds and you’re not looking at being banned every time you put your foot down.
Don’t mean to put you off and hope you enjoy it! 😉
I have had a v5 and a number of straight sixes. Always wanted a V8 and was beginning to think it would never happen, so I used some inheritance to keep my e91 330i and buy a V8. End of September I bought a 96 TVR Chimaera 4.0 and it is gloriously looking, sounding and driving. I love the simplicity and by far the most sensible way to get a V8 in my life, I thought. It will take some money to keep it going, but I don't think it will lose much value at all now, being 23 years old.
It certainly goes if you want it to, but it is incredibly enjoyable just being driven normally 🙂
Unfortunately, I found the whole experience disappointing, but not for obvious reasons. It was basically too fast to enjoy. I’d get to a clear stretch of road and put my foot down and within a few secs, was doing 90mph. Too fast, so had to back off or risk getting nicked or killing someone. I wouldn’t take on a track, so came to the conclusion that I’d sell it after only 15months, the shortest time I e ever owned a car.
I've had it about 7 weeks now. Not finding it 'too fast' particularly. I live on the edge of the Peak, so have some lovely roads. Managed to get a run from Soarrowpit to the top of Winnats Pass with no traffic the other day, it was wonderful 😊
What I won't do, as opposed to when I was a young lad, is take blind crests, or corners at breakneck speeds. If I can read the road, I'll open it up. Getting plenty of grins from me 😊
Did you consider the Jaguar XFR at all. Same sort of thing to the Audi but 510 bhp
If I can read the road, I’ll open it up
If you can read, you’ll see the sign says 60mph and above that is breaking the law..
Did you consider the Jaguar XFR at all. Same sort of thing to the Audi but 510 bhp
No, I didn't consider one (thought they were amazing when they first came out though). 1, they aren't normally aspirated (supercharged) and 2. Just seems a bit of an old man's car - yes, I know some would say the Audi is too. Did consider an XKR for about 5 minutes though
If you can read, you’ll see the sign says 60mph and above that is breaking the law.
Ok, thanks.
Great car, but anyone reminded of this? 🙂
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/audi-s3-quite-fast/
Bmw 130i.... Fairly practical. Can be had for £5000 and the 6 cylinder sound is lovely...... Or a retro Lotus Carlton 😏
Or a retro Lotus Carlton 😏
Seen the prices of those? Yikes. (or does the smilie mean you've got one - if so then JEALOUS)
Coincidentally, before buying my Monaro the others on my shortlist are mentioned above: S5 or a Jaaaaaaag XFR. Needed 4 proper seats, wanted V8 - that was about it for the criteria. Chevvy V8 won me over though - simple and fun, so a good match for me 🙂
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Alas no always wanted one.... But I do have the 130i so it's OK 😂👍
Somehow I managed to convince my wife that getting rid of both our kodiaq and my abarth to replace them with this was fine, so long it cost less than the other two together. Not a MLCC, honest governor, oh no.
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Great car, but anyone reminded of this?
Jesus, I've just read all ten pages, thanks 🤔🙄😂
Unfortunately, I found the whole experience disappointing, but not for obvious reasons. It was basically too fast to enjoy. I’d get to a clear stretch of road and put my foot down and within a few secs, was doing 90mph. Too fast, so had to back off or risk getting nicked or killing someone. I wouldn’t take on a track, so came to the conclusion that I’d sell it after only 15months, the shortest time I e ever owned a car.
I’ve had it about 7 weeks now. Not finding it ‘too fast’ particularly. I live on the edge of the Peak, so have some lovely roads. Managed to get a run from Soarrowpit to the top of Winnats Pass with no traffic the other day, it was wonderful 😊
What I won’t do, as opposed to when I was a young lad, is take blind crests, or corners at breakneck speeds. If I can read the road, I’ll open it up. Getting plenty of grins from me 😊
Fair enough, I live in Surrey, so very little in the way of decent roads to stretch its legs. It’s a lovely car....effectively the big brother of my S5, which I’ve been surprisingly pleased with considering the down scale.
Having recently made some very sensible choices about lifestyle and cars I need to stop reading this thread.
@hot_fiat that is awesome, love the colour. I've had a quite a few Alfas, including a 156 GTA SW, and my wife currently has a G. If I had the chance to buy a fast saloon that would be my first choice. How does it sound?
@Hot_fiat.. oh my..... I've been lusting after a quadrifoglio since deciding to come off the company car scheme next year. I think they look simply gorgeous.
How do you rate it as a day to day car ? I'm currently thinking of either a Quad, M2 or RS3.
It’s utterly wonderful. It’ll prowl along gently in “A” or “N” modes wafting over potholes like an old jag. Then put it in Dynamic and the suspension hardens, throttle becomes sharper, as do the brakes (they’re fly by wire) and the exhaust baffles get bypassed & it generally becomes a complete loon machine. So far I’ve found it’ll wheel spin in every gear up to 5th if you’re not careful. It’s bike fast & I reckon it’d give my KTM a hard time.
It’s got a 5 year warranty and a four service pack was a grand. Bike fits in the boot with the seats down. I can just about squeeze my three kids in the back using some awesomely thin Volvo high back boosters. It’s by far the coolest car on the school run!
It sounds amazing. Driving through the Tyne tunnel is an expensive business now as you end up going back through just to listen to it.
Race mode is bonkers. 510bhp, no assistance. Good luck with that!
What was the lead time from order ?
I got it as an ex-demonstrator. The kind of demo car where it gets rolled off the transporter and put on a plinth at the front of the garage & locked, so it had 250 miles on the clock.
New one due soon with minor interior and infotainment refinements.
What's the lead time been on any parts you've needed ordered? (There's a chance I saw an interesting rant or two about this yesterday!)
Wait, the QF has folding rear seats? When I looked at launch they seemed to be fixed which ruled it out.
*fires up Autotrader*
Congrats BTW, lovely cars. Any concerns on reliability? I read there were issues with the early ones.
Lol. Yes it’s made in Italy and yes they have stoopidly long holidays. I’m currently waiting on a boot curry hook and some tie down points (took it to Sainsbury’s to do the Christmas lunch shop, May as well have just inverted the trolley into the boot and given it a stir). “Two weeks” was the estimate three weeks ago. Also never, ever, order anything between 20th july and 5th September: may as well just order it on the 6th. Most parts though show as next day available on Eper, so are probably in stock in Warrington. that said, from threads on ph and the global quad fb group very little goes wrong.
haha yeah that matches what I was reading yesterday! General opinion seemed to be that the car was good but UK dealers barely even recognise them and everything needs sent over from Italy, which unfortunately results in having to involve Italians....
Launch cars had fixed seats. 2018 onwards has 40-20-40 split folds, so you can take viola as well as violin cases.
No reliability issues at all. The forums are full of praise on this front.
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Ahhh the fixed rear seats was putting me off, but if they have drop seats.....
Hmmmmm.... it is a stunning looking (and sounding) thing.
Those Alfa's are lovely, a bit out of my price range at the moment though - are they rwd? Maybe next car, but current thinking on that one would be a C7 RS6 Avant
It was basically too fast to enjoy. I’d get to a clear stretch of road and put my foot down and within a few secs, was doing 90mph.
Very much this. With my S5, 2nd gear was absolutely fine for pulling away from the lights up to about 60mph; keeping your foot down in 3rd would take you beyond the speed limit very quickly.
The V8 rumble never got boring, even trundling around town, and as a place to sit Audis are fabulous, but it rarely made sense in logical terms.
Now it's gone though, I find myself wondering about a Fiesta ST or an older Golf GTI...
Just test drove a Caymen S.
It was lovely ....
Tell us more, mrmoofo?