Any C7 Audi RS6 owners on here?

But you get a whole sense of occasion with the RS6 that you don’t with the others. On that note…. OP get the V10!!!!

Whilst an rs6 is no doubt a phenomenal car, and one which I’d buy if I had unlimited funds, I do question how exciting it would be to drive ‘legally’

My ex had an s3, admittedly not in the same league as an rs6, but still more than quick enough for uk roads. Thing is it didn’t ever feel that exciting. Possibly as it was just so capable. Doing 60 on a country road didn’t feel fast at all.

Whereas my boxster, which has same hp and similar acceleration to the s3 feels rapid even when I’m going slowly. Simply because of the noise and you are lower to the ground. Doing 60 on a country lane in that thing has me regularly checking the speedo as it feels way faster. I’m sure the s3 would be far quicker if you tried to drive it fast, it’s far more capable. And the rs6 would obliterate it. But I’m not sure it would be more fun.

Obviously I’m not recommending not buying an rs6 and buying a boxster instead. But I do think having 600hp but only ever being able to use half of it would mean it’s not nearly as much fun as it sounds on paper. I reckon 350- 400 bhp would be the sweetspot in a car like that. That all said, I’d still have one though if I could afford it!

Good point well made. I recently changed my m240ix for a number of reasons but a big one being that so much of the time its abilities were unusable. It wasn’t much better than driving a Prius for 90% of the time, not a 400hp BMW coupe – which on paper should be an absolute hoot. I’ve now gone back to a second hand Macan GTS which I can hear & feel at normal speeds. The BMW only came alive when you ragged it – pointless.

The sense of occasion of waking a V8 in a family estate car turns it into a totally different experience.

I have to admit, the sound of a big V8 or V10 is a selling point. It’s definitely part of the experience. I don’t think my sensible side would ever let me pay the premium for it, but if the OP is that way inclined, why not. All depends which bits are important to you.

What’s the depreciation curve looking like on C7 RS6? If it’s near the bottom or heading back up and you have the cash then I’d definitely get one if I had the spare cash and space, just to try it. Run it for a year or two, pay a few K keeping it on the road/maintained but sell it before anything expensive needs doing i.e. cambelt.

Just look at the Total Cost of Ownership. I appreciate if they go wrong they can be ruinously expensive to fix, so be picky and accept you’re taking a gamble.

Wish the OP good luck.

The sense of occasion of waking a V8 in a family estate car turns it into a totally different experience.

I have to admit, the sound of a big V8 or V10 is a selling point. It’s definitely part of the experience. I don’t think my sensible side would ever let me pay the premium for it, but if the OP is that way inclined, why not. All depends which bits are important to you.

The premium isn’t always as high as you think, for the mileage I drive, a V8 is about £2k a year more to run than a diesel equivalent.  I do other things in my life that easily save that a year.  Some people spend half that on new phones each year!

The premium isn’t always as high as you think, for the mileage I drive, a V8 is about £2k a year more to run than a diesel equivalent

My RS5 averaged 10/11mpg over a full tank when driven ‘properly’

The premium isn’t always as high as you think, for the mileage I drive, a V8 is about £2k a year more to run than a diesel equivalent

My RS5 averaged 10/11mpg over a full tank when driven ‘properly’

Ouch! I get 24mpg average.  If my E63 is driven hard for a sub 20 mile trip it might dip to 17mpg but it’s only ever dipped lower on track (9mpg).

I can’t comment on the audi, but I’ve been running an E63 estate for 4 years and it’s not as expensive as people make out.

FWIW a guy i work with has been running a fairly heavily tuned E63 AMG (2017 i think) as a daily use summer car for about 6 years (Easter to October) last i spoke to him he’d had exactly nothing go wrong with it. Just servicing stuff and a couple of minor recalls. Doesn’t run it in the winter as snow and 800+ horses doesn’t go well.
He and his wife like it sufficiently that his wife drives a box stock C63 AMG.

I pootle around like a OAP in my Volvo hybrid these days and I’m not much into fast roads.

Is that the 350 BHP version or the 420? (Or even the 450BHP version?)

I know 2 people who have owned RS6s.

Both of them ad the pleasure of a gang coming in through their front door with a knife and a request for the keys.

Buy an E63 instead and take all the badges off. Wont be an issue.

450 Bhp  hybrid – but it never feels fast or that powerful (it’s probably the way they add up petrol+electric). It is a nice lazy tourer and local runabout on the battery.

snotrag

Buy an E63 instead and take all the badges off. Wont be an issue.

Wishful thinking I think, okay so it doesn’t have wide arches but it’s still really easy to see what it is.  The front bumpers are really obvious, as are the exhausts. Anyone who knows what an E63 is will spot that at a glance.

Another ex-RS owner here who keeps coming back to the Audi S cars as a better long term / more usable choice time and again.  But as an experience is isolation, any of the RS models is great.

Unless you are heavily DIY (eg happy to pull an engine for some maintenance jobs) I would suggest paying a specialist like MRC, Litchfield etc to do a pre purchase inspection.

If you have the funds they are incredible, a basic remap is 650-690, decats and fuel pumps is 700-740.

I used to like fast cars

But it doesn’t make any sense at all, does it, really?

It really does make sense.

Ive had loads of fun cars over the years. From a silly 5 litre TVR, AMG Merc, Porsche 911’s….got divorced a good few years ago and downgraded to a modified Cupra which I loved….now driving in a 300hp EV and really missing driving a fun car. The EV is nice, but it’s not fun.

Running costs can be astronomical though on more playful cars, my AMG wasn’t cheap, was pretty harsh to drive on broken roads, but equally was fun on the right road. I’d love an RS6, but not going to happen until kids finish uni!

Make sure the salesperson doesn’t come out with you. 

When was the last time you got let out in a supercar without the salesman.

Hard enough getting out in a bland shitbox alone.

I used to long – and still do a little – for an RS6, and I’m very confident I’d enjoy sitting in a traffic jam listening to it rumble away….….but the fear of theft / raiders with kids in the house, and the value of being debt free let’s me make piece with the fact my bland common, undesirable to thieves 50mpg 320d gets  me where I need to be with all the toys and comfort I really need means I’ll never own one.

Unless I have missed it, we haven’t really had the brief from the OP. Or the question is, as already suggested by others, would the £40k budget be better spent on a £10k Skoda and then the rest on a track car + trailer. Caterham or maybe even a Radical SR1? Or any lightweight track car in budget really.

Sod it, any old tow car will do. Spend the fun money on one of these and some track time.

https://www.ptsportscars.com/cars-for-sale/

That’s what I would do if I had the money and sufficient spare time that wasn’t used by other sports.

Try to keep it in a straight line as you drive it out of the dealer.
https://x.com/autobant/status/1839309907205697816?s=61&t=QxF0FI-upZcXsqCcjxAhDw

Cheers for all the replies, not interested in 2nd cars, track cars, hot hatches etc.. been there done that, always end up spending more time fixing/tinkering than actually using them and then also needing to find the time to use them

Just want one car that can take the whole family, a bike or two when needed, something thats quick and a V8, not interested in Merc’s or BMW’s (been there) im only interested in the RS6

Will be going to look at a few in the next couple of months to narrow somethings down and get an idea of what to look out for