Project 2017 – RS4 Avant

Was good fun though, but clearly shows its got far too much power for the SE roads.[me

How much do you want for it? 8) 😀

E46 M3 makes a fab noise too (especially with a CSL air box fitted) but they’re old now and do suffer from some pricey issues like the sub-frame cracking which is quite pricey to fix. Consumables like discs and pads are much more bearable though. Imola red is my favourite colour for them.

Early E9X’S are in price range though although most are coupes. An uncle has just bought a saloon with the DCT box which is great. The V8 is lovely – I was never a fan of the noise (too tinny, screamy) though until they current M3/4 came out which makes a vile racket.

I only owned that M3 for 16 weeks.

Caused a great deal of consternation with a number of people, jealousy really.

But those few weeks were great, I put 2000 miles of top down cruising during the late summer, fabulous car.

I bought an 530d Sport Touring with the insurance payout..

😆

Talking of incorrect badging … I saw a Opel Insignia with Ferrari shield badges on the front wings…!!

The best 15 seconds of RS4* ownership**… [/url]

*This one had a couple more cylinders.
** Not mine

Just remembered this thread, coincidentally around the day it started my Dad called and told me he was getting an RS4. Went out in it for the first time last weekend, and he leant it to me to drive to Birmingham and back – not bad!

Have always wanted an RS6 due to obvious combo of performance and load carrying, the RS4 didn’t disappoint – nice and docile and comfortable at low speed and in traffic, goes like a monster when the road’s clear and you put your foot down. Loved it!

(did notice particularly on the motorway a massive increase in the number of people getting a bit carried away coming up behind / passing it – a side of driving it I hadn’t expected!)

Driver Envy. Yes its a strange thing, they see the badge and think the have to prove they can go faster.

Yep – I hadn’t expected it at all, it seemed to most overwhelm people driving other, slower Audis 😆

I was recounting this to my Dad while we were stopped at the lights (I was driving). He didn’t know what I was talking about, but got the idea when with perfect timing the TT that had been behind us floored it and cut us up when the lights turned green. 😀

I run a 14 plate S7.

It’s a hatchback, so I can get my bike in – cross, road or mountain – the boot with the seats down is huge.

They are an overlooked car, people tend to go for the S6. An approved used low miler is mid to lower end of £30k, depedning on spec. many are the ex dem (mine is) so come with upgraded seats, the sports diff, extra toys. I use my company car allowance and the ££ I save by not having kids to pay for mine 🙂

It has the twin turbo 4l V8 – same as the RS7 (more expensive than the RS6) and RS6. Stock is 450bhp but Revo can remap it to 540 bhp. It’s the same engine as the RS6/7 just a slightly lower tune and different exhaust system.

Audis seem to have a habit of de-tuning S cars – there’s a good Chris Harris programme about this on You Tube – he takes a ratter S4 Avant and with a Revo remap it is pretty much neck and neck with a stock RS4 (albeit one is a turbo 6 and the other a NA V8).

Fuel wise, on a run it does 28 to 30 mpg. The engine when not under heavy load shuts down 4 cylinders, so you get a V4. Makes a big difference, especially if you set radar cruise.

Floor it and it’s single figures.

The only disappointment is the stock audio is ok, but not as good as the B&W in the Jag, and the exhaust note is a little subdued, even if you set it “full flaps”. ……