The big, fast(ish), old estate car appreciation thread

Here’s my old B7 Audi a4 Avant 2.0T Special Edition (220bhp petrol version)

The petrol versions were built on the same production line as the B7 S4, RS4 and A4 DTM model (shares various parts from all three models)

Kinda wish i kept it now, plan was to buy a B7 RS4 Avant but the running costs and engine rebuild prices put me off

Went and bought a 2016 Ford Focus ST3 to relive my old Escort RS Turbo days

If my wife gets a job that doesn’t need driving to we might go down to one car, and a Passat GTE estate would fit the bill. Not old but they are quite quick.

This will definitely be the next estate car I own

Just take some brave pills and enter this

https://dreamcargiveaways.co.uk/current-competitions/750hp-audi-rs6-v10-twin-turbo-2500

My boss has one of them. Hope you’ve got deep pockets…

My boss has one of them. Hope you’ve got deep pockets…

Already got this, it would be a natural progression

DSC05200 by davetheblade[/url], on Flickr

Just take some brave pills and enter this

God no – the C6 V10’s ARE expensive to maintain

Yeah but this one has already exploded it’s gearbox once, so it must be good now!

I asked at a dealer once about an R36 Passat and they told me I didn’t want one.  Went and bought a petrol turbo A4 quattro estate instead.  Was lovely until the engine started drinking oil…

Am currently on a 330e x-drive, which certainly has some shove when all the electric and petrol work in harmony, but if feels about double the weight of the audi when it comes to stopping and turning.  I miss a manual gearbox too.

So much want for this….

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:
Ah balls – it won’t link. Izusu Vehicross for JDM 3.2l 215hp estate SUV weirdness. Only one on Autotrader

 the C6 V10’s ARE expensive to maintain

ISTR that they were actually the most expensive car to maintain in the world at the time – more even than top-end Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Koenigseggs. But I’d rather have the RS6 than one of the supercars.

Here’s my old B7 Audi a4 Avant 2.0T Special Edition (220bhp petrol version)

snap – mine shat itself quite catastrophically when a bolt came loose, fell into the crank pulley and got fired through important engine bits. Unlucky maybe, or just inevitable – it’s an engine well known for dying for various reasons related to the hydrodynamic camshafts. Was always impressed how it didn’t run out of puff at high revs like most modern turbo petrols. I do miss the motorway pleasantness when trudging around in a Jazz nowadays but not enough compared to the constant fear of more failures. The sticker was from a previous owner…

Nice Audis up there, here’s ours. C6 A6, petrol 2.8FSI. I don’t think there’s many about here in the UK, yet to see another of this variant around.
Just ticked over to 80K miles in our 5 years ownership bought at 50K and so far (touches wood) been service items only, not that fast, but effortless V6 with 211BHP and S line guise, no real point in looking to remap as gains are negligible, drives beautifully.

Audi A6 Avant 2.8 FSI V6 by Ian Nash[/url], on Flickr

Audi A6 Avant 2.8 FSI V6 by Ian Nash[/url], on Flickr

A lad i work with actually won a car in one of those dream car lotteries.
He now runs an RS3 and probably earns 25k pa.
29p super noodles for lunch as all of his disposable income gets allocated to running costs.
Tis a thing of wonder though. But £2,000 for discs and pads is crazy money.

I’ve got an old, fast, big estate – a 2003 Merc E55 with 476bhp.

It’s hilarious. It looks like (and is!) an old tatty estate car, never gets washed, but it goes like the clappers and sounds every bit as good as you’d expect from a 5.4 supercharged V8.

My favourite quote was from my old boss, who described it as “being able to pass damn nearly anything on the road apart from a petrol station”.

@djtom wins, I reckon.

A V10 Audi RS6 has always had a fair bit of appeal but I think I’d be constantly worried about the costs if anything went even slightly wrong! Same with the V10 M5 touring.

A V10 Audi RS6 has always had a fair bit of appeal but I think I’d be constantly worried about the costs if anything went even slightly wrong! Same with the V10 M5 touring.

The C7 V8 twin turbo is a massively better car

Always fancied a V10 M5 in either saloon or touring, but the engines and clutches are prone to go bang. Lethal in the wet too

snap – mine shat itself quite catastrophically when a bolt came loose, fell into the crank pulley and got fired through important engine bits.

Must of been quite lucky with mine then

Bought at 99’000 miles and sold with 130’000 miles on the clock, nothing in the service history to point towards any major issues and all i had to do was routine maintaince

Mine was on the 10’000 mile/once a year service plan all its life

The B7 A4’s which spent their lives on the longlife service plans (20’000 miles/every two years) seem to be the ones that have had quite a few issues

Not going to lie, I was tempted to spend the family car budget on this.

RS6

not sure if I love it or hate it, but the new hoonicorn is a big old fast estate..

The Latest Gymkhana Car Is A Nearly 900 HP Subaru GL Wagon From 1983

want.

Was always impressed how it didn’t run out of puff at high revs

N/A not turbo, so different eggs, but the RS5 revs to 8250 and is still pulling when it bounces off the rev limiter. It’s fun!

The stage2 tune I’ve got for it (had for 6months and not installed yet) takes the limiter up to 8800 amongst other things