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The Audi RS4 appreceation thread

  • 10-08-2008 2:23pm
    #1
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭


    Flash flooding out our way last night in north Dublin. What I couldnt get over were the amount of muppets out on the streets looking at the floods and getting soaked at the same time. You'd think by the way they were behaving that we were living in the Sahara and this was the first bit of rain in years.


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  • #2
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    Dig the sig, MSporty. You should put a link in the pic to a larger version of the image. I can't ogle your car properly with just a thumbnail!

    </OT>


  • #3
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    AudiChris wrote: »
    Dig the sig, MSporty. You should put a link in the pic to a larger version of the image. I can't ogle your car properly with just a thumbnail!

    </OT>

    Here ya go!!

    DSCF0060.jpg


  • #4
    Neilw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,792 ✭✭✭Neilw


    Very nice car you have there, is it a 1.9tdi RS4?

    Only joking, saw one of them yesterday:rolleyes:


  • #5
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Beautiful RS4, the classic TDi version:D(only joking!).

    Love the wheels especially, are they painted or powder-coated?

    The car has a really mean understated look about it, nothing flash - very cool. Respect!


  • #6
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    posts split off from the flooding thread (so that ye can drool in peace and on topic)


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  • #7
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    LOL, thanks Peasant? We got our own thread!! :):)

    Fair 'nuff though, didn't mean to drag the thread off-topic.


  • #8
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    peasant wrote: »
    posts split off from the flooding thread (so that ye can drool in peace and on topic)

    Apologies Peasant, was thinking we were going way off topic alright


  • #9
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    P.S. (and I realise that this is off-topic in an already "off-topic" thread) I think you should do that more often - when it's going off topic, break out the OT arguement.

    It's a nice way to do it, rather than shepherding/locking.


  • #10
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Beautiful RS4, the classic TDi version:D(only joking!).

    Love the wheels especially, are they painted or powder-coated?

    The car has a really mean understated look about it, nothing flash - very cool. Respect!

    OEM wheels, so im not sure!!


  • #11
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    MSporty wrote: »
    OEM wheels, so im not sure!!

    There was a name for this, wasn't there? A Shadow Pack or something? Can't remember.

    I should be ashamed of myself :o:o


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  • #12
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    AudiChris wrote: »
    P.S. (and I realise that this is off-topic in an already "off-topic" thread) I think you should do that more often - when it's going off topic, break out the OT arguement.

    It's a nice way to do it, rather than shepherding/locking.

    It's rarely as clearcut as this was though and timing is also an issue.

    Now ...would you prefer an infaction or a clearcut ban for your backseat modding? :D:D:D


  • #13
    joeperry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 527 ✭✭✭joeperry


    its probably the nicest passat ive seen :P


  • #14
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    peasant wrote: »
    Now ...would you prefer an infaction or a clearcut ban for your backseat modding? :D:D:D

    Or you could promote me to a Mod and then I wouldn't have to tell you how to your job :P:P:P.

    Seriously though, please don't ban me, I like it here...


  • #15
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    AudiChris wrote: »
    There was a name for this, wasn't there? A Shadow Pack or something? Can't remember.

    I should be ashamed of myself :o:o


    Tut Tut, Black optics pack


  • #16
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    :yawn:


  • #17
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    :yawn:

    Who comes into an X Appreciation Thread to yawn because they don't like x? Do you place no value on your time or opinion?


  • #18
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I love it, has the same mean understated look about it as the Lotus Exige on top gear (black on black again)

    topgear_lotusexige.jpg


  • #19
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,027 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    one word.....stunning!

    look after it man.


  • #20
    conneem-TT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 437 ✭✭conneem-TT


    I prefer the Christine look I gave your car in this pic a while ago :);)

    3.jpg


  • #21
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Thats the nicest RS4 I've seen so far, they're usually blue, nice to see one in black. Saw quite a few of them over here, none black :( I was driving in front of this girl before in Cork, and I looked in my mirror and she had the RS4 badge in the grille.. we both happened to pull into the same garage and I asked her if it was actually an RS4, she gave me a dirty look and said "Ya", pure knackery way. So I just walked on, and as she was driving off, I looked at the back.

    RS4 1.9TDI
    I was delighted.


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  • #22
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Dave147 wrote: »
    ...I asked her if it was actually an RS4...
    I get asked the same sort of thing about the '6', usually by people who appreciate that it's the real thing.

    'Others' ask questions like 'is it a 3 litre?', 'has it a 6 cylinder engine?', and my very favourite, 'does it use much diesel?' :D


  • #23
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Rovi wrote: »
    I get asked the same sort of thing about the '6', usually by people who appreciate that it's the real thing.

    'Others' ask questions like 'is it a 3 litre?', 'has it a 6 cylinder engine?', and my very favourite, 'does it use much diesel?' :D

    Wait.. you have an 08 RS6? You better say "No I have an 02 RS6 Avant" or else you will be hunted down and killed! :P

    5.0TFSI... I have a 1.9TDI A4 Quattro..

    Yeah the diesel part is my favourite! :D


  • #24
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Dave147 wrote: »
    Wait.. you have an 08 RS6? You better say "No I have an 02 RS6 Avant" or else you will be hunted down and killed! :P

    5.0TFSI... I have a 1.9TDI A4 Quattro..

    Yeah the diesel part is my favourite! :D
    Nope, 'tis only an '03 saloon.
    I still like it :D


  • #25
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,913 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    There is an 03 RS6 Avant parks in Donnybrook in a relatively narrow street. Hearing the thing start sounds like an act of God.

    An inlaw of mine has what appears to be an S3 over in New York although it is called an A3 3.2 Quattro. It's got the sweetest sound, leather / alcantara and RNS-E. Back on topic, he has the black grille and black wheels and it's called Titanium Pack.


  • #26
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Terrontress wrote: »
    There is an 03 RS6 Avant parks in Donnybrook in a relatively narrow street. Hearing the thing start sounds like an act of God.

    An inlaw of mine has what appears to be an S3 over in New York although it is called an A3 3.2 Quattro. It's got the sweetest sound, leather / alcantara and RNS-E. Back on topic, he has the black grille and black wheels and it's called Titanium Pack.

    The S3 is a 265bhp 2 litre turbo, that 3.2 A3 is different. They were on sale in the UK also.


  • #27
    Terrontress
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,913 ✭✭✭Terrontress


    Oh, I didn't realise that. Apologies. Where do the two of them sit relative to each other in the model range / price?

    I would have thought S models would eclipse A but maybe not?


  • #28
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    Terrontress wrote: »
    Oh, I didn't realise that. Apologies. Where do the two of them sit relative to each other in the model range / price?

    I would have thought S models would eclipse A but maybe not?

    In this case, not really. The S3 would have a sportier edge to it, in terms of suspension, seats, interior, possibly throttle response etc (haven't driven either, so can't say for sure!), and the A3 3.2 litre would be more for comfort with a bit of performance thrown in. They're probably similar in terms of performance, but I'd imagine different in terms of the delivery of said performance.
    Kind of like a Mercedes S600 and an S55 AMG. Similar performance in a straight line, one is subtle the other is vulgar.


  • #29
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    Dave147 wrote: »
    Thats the nicest RS4 I've seen so far, they're usually blue, nice to see one in black.


    Where are you looking that all the RS4s are blue? Blue is the rarer "special" colour, I mostly see black and silver ones in the UK and Ireland and this is reflected on Autotrader.
    If I was going with a black one, it would be with the black optics pack too though.


  • #30
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Saw alot of blue ones in Boston over the summer and saw two in Cork aswell ;) The A3 3.2 is 247hp and 320n-m as opposed to the 2.0 S3 which is 261hp and 350n-m. Would imagine the 3.2 has better fuel economy...

    Afaik before the new RS6 was launched last year there was only an avant RS6 and a saloon S6 which had the good ol' 4.2 V8 audi engine.. 340bhp. Is yours badged RS6??

    Edit: I just re-read and you never mentioned RS6 so I assume you already know it's an S6. Still very jealous. My old man had a black A6 1.8TQ, some car!


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  • #31
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Dave147 wrote: »
    Afaik before the new RS6 was launched last year there was only an avant RS6 and a saloon S6 which had the good ol' 4.2 V8 audi engine.. 340bhp. Is yours badged RS6??
    Is that directed to me?

    Mine is most certainly a genuine saloon RS6, and it doesn't have to potter around with a piddly 340bhp either. :D


  • #32
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Rovi wrote: »
    Is that directed to me?

    Mine is most certainly a genuine saloon RS6, and it doesn't have to potter around with a piddly 340bhp either. :D

    Any pics?:D I think there's one for sale on carzone for 20K? Doesn't sound right to me, if i had the money...
    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=990874&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Audi%20S6%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=4078155&CFTOKEN=87829266


  • #33
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Any pics?:D I think there's one for sale on carzone for 20K? Doesn't sound right to me, if i had the money...
    http://www.carzone.ie/usedcars/index.cfm?fuseaction=Car&carID=990874&message=You%20searched%20for%3A%20Audi%20S6%2E%20Your%20search%20returned%20one%20vehicle%2C%20which%20is%20shown%20below%2E&CFID=4078155&CFTOKEN=87829266
    Here you go, as previously posted in the *NON* BMW thread and elsewhere hereabouts-
    imgp0122qt0.jpg

    imgp0123aw4.jpg

    imgp0124ee9.jpg


    ...and the dashboard with the lights on-
    imgp0134editedsj2.jpg


    That car in Carzone is an S6; double the price and you're in RS6 territory.


  • #34
    WHITE_P
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭WHITE_P


    Pure car porn, I love it.:D


  • #35
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    My bad Rovi, I went and did some extra research, I remember searching a couple of years ago on UK autotrader for one and all that was there was avants. So from my research I discovered they were released in 03 as a limited edition, 4.2 twin turbo V8 engine as opposed to the 4.2 V8 non turbo engine in the S6. 450bhp as opposed to 340bhp. I would imagine you have one of the first and only ones in the country. And I want to have sex with it!

    Personally I'm a B5 Audi man, I'll be buying my third one after I get home, spec Phantom Black 00' 1.8TQS 180bhp standard, upgrading to a K04-15 turbo and getting it remapped to about 300bhp, going to get an FMIC, upgraded clutch and exhaust, and a nice BOV to help the turbo and all those extra horsies :D I found one recently and it had alot of this done, but I'm in america and it's since been sold :(


  • #36
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Rovi wrote: »
    Here you go, as
    ...in Carzone is an S6; double the price and you're in RS6 territory.

    God i'm shocked at myself. I was looking at the pics and i was thinking to myself, why the hell did he put fake Rs6's wheels on it. Only then it dawned on me :P:cool:
    Absolute stunner and probably the only car in the country with genuine Rs6's on it.:D


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  • #37
    Dave147
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,235 ✭✭✭Dave147


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    God i'm shocked at myself. I was looking at the pics and i was thinking to myself, why the hell did he put fake Rs6's wheels on it. Only then it dawned on me :P:cool:
    Absolute stunner and probably the only car in the country with genuine Rs6's on it.:D

    These are genuine RS6's on my old audi :P
    DSC00068.jpg?t=1218966279


  • #38
    jayok
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭jayok


    Rovi wrote: »
    ...and the dashboard with the lights on-
    imgp0134editedsj2.jpg

    Now that is just gorgeous!! Never realised the dash looked so cool - congrat Rovi.


  • #39
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Rovi wrote: »

    ...and the dashboard with the lights on-
    imgp0134editedsj2.jpg

    Are they all auto?


  • #40
    Tropheus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,942 ✭✭✭Tropheus


    That's the standard A6 dash. Exact same on my 03 Allroad 2.5TDi except my speedo doenst go up to 200 mph for some reason:rolleyes:


  • #41
    Rovi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,570 ✭✭✭Rovi


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Are they all auto?
    Yep. Apparently, at the time the car was designed/built, Audi didn't have/couldn't find/didn't look for a manual gearbox that could handle the torque (560Mn).
    The new one makes 650Nm of torque, and uses a 6 speed automatic; I haven't heard anything about an 'official' manual gearbox version.


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  • #42
    Lord Nikon
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    MSporty wrote: »
    Tut Tut, Black optics pack

    Mmm interesting, i would have though Shadowline.


  • #43
    Alfasudcrazy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Alfasudcrazy


    I agree that the RS4 looks stunning in black but I think the black bit is overdone on your RS4. Don't like the smoked alloys or blacked out windows.

    They cheapen it in my eyes and my God the RS4 is far from cheap so why do that to it? :confused:


  • #44
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    Alfasudcrazy wrote: »
    I agree that the RS4 looks stunning in black but I think the black bit is overdone on your RS4. Don't like the smoked alloys or blacked out windows.

    They cheapen it in my eyes and my God the RS4 is far from cheap so why do that to it? :confused:


    OEM wheels and the windows are only very lightly tinted, just look blacked out with the light shining off them


  • #45
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Rovi wrote: »
    Yep. Apparently, at the time the car was designed/built, Audi didn't have/couldn't find/didn't look for a manual gearbox that could handle the torque (560Mn).
    The new one makes 650Nm of torque, and uses a 6 speed automatic; I haven't heard anything about an 'official' manual gearbox version.

    That's a pity, i don't know if i would buy a car like that with an auto box, unless it was a very very good one.


  • #46
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,611 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    That's a pity, i don't know if i would buy a car like that with an auto box, unless it was a very very good one.

    It is a very good one :)


  • #47
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    OP - Is the RS4 in your sig actually yours? Everyone's assuming that it is, but you don't appear to have ever actually said. Just curious.


  • #48
    MSporty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 236 ✭✭MSporty


    Anan1 wrote: »
    OP - Is the RS4 in your sig actually yours? Everyone's assuming that it is, but you don't appear to have ever actually said. Just curious.


    Of course its mine ask UCJ he knows me.


  • #49
    MercMad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,266 ✭✭✭MercMad


    Dont the Audi "RS" models all have wider wheel arches that the standrad cars, failry easy to pick out a fake TDi from the real deal. I saw quite a few RS4's in Spain recently.

    Lovely sound, nice subtle car, nicer IMo than the BMW or the merc equivalents IMO !


  • #50
    lafors
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭lafors


    Dave147 wrote: »
    RS4 1.9TDI
    I was delighted.

    What is the story with these 1.9TDI RS4's?
    I see 3 of them regularly around Blanchardstown/Clonee/Dunboyne.

    Is it just a badge the owners put on it themselves?
    Or is it part of a bodykit?
    Surely Audi wouldn't do that to a car?


  • #51
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    lafors wrote: »
    What is the story with these 1.9TDI RS4's?
    I see 3 of them regularly around Blanchardstown/Clonee/Dunboyne.

    Is it just a badge the owners put on it themselves?
    Or is it part of a bodykit?
    Surely Audi wouldn't do that to a car?

    We had a big thread about this some where... They're all wanna be's. There's no such thing, there all just buying off ebay.


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