Sorry not a ford but i got myself an audi s6

Decided to go for refinement and its a joy to drive

4.2 v8 (340bhp) n/a - power on tap when i need it and triptronic box is superb

Done 105k but audi fsh

Got a train from aberdeen to sheffield and drove all the way back on my tod.

Well worth it as i got it for £6500 when it was advertised at £7500. A lot of them even at this mileage are advertised at 8-10k !!!

Cant believe my luck, was expecting there to be something wrong at that price but ive drove 600-700 miles and no problems and it aint used a drop of oil. Touch wood, touch wood !

Never been one for getting excited about interiors of cars but i absolutely love it in this. Electric everything, full leather recaros, full bose system and carbon fibre inserts. Oh yeah and i can change gear with buttons on my steering wheel as well as the shift !

Some questions;

1. When i put the gearbox into triptronic mode and i change up a gear is it ok to keep my foot planted or should i be lifting my foot off then applying accelaration once ive changed gear ? Dont wanna fuck the box (££££££££££ 's).

2. Anyone on here with performance audis in the aberdeen area. Heard a few bad stories about the audi dealership (specialist cars). I was thinking of using bavaria autowerke. Anyone put their cars in there ?

3. Any tips of ownership from fellow s6 owners owners of car with same 4.2 engine (s8, newer s4)?

 

VERY NICE

 

cheers fezza

 

nice fella!!!!!!has it got a clutch in her or a torque converter?if u know lol!

 

cheers

i dont know im afraid !

 

nice car, a good spec too.

 

lot of car for not much money,nice.
lets keep our fingers crossed that nowt goes wrong££££££
But it shouldnt,quality built

 

Nice car that mate, but i wouldnt fancy putting fuel in that though at current prices.

 

I like that alot, proper pimp bus!

 

Great buy mate i recently bought a a4 Sline Love it is a understatement puts my s1 to shame but still love the s1

 

Nice car. How much are you paying to insure it? I couldn't get a quote below £1400 when I wanted one of these!! (compared to < £500 for a cossie at my age).

 

yeah whats the fuel consumption like? don't take this as gospal but i think it's a torque convereter so just keep your foot planted!

 

£400 fully comp but limited mileage of 5,000

Not bad though considering im only 27 but i have 7 yrs ncb

 

in cruise control at 70 mph - 25/26 ish mpg

havent tested it properly but at 80 i think its about 22/23 mpg

only when you go above 80 or does it really start to drink

uses quite a bit town driving as i have it in auto

I dont have to commute thank god !

 

Cool car, and ye you can keep you foot flat down while changing. No diff than when in full auto.

 

Bavaria are good! I use AW Autotech who specialise in German cars, there pretty good and well priced, I've had no problems and used them for Audi's & Bmw's.

 

Hmm not too dissimilar to me and I did try lots of places! Odd. Great cars!

 

Where you from ? What car you got ?

Is AW autotech in aberdeen ?

 

It dried up a bit last night so took it for a blast up the country roads for the first time.

Actually quite nimble and quattro system impressive even on a big car like this

 

Very nice and a lot of car for the price!

 

That was my old one (non S model), it drove amazingly, felt so chuckable for the size! The only down side was the economy and the bills from Audi when it went wrong

 

Anyone know how often the trip gearboxes on these are supposed to be serviced on these if at all ??

 

its nice but i think i prefer the shape of the estate.

 

When i was looking i didnt rule out an avant. They do seem to carry a premium compared to the saloons.

This was to good a deal to pass up

 

I booked it in bavaria autowerke for a full long service

The technician gave me a list as long as your arm for what is included in it

I should hope so at £560 !

 

nice car! what a beast!!

 

Definitely a good idea to get a specialist to check it out, that was one of the problems with mine - the local Audi dealers didn't have a clue and so when something went wrong they would spend 1000s of my pounds throwing new parts and labour at it.

Just pray your instrument cluster doesn't go like mine did... That was a bad day

 

Thanks chop

Phil

See what your saying. Thats why its going to bavaria.

As i said early its only got to do me 15-20k over 3 years

If nothing major goes wrong in that im laughing

With 105k on the clock hopefully any niggles it has had have sorted themselves out

If it does go majorly worng its getting punted !!

Whats the story with the cluster lol ?

 

The cluster just decided to stop working when it was cold, so I had no speedo etc. From memory I think it cost a good £700+ for a new one

I think its quite a common prob from reading the forums

 

£700 !!!

Im crossing everything and praying twice a day lol

 

Nice car mate. I like them alot

 

Due to more miles i might have to sell it

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/730276.htm

 

Nice car. I'm very fond of Audi's these days