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Post by Mr V10 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:45 pm

mavada wrote:
The only thing that's crazy high is C5 running costs, the C6 is that much better than the C5 the price difference is justified, and then some.
...have you found the c6 forum yet, there are much more better ones then the c5. :sleeping_2:
mavada wrote:yeah, at the time hes got his fast beetle, the c5 will be rubbish...
Reminds me of the saying, 'You want the truth!? You can't handle the truth'.

Someone from the C5 RS 6 forum asked me for a comparison of the C5 vs C6, and Shop asked if I had got the C6 in another thread, hence I posted this here. My actual review was in the C6 section. The title of the thread makes it quite clear what you will be reading about, if you're going to get offended. I suggest you don't read on anymore.

P.S Did I mention the fuel gauge on the C6 doesn't read 40/50/60 etc when you park it up, and then zero the following morning? :jump_clap:
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Post by HYFR » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:50 pm

Its all well and good saying its got 750bhp...but when you actually use that bhp your mpg goes to single figures...and so you'll do <200miles to a £110 fill up.

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Post by HYFR » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:52 pm

Also Amar, don't drive the C6 down to 0miles range as you likely run out of fuel.

The thing I got tired of in the C6 was having to put up with the poor fuel consumption for not much in return...there is only so often you can plant your foot and do 160mph in a blind of an eye.

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Post by Shoppinit » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:54 pm

I rarely get more than 200 miles from a tank. But then I enjoy every one of them. Neither the C5 or C6 are cars for people that need to worry about fuel economy. What the hell, I can get single figure mpg out of my M3 if I try.

Amar, I'm pleased you love the car. That is good news. :thumbs: I wish you many happy and obscenely expensive miles in it. :)
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Post by Shoppinit » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:55 pm

What do you think of the RS3, DK? I could easily get a wanting on for one of those. They look much better in the flesh than they do in the photos, I find.
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Re: Cya later C5, Hello C6. Read all about it.

Post by BillTheButcher » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:55 pm

Amar wrote:P.S Did I mention the fuel gauge on the C6 doesn't read 40/50/60 etc when you park it up, and then zero the following morning? :jump_clap:
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Post by Mr V10 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:05 pm

Let's say the C6 does 5 MPG less vs my C5, that's only an extra £373 a year at the 6k miles PA I will be doing in the C6. Thanks for the tip, DK, I won't let it run down to 0. I've not got to 160 MPH yet, but Liam did 140 MPH on the shortest stretch of country lane on the way from the train station back to his house. :bowdown:
Thanks, Shop. :thumbs:
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Post by gingertoss » Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:30 pm

That would be private country lane obviously Amar.
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Post by amanda1 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:49 pm

gingertoss wrote:That would be private country lane obviously Amar.
It had better be other wise he may be getting his collar felt again and his license might be erm ................... :bigblink:
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Post by HYFR » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:56 pm

As a guide, the absolute BEST I could get from the C6 using my proven economy drive/route was 23mpg ...vs. Equivalent of 30mpg in the C5 ... And I would imagine that gap would open up when you press the loud pedal.

It just made the shortest of journeys so expensive as whilst that 5.0V10 was cold the economy was single figures.

Anyway, Shop...the RS 3...just 600miles around Welsh A/B roads and its completely changed my view on it...I love it!!

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Post by RS6Steve » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:11 pm

D_K wrote:ERM C6 fuel consumption is really not a laughing matter!

£110 fill ups doing you 250miles...and that's driving normally!

Lol... And you said my Cayenne would like petrol
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Post by Dubbuds » Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:45 pm

Bang for buck yeah, I said the £2000 guesstimate for the drc was a bit high imo....
£2000 will seem cheap when u need some new ceramic records up front no?
I like the C6 but its doesn't mean the C5 deserves a ribbing.. As you compare and generally review it as naff inside etc, I disagree...
I think the C5 is a stunning piece of kit and the less buttons the better
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Post by imacool » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:34 pm

D_K wrote:As a guide, the absolute BEST I could get from the C6 using my proven economy drive/route was 23mpg ...vs. Equivalent of 30mpg in the C5 ...
30mpg in the C5? :shock:
I've never seen more than 21-22! Even after leaking intercoolers were fixed...
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Re: Cya later C5, Hello C6. Read all about it.

Post by amanda1 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:37 pm

imacool wrote:
D_K wrote:As a guide, the absolute BEST I could get from the C6 using my proven economy drive/route was 23mpg ...vs. Equivalent of 30mpg in the C5 ...
30mpg in the C5? :shock:
I've never seen more than 21-22! Even after leaking intercoolers were fixed...
19.5 is my average unless I am on a long run (at70-80) and then get 23!
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Post by Mr V10 » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:57 pm

Dubbuds wrote:Bang for buck yeah, I said the £2000 guesstimate for the drc was a bit high imo....
£2000 will seem cheap when u need some new ceramic records up front no?
I like the C6 but its doesn't mean the C5 deserves a ribbing.. As you compare and generally review it as naff inside etc, I disagree...
I think the C5 is a stunning piece of kit and the less buttons the better
Imho :sekret:
With the mileage I do, and the fact that ceramics last four times as long as standard steel brakes, my C6 won't need new ceramics for another 25 years. In which time the C5 would have had £6k's worth of cambelt changes, not to mention brakes.

I have posted an informed, honest and unbiased review comparing the two models as I was asked to. I haven't come on here and said 'The C5 is <beep>'. If you''re going to take it personally and be over sensitive, go read the Audi magazine circa 2002, there you will find plenty of biased/flattering reviews.
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