bye bye rs6

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haroonok
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bye bye rs6

Post by haroonok » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:50 am

after 2 years & 32,000miles of fun have swapped for a used A8 4.0tdi-looking forward to the fuel economy & 3 years free maintenence!
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RE: bye bye rs6

Post by gord » Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:22 pm

Nice car! Nevertheless will be genuinely interested to hear how you get on with the fuel economy - my mate is struggling to get 25mpg from his. I get well over 20 in the RS6+....
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RE: bye bye rs6

Post by boff » Sun Jul 17, 2005 2:09 pm

christ - you must be driving slow gord - mine NEVER averaged over 16.7 / 17 mpg
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Post by haroonok » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:00 pm

so far getting 29-30mpg in mix of town/motorway driving.
general impressions-smooth effortless performance not too dissimilar to rs6 in terms of torque delivery,better driving enviroment & feels lighter on its feet with its air springs,even though its heavier than the rs
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Post by approved » Tue Jul 19, 2005 1:48 pm

hmmm, whatever floats your boat i suppose.. get it tuned either way...amd should be able to sort you!
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