New Member & New RS6 Owner

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Post by W8PMC » Wed Apr 07, 2004 6:40 pm

Good Afternoon

Just joined the RS246 forum after hearing about it on the Tyresmoke Forum.

Up until today i was the proud owner of a 2002 Avus Silver S8 S-Line & prior to the S8, i'd owned a couple of TTC 225's along with a ZX12R & a Mondeo V6 GhiaX as my run-around. Towards the end of last year, i decided to leave motorcycling for a while, following the deaths of a few riding pals, so was just left with the Mondy & TTC. I then decided it was crazy owning & running 2 cars, so i ditched the TT & Mondy & purchased the S8. This did not quite satisfy my hunger & the car was a tad too large for everyday use, so i've part-exchanged that & i'm now chomping at the bit to get into my RS6.

I say up until today, as i've just traded her in for an Ebony Black Nov 2003 RS6 Saloon :D which i collect when i return from vacation on the 22nd April. Have to say that i'm more than a little excited :P

The spec is pretty standard & she has only covered 6000 miles, having been my local Audi Dealer Principals transport since new, followed by a few weeks as a demonstrator. The car is fully loaded as you'd expect & the only extras i'm aware of are the Solar Sunroof, Tracker Monitor & factory fitted dark tinted windows, which look awesome against the dark exterior & Silver Silk Nappa interior 8) .

As a new RS6 owner, are there any obvious things i need to watch out for (except watching my driving license gain some new markings) in the early days & any certain traits i need to be aware of & are there any common faults applicable to RS6's

All help & advice would be gratefully received, as these motors are not cheap & to date its by far the most cash i've shelled out on a car.
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Post by johneroberts » Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:11 pm

Welcome to RS246 :D
and congratulations of a super sounding and speced car, the RS6 community is small here but growning everyday, and we encourage new owners to participate in the RS6 forums as much as possible, due to the cost of the car, not so many owners about, or generally the type of owner dosent frequent forums, but with the prices coming down we are hoping for a bigger community to evolve,
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Post by Riz_RS4 » Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:12 pm

Welcome to RS246.com dude.....

Them RS6`s sure do sound nice ;)

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Post by peterb » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:23 pm

Welcome over to this site!
johneroberts wrote: the RS6 community is small here but growning everyday
Yeh, we groan everday 'cos jr keeps on dissing our cars ('barges')! :P
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Post by Scotty » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:54 am

Shesh!! where have you been Paul?

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Post by W8PMC » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:07 am

Is that Scotty Scotty or another Scotty??

If its Scotty Scotty, when is your S4 due & i'm getting closer to making a decision on the Ring Trip.

I'm starting to get a little confused with all these forums now :drink: & will soon start to forget what i've posted & where :biggrin3:
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Post by Steve_Mc » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:01 am

Welcome Paul :bigwave: I didn't think it'd be long before I saw you over here!

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Post by Scotty » Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:28 pm

Yeah it's me. I go and get the S4 off Big Jon on Saturday morning. I can't wait. Jump in and then drive to Bath and then back home.

p.s. How about looking in the trackday forum on here. Check out the evening session. I'm going so I can get a feel for the car with loads of run off. I've had enough of Armco for one lifetime :bash:
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Post by W8PMC » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:23 pm

scotty_2 wrote:Yeah it's me. I go and get the S4 off Big Jon on Saturday morning. I can't wait. Jump in and then drive to Bath and then back home.

p.s. How about looking in the trackday forum on here. Check out the evening session. I'm going so I can get a feel for the car with loads of run off. I've had enough of Armco for one lifetime :bash:
Can't find any Evening session trackday. Can you post me a linky

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Post by johneroberts » Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:29 pm

peterb wrote:Welcome over to this site!
johneroberts wrote: the RS6 community is small here but growning everyday
Yeh, we groan everday 'cos jr keeps on dissing our cars ('barges')! :P
Well Peterb your the one who keeps bringing it up :wink:
and just for the record i did have one on order and if i did mindless milage all day i would have bought one.
But i dont so i own a RS4 and im happy with it.
The RS6 is a great car in more ways than most, but it aint a sports car.
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Post by Scotty » Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:46 pm

W8PMC wrote: Can't find any Evening session trackday. Can you post me a linky
Here

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