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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by The_Coat » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:28 am

geordie jay wrote:Im gunna upset people here but ferk it!!!!! You spend 20k plus on a rs4 and it spends most of its life in a garage!!!! It comes out only at weekends or when sun shinning??? Give your heads a wobble....drive it like it shud be driven everyday....then its getting used and i guarantee things wont go wrong as much when its driven regulary to standing in garage doing nowt apart from mice and spiders finding a new home :biggrin3:
What if you get the train to work and only drive at the weekends? :)
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by Ellis » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:51 am

DAC wrote:I used a indy garage just outside of Aberdeen to re-pressurise the DRC system, am sure someone on here can tell you where there is a good indy near you.
Where is this garage you speak of? Will be handy for future reference.

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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by gt2 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:24 pm

The_Coat wrote:
geordie jay wrote:Im gunna upset people here but ferk it!!!!! You spend 20k plus on a rs4 and it spends most of its life in a garage!!!! It comes out only at weekends or when sun shinning??? Give your heads a wobble....drive it like it shud be driven everyday....then its getting used and i guarantee things wont go wrong as much when its driven regulary to standing in garage doing nowt apart from mice and spiders finding a new home :biggrin3:
What if you get the train to work and only drive at the weekends? :)
Then you need to give your head a wobble ;)

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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by The_Coat » Fri Mar 27, 2015 1:25 pm

gt2 wrote:
The_Coat wrote:
geordie jay wrote:Im gunna upset people here but ferk it!!!!! You spend 20k plus on a rs4 and it spends most of its life in a garage!!!! It comes out only at weekends or when sun shinning??? Give your heads a wobble....drive it like it shud be driven everyday....then its getting used and i guarantee things wont go wrong as much when its driven regulary to standing in garage doing nowt apart from mice and spiders finding a new home :biggrin3:
What if you get the train to work and only drive at the weekends? :)
Then you need to give your head a wobble ;)
I guess I do hahaha
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by cherub72 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 2:57 pm

ChrisW wrote:
chris_m wrote:Personally, I think owning a car like this requires a 5k kitty for a rainy day. If you break into it, begin topping back up because you never know. 5k gets you nowhere. Should the worst happen and your tyres and breaks wear down the same time your cluch gives up and the DRC spews it's guts, that meagre 5k will vanish :cry:
I can vouch for this, ive just booked mine into unit 20 for discs/pads all round, 4x upper wishbones, an engine mount, investigate grinding noise from left wheels, a service and firing of KW adjustable springs. I don't think i'll see much change from 5k.. :(
In the last 2 years mine has managed to eat a clutch, all the front suspension bushed, front and rear discs and pads, a couple of parking sensors, a full set of tyres and now the DRC going pop. That's without the seats being stolen and all the damage that went with it

I still wouldn't swap it for anything less than an R8
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by Gazzaton » Fri Mar 27, 2015 3:04 pm

So, does anyone know of any garages in the Glasgow area that can repressurerise the system?
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by DAC » Fri Mar 27, 2015 6:08 pm

Ellis wrote:
DAC wrote:I used a indy garage just outside of Aberdeen to re-pressurise the DRC system, am sure someone on here can tell you where there is a good indy near you.
Where is this garage you speak of? Will be handy for future reference.
Heres the boy I speak of
Marc Clubb at http://www.northeastmotorsltd.co.uk, he has worked for audi for any years ,and knows his way around RS R8s, very helpful guy
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by Ellis » Fri Mar 27, 2015 9:11 pm

DAC wrote:
Ellis wrote:
DAC wrote:I used a indy garage just outside of Aberdeen to re-pressurise the DRC system, am sure someone on here can tell you where there is a good indy near you.
Where is this garage you speak of? Will be handy for future reference.
Heres the boy I speak of
Marc Clubb at http://www.northeastmotorsltd.co.uk, he has worked for audi for any years ,and knows his way around RS R8s, very helpful guy
Excellent, Newmacher is hardly a stones throw from me too. Thanks for the info.

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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by CellDamage » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:16 pm

I think most of us on here have had those 4 figure bills, but it's all worth it when you get back in the driving seat with bits that have been sorted.
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by munsen99 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:53 pm

Just had a major service with discs and pads all round. Despite the cost, I cant wait to pick it up tomorrow. Best car I've owned by far [GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES]

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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by rwilsonrs4 » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:29 am

Ellis , Yeah marc clubb at newmachar just did mine recently , cant praise him enough , pulled out all the stops so i could get the car back in time for an event , much cheaper than audi too , he was the R8 and RS tech at audi for 9 years so knows his stuff :thumbs:
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by Audi Pardner » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:15 am

I've got a slush fund for the inevitable big bills that you'll get with these cars even if you use an indie rather than getting stiffed by a main dealer. Like any high performance car they're expensive to run. I think some people forget this because they're seen as 'family' cars, unlike Porsches and R8s for example which are automatically associated with high running costs. A colleague of mine's got an X5 which is also very expensive to run but doesn't have the enjoyment factor that RS4s have. :mrgreen:

The worst thing to do is get an RS4 then expect to run it cheaply and without a slush fund. The love affair soon ends :audibash:
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by RS6BRIT » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:39 am

It's amazing that even when they are working perfectly you can always find something to spend money on for them. mines running lovely at the momentall though I may need a clutch before too long) but whilst I didn't "need" anything I still went and bought new mirror plates as mine were corroding a bit !!

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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by ChrisW » Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:48 am

RS6BRIT wrote:It's amazing that even when they are working perfectly you can always find something to spend money on for them. mines running lovely at the momentall though I may need a clutch before too long) but whilst I didn't "need" anything I still went and bought new mirror plates as mine were corroding a bit !!
Where did you get your mirror plates from and how much? one of mine is a little corroded.
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Re: Expensive hobby

Post by chris_m » Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:41 pm

I got mine on 50k and there is no record of clutch replacement or DRC. I am on 64k now and definitely need back disks and pads, front pads for sure, disks may last another set of pads. When I got the tracking done, the fella said I should get the suspension looked at as he thinks there is a wet patch on the back. To top that, I am at santa pod next month on the quarter mile. Had my car mapped last month and is at 436ps so I could be saying goodbye to the clutch and flywheel. Fun times ahead i think but bring it on eh...
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