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dont miss the old dog
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:16 pm
by virtuosos2
sorry boys & girls but got rid of the rs4 just to common,got myself a real v8 - am vantage best v8 in the world, u got to admit the rs4 aint all its cracked up to be its still an a4 !!
RE: dont miss the old dog
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:30 pm
by tanoga
Aston Martin, Ford sh!t
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:34 pm
by virtuosos2
hand made in england !!!
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:35 pm
by tanoga
Hand assembled. NOT MADE
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:37 pm
by virtuosos2
sorry i will inform astins
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:48 pm
by simple1
From what I hear, the buiild quality of the AM leaves alot to be desired, and the service is not too clever either. One of my business partners bought one last year, to date he has had it for a total of five months, the rest has been spent in the garage, or in transit to and from the garage...... believe Mr Tonoga had similar experience..
As for common, it proves that the cars are at least reliable, when you keep seeing them on the road
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:53 pm
by alex_123_fra
Anecdotally, I have seen far more AM V8s in London than I have RS4s....and I drive around London a lot. I guess it all depends on the area. Abundance of Fezzas (F360s and F430s) and porsches also. I'd have an RS4 over an AM V8 for a multitude of reasons...more practical/reliable/better made/better performance. If you're going to get an Aston...DB9 for me I'm afraid.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:03 pm
by mjh123
And there was I thinking from the title of the post you'd just ditched your girlfriend.
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:11 pm
by simple1
Re: dont miss the old dog
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:45 pm
by oilman4345
virtuosos2 wrote:sorry boys & girls but got rid of the rs4 just to common,got myself a real v8 - am vantage best v8 in the world, u got to admit the rs4 aint all its cracked up to be its still an a4 !!
Disagree totally. Aston is a better looking car undoubtedly BUT build quality/reliability is not even close to Audi RS4 standards , and how did you calculate that the V8 in the Aston (380 bhp) is better than the V8 in the RS4 (414bhp) ??? (both normally aspirated).
Am buying a 360 to complement my new RS4 soon and I think that it will be as reliable as various friends' Astons!!
RE: Re: dont miss the old dog
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:46 pm
by tartan_rob
The RS4 is a great car. Astons are great cars but come on guys, you can't honestly try and compare them against each other....
RE: Re: dont miss the old dog
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:33 pm
by Aerovant
Too common? Come to Mayfair, London. I see plenty more Vantage's than RS4's.. beautiful car, just be careful you don't get keyed (my friend's was) and good luck with the quality woes..
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:58 pm
by >RS4<
AN Aston?? Yeah you might but be prepared to get smacked by anRS4 any day.....
Must admit that it's good looking...
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:44 pm
by cosmicremedy
V8 Vantage - A Car they held back on, so that it wasn't too good....
RS4 - A Car Audi put a lot of hours and thought into...and came out with a masterpiece...
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:05 pm
by OnedayanRS4
I think what Virtusos2 is really trying to say is that the problem with the RS4 is that it is based on mass market volume car, Whereas AM only produces three cars at the prestige end of the market (albeit with Mondeo switchgear).
Thus if you're driving an RS4 the rest of the world will think you're in a £17k family runabout,
I can see this is not really an option for anyone with a James Bond wannabe fixation who has more money (or access to an attractive lease plan) than automotive knowledge.
Agree on the exclusivity. I've only ever seen two RS4's in the flesh whereas AM DB9's, Bentley Conti GTI's, Vantages etc are ten a penny.
