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Finally after four months it's arrived!
I've just been looking for my old car (as you do!) and noticed that Peterborough Audi have in fact got it up for sale.
The Merc dealer at york did a fast job in moving it along.
If anyone is thinking of buying it, I got £50,000 for it and they have it up for £59,995. Should be a good bit of info for anyone to use as a bartering tool.
Forwarned is forarmed as they say!
The Merc dealer at york did a fast job in moving it along.
If anyone is thinking of buying it, I got £50,000 for it and they have it up for £59,995. Should be a good bit of info for anyone to use as a bartering tool.
Forwarned is forarmed as they say!
They bought the car I contacted you on here. The Sales Manager that did the deal from York is one of my best friends and I'd gone to see him for a test drive in next Summers new toy (R8 V10), and we were discussing your car, hence I contacted you to see if it was you.
P.S you did very well getting £50k for it, especially as I know what Peterborough Audi payed for it
P.S you did very well getting £50k for it, especially as I know what Peterborough Audi payed for it
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I'd love to drive an E63. I found the C6 a disappointment & sold mine after 6 months.
"Understated uber wagen speaks loudest'
2003 Avant Daytona Grey owned from new. 64k miles of September 2018. Bilstein shocks / Hotchkis AR / Brake upgrade
Audi RS6 C6 Avant MTM Stage 1 & Miltek Sold
Audi RS4 Avant B5 Sold
Audi S4 B5 Avant 6 spd Sold
Audi S2 Coupe 230 bhp 6 spd Sold
2003 Avant Daytona Grey owned from new. 64k miles of September 2018. Bilstein shocks / Hotchkis AR / Brake upgrade
Audi RS6 C6 Avant MTM Stage 1 & Miltek Sold
Audi RS4 Avant B5 Sold
Audi S4 B5 Avant 6 spd Sold
Audi S2 Coupe 230 bhp 6 spd Sold
alphamail wrote:.
I've just chopped in my RS6, which I loved, for an R8 V10 with ceramics, which I am very impressed with.
James,
Perhaps this warrants a thread all of its own, but I need to know more.
When? Why?
PM me if you prefer.
It should go without saying that you may occasionally need the extra space an RS6 can offer and as a mate, I begrudgingly put my car forward for this role*.
*On the understanding that you leave the R8 with me as collateral.
Speak soon,
Gavin
Nice James.. was given this little beauty for 4 days the other week, loved it but my god there's NO space in it!!alphamail wrote:.
Very nice looking car Holmax, I like it in white.
I think car choice is such a personal thing and the Merc is a great car.
I've just chopped in my RS6, which I loved, for an R8 V10 with ceramics, which I am very impressed with.
Happy motoring
R8 V10 Coupe, R-Tronic - Ibis White & All the Carbon + Ceramics + Heffner Performance Twin Turbo.
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That is such a beautiful car Nudenut. I think the Spyder is going to be a classic.
Re space.
When I bought mine, my wife refused to speak to me for a few days (which was nice).
Anyway, in order to thaw the iceberg, which was not quite as big as the one that sunk the Titanic, I offered to take her away for a weekend in the R8 down to St Mawes then on to Endsleigh, our favourite hotel in the world.
The morning we were about to depart, she came down with a large suitcase which was bursting at the seams. I dealt with this by opening the front boot to reveal the stowage area which as you know, is about as big as the glove compartment in a Ford Focus.
She came back with a wash bag and I presume a brace of knickers which with a bit of a struggle we managed to fit them all in the boot.
Anyway, the long and short of it was, she loved the R8.
But in an ideal world it would be good to have a support vehicle that can carry golf clubs, shooting and fishing gear etc..... any ideas?
That is such a beautiful car Nudenut. I think the Spyder is going to be a classic.
Re space.
When I bought mine, my wife refused to speak to me for a few days (which was nice).
Anyway, in order to thaw the iceberg, which was not quite as big as the one that sunk the Titanic, I offered to take her away for a weekend in the R8 down to St Mawes then on to Endsleigh, our favourite hotel in the world.
The morning we were about to depart, she came down with a large suitcase which was bursting at the seams. I dealt with this by opening the front boot to reveal the stowage area which as you know, is about as big as the glove compartment in a Ford Focus.
She came back with a wash bag and I presume a brace of knickers which with a bit of a struggle we managed to fit them all in the boot.
Anyway, the long and short of it was, she loved the R8.
But in an ideal world it would be good to have a support vehicle that can carry golf clubs, shooting and fishing gear etc..... any ideas?
Well I'm pleased to say that I've finally got my car run in.
All I can say is that I'm very impressed. I can't really tell if it's any quicker than the Audi there is so little in it. It may be that the Audi is a little quicker in the mid range due to those turbos but the Merc feels quicker due to the extra volume. Remember when you had your first car and the exhaust blew a hole, it felt quicker due to increased volume and it was never a rush to get it quiet again, or was that just me!
The Audi certainly doesn't sound a patch on the V8 in the Merc at full revs but again that is just my opinion. The Merc is definately quicker off the line but this is obviously due to it only being two wheel drive so it doesn't get bogged down.
The Merc doesn't have a hope in hell of keeping up with the Audi in the wet, it lacks that sure footedness of the quattro system and feels as if it would quite happily send you off backwards into the nearest tree if you don't give it the respect it deserves.
Economy is definately better. I managed to get the Audi down to 8.7mpg having a blast down my favourite back road, the Merc managed 12.2mpg driving in exactly the same way.
In fact I've worked out that with the fuel savings I'm making the Merc will have paid for itself by the year 2414! I went to the top gear live show at the N.e.c in Birmingham last weekend (about a 250 mile round trip) and it managed a creditable 24mpg driving at a steady 85'ish.
I feel the ride is definately better in the Merc, it's not as hard. The roads are in such an appaling state around where I live that finding the right suspension setting in the Audi was nigh on impossible. It was either so hard that it virtually bounced around the corners or soft to a point that the body roll didn't inspire me to 'push on'. The middle setting was okay I guess but not as composed as the Merc.
I dare say that on a perfect surface such as a racing track the Audi would be superior.
The 300kg's less weight that the Merc carries really shows on tight twisty roads, you really notice that you are not carrying so much bulk as you hit the brakes flying up to a corner (this is with stock brakes on each car, not the ceramics).
I also prefer the gearbox in the Merc. Gearchanges are just as smooth and just as quick in the Audi but one thing that always annoyed me slightly was that when you were in sports mode having a blast in the countryside it was superb until you had to slow down while you went through a village. It would always stay in second gear until you reached 3500 rpm which was just the wrong side of the 30mph speed limit to upset Mr Plod. The Merc seems to sense this and soon goes as high as 5th gear even at 30mph. As soon as you come out of said village and give it some welly, it quickly realises that you are back to sporty driving again.
I've just re-read what I have typed so far and it sounds like I am really slating the Audi. It's not meant to sound like that, the Audi is a great car, it's just that it goes about doing things a very different way to the Merc and my tastes tend to favour the Merc.
I'll post some more as things spring to mind.
P.s
I've come to the conclusion that white is definately the wrong colour for this time of year. I vowed to never get a black car again because they look dirty within minutes of being cleaned.
It looks like white is now joining that list of colours to avoid in the future!
All I can say is that I'm very impressed. I can't really tell if it's any quicker than the Audi there is so little in it. It may be that the Audi is a little quicker in the mid range due to those turbos but the Merc feels quicker due to the extra volume. Remember when you had your first car and the exhaust blew a hole, it felt quicker due to increased volume and it was never a rush to get it quiet again, or was that just me!
The Audi certainly doesn't sound a patch on the V8 in the Merc at full revs but again that is just my opinion. The Merc is definately quicker off the line but this is obviously due to it only being two wheel drive so it doesn't get bogged down.
The Merc doesn't have a hope in hell of keeping up with the Audi in the wet, it lacks that sure footedness of the quattro system and feels as if it would quite happily send you off backwards into the nearest tree if you don't give it the respect it deserves.
Economy is definately better. I managed to get the Audi down to 8.7mpg having a blast down my favourite back road, the Merc managed 12.2mpg driving in exactly the same way.
In fact I've worked out that with the fuel savings I'm making the Merc will have paid for itself by the year 2414! I went to the top gear live show at the N.e.c in Birmingham last weekend (about a 250 mile round trip) and it managed a creditable 24mpg driving at a steady 85'ish.
I feel the ride is definately better in the Merc, it's not as hard. The roads are in such an appaling state around where I live that finding the right suspension setting in the Audi was nigh on impossible. It was either so hard that it virtually bounced around the corners or soft to a point that the body roll didn't inspire me to 'push on'. The middle setting was okay I guess but not as composed as the Merc.
I dare say that on a perfect surface such as a racing track the Audi would be superior.
The 300kg's less weight that the Merc carries really shows on tight twisty roads, you really notice that you are not carrying so much bulk as you hit the brakes flying up to a corner (this is with stock brakes on each car, not the ceramics).
I also prefer the gearbox in the Merc. Gearchanges are just as smooth and just as quick in the Audi but one thing that always annoyed me slightly was that when you were in sports mode having a blast in the countryside it was superb until you had to slow down while you went through a village. It would always stay in second gear until you reached 3500 rpm which was just the wrong side of the 30mph speed limit to upset Mr Plod. The Merc seems to sense this and soon goes as high as 5th gear even at 30mph. As soon as you come out of said village and give it some welly, it quickly realises that you are back to sporty driving again.
I've just re-read what I have typed so far and it sounds like I am really slating the Audi. It's not meant to sound like that, the Audi is a great car, it's just that it goes about doing things a very different way to the Merc and my tastes tend to favour the Merc.
I'll post some more as things spring to mind.
P.s
I've come to the conclusion that white is definately the wrong colour for this time of year. I vowed to never get a black car again because they look dirty within minutes of being cleaned.
It looks like white is now joining that list of colours to avoid in the future!
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