My RS6 and how people use their cars.
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:41 pm
09/07/2016: I thought I would introduce my car after a fantastic year of ownership; Sapang Blue 74,000 (when bought) at the time thought it was stock, turned out to be tuned by Revo to stage one.
I decided I wanted a C6 after making a profit on my B5 which was a sub 30k mile car with perfect service history etc. but it meant I wouldn't ever drive the thing it was just too nice 2 owners never seen a child, dog or bike so not really ideal for me. So i sold it, and went shopping for a C6 this blue one turned up with an audi warranty, both big jobs done and a fellow forum member as a bonus. I drove it back from Leeds and fell in love we had a two car convoy with my Mrs. in the 335d and me in the audi it was a really fun day.
02/08/2016: After owning it for a few weeks I got it booked in to Unit 20 for a 'box service and a check over all was good it was confirmed that audi had done a good job of both the coolant lines and oil pump and because it had been done under warranty they went all out replacing the radiators, pipes, gaskets and the whole oil pump which set mondal back over 2k so thats a bonus!
30/07/2016: I also gave the car a full two stage compound and polish followed by Gtechniq protections.
06/08/2016: next came a wheel referb and new MPSS all round. The wheel colour is a BMW anthracite and I love it light enough to pop when clean.
17/07/2016: As she was in rude health the next port of call was to get her stage two so I booked her in for a stage two as i was a little dissaponted with how a big turbo V10 is pretending to be an NA in the stock car if you compare this to a third great pull in my B5 where the torque smacks you like a sledge hammer at 3000 revs and then thanks to Cosworth it pulls like a train until the limiter! The 6 just felt a little laking, after a good chat with Ben and Doug and a nosey around the car park we went for a coffee and awaited the call to see what she made about 1430 the phone rang so we wandered back to be presented with a graph showing 738hp and 1040nm which I'm chuffed with. The interesting thing is the fact that doug told me she had been mapped for at least five years running about 640hp, this is interesting because until my ownership she's never been out of warranty with audi! just goes to show audi were probably right with the newer cars to add safe guards against mapping so they can see if they are being duped.
13/10/2016 After reading IanH's review of Trups headlights I decided I was bored of not being able to see more than 100 yards at night so I started to contact Trups about getting a quad setup he was brilliant pardon the pun, we arranged a date and I left my car with him and when I returned I had fantastic headlights! I really cannot recommend them enough they are epic makes our 2016 range rovers lights look like they are from a 90's rover!
27/10/2016: Next with the help of a forum member I made the trip down to Demand engineering near ipswich to fit a second hand one of their systems. The noise is now something else, so purposeful no miltek drone and in the high rpm it sounds like a fighter jet mated with a super bike! And the gear shift crack is now like a gun shot any tunnel or built up road I'm now such a child with 2nd gear pulls everywhere!
lastly I wanted to sign this post off with a few examples of what I use my car for it gets used as Audi intended it and has become a part of the family in the year I have owned it!
gets used to ferry my dogs about.
Used to transport my Mach 2 to events on the roof.
^This is one of my favourite photos of my car its like its in is natural habitat I can almost hear Sir Davids commentary about the lesser spotted boosted v10 estate the last of a dying breed.
Long epic road trips though wales and up to Abersoch.
One year and just over 6000 miles, 1500 litres of fuel and 4 MPSS tires and one happy owner. My car is used hard and as an estate.
Who's cars are garage queens and who's get used daily? Who takes their car on holiday?
I will post soon with my future plans and 2017 updates.
Thanks for reading.
*Edited 17/08/17 to fix embedded photos.
I decided I wanted a C6 after making a profit on my B5 which was a sub 30k mile car with perfect service history etc. but it meant I wouldn't ever drive the thing it was just too nice 2 owners never seen a child, dog or bike so not really ideal for me. So i sold it, and went shopping for a C6 this blue one turned up with an audi warranty, both big jobs done and a fellow forum member as a bonus. I drove it back from Leeds and fell in love we had a two car convoy with my Mrs. in the 335d and me in the audi it was a really fun day.
02/08/2016: After owning it for a few weeks I got it booked in to Unit 20 for a 'box service and a check over all was good it was confirmed that audi had done a good job of both the coolant lines and oil pump and because it had been done under warranty they went all out replacing the radiators, pipes, gaskets and the whole oil pump which set mondal back over 2k so thats a bonus!
30/07/2016: I also gave the car a full two stage compound and polish followed by Gtechniq protections.
06/08/2016: next came a wheel referb and new MPSS all round. The wheel colour is a BMW anthracite and I love it light enough to pop when clean.
17/07/2016: As she was in rude health the next port of call was to get her stage two so I booked her in for a stage two as i was a little dissaponted with how a big turbo V10 is pretending to be an NA in the stock car if you compare this to a third great pull in my B5 where the torque smacks you like a sledge hammer at 3000 revs and then thanks to Cosworth it pulls like a train until the limiter! The 6 just felt a little laking, after a good chat with Ben and Doug and a nosey around the car park we went for a coffee and awaited the call to see what she made about 1430 the phone rang so we wandered back to be presented with a graph showing 738hp and 1040nm which I'm chuffed with. The interesting thing is the fact that doug told me she had been mapped for at least five years running about 640hp, this is interesting because until my ownership she's never been out of warranty with audi! just goes to show audi were probably right with the newer cars to add safe guards against mapping so they can see if they are being duped.
13/10/2016 After reading IanH's review of Trups headlights I decided I was bored of not being able to see more than 100 yards at night so I started to contact Trups about getting a quad setup he was brilliant pardon the pun, we arranged a date and I left my car with him and when I returned I had fantastic headlights! I really cannot recommend them enough they are epic makes our 2016 range rovers lights look like they are from a 90's rover!
27/10/2016: Next with the help of a forum member I made the trip down to Demand engineering near ipswich to fit a second hand one of their systems. The noise is now something else, so purposeful no miltek drone and in the high rpm it sounds like a fighter jet mated with a super bike! And the gear shift crack is now like a gun shot any tunnel or built up road I'm now such a child with 2nd gear pulls everywhere!
lastly I wanted to sign this post off with a few examples of what I use my car for it gets used as Audi intended it and has become a part of the family in the year I have owned it!
gets used to ferry my dogs about.
Used to transport my Mach 2 to events on the roof.
^This is one of my favourite photos of my car its like its in is natural habitat I can almost hear Sir Davids commentary about the lesser spotted boosted v10 estate the last of a dying breed.
Long epic road trips though wales and up to Abersoch.
One year and just over 6000 miles, 1500 litres of fuel and 4 MPSS tires and one happy owner. My car is used hard and as an estate.
Who's cars are garage queens and who's get used daily? Who takes their car on holiday?
I will post soon with my future plans and 2017 updates.
Thanks for reading.
*Edited 17/08/17 to fix embedded photos.
although i use it as a daily driver, the office is only a couple of miles away so its just about warmed up by the time I get in, so coffee then find a customer to go and see 
since i've had it.