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How many?

Post by RSDave » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:38 am

Just wondering how many people have actually got RS5's on this forum? Only aware of Crashmaster's and an Imola yellow one? :audibash:
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Re: How many?

Post by AdamM » Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:45 am

There is not many, certainly a rare beast. I really do like them, i bet thry are a great everyday car, fast and comfortable.
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Re: How many?

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:38 am

I have only seen one in the wild and one at my dealer which they have had for at least 4 months

581 registered according to this, which is not many compared to the 3000 odd V8 RS4s registered

http://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?q=rs5

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Re: How many?

Post by Crash Master » Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:08 am

Not many and I'm not sharing ;-)
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Re: How many?

Post by RSDave » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:05 pm

Is that 581 registered throughout the entire United Kingdom!? :boohoo:
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Re: How many?

Post by Mr V10 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:11 pm

I hope so, rarity is one of the things that used to make the 'RS' brand special. You don't want the RS 5 becoming as common as the E46 M3 now do you? You will feel a sense of occasion every time you see another and resale should be higher.
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Re: How many?

Post by RSDave » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:24 pm

I suppose you do have a point there Amar, only ever seen one other one on the road.....(RS meets don't count) haha, also your RS6 Plus is pretty damn rare only 999 of those, is that in europe or just the UK?
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Re: How many?

Post by AdamM » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:35 pm

I would say that figure is true. What i like about the Audi RS brand is they do not seem to be bought by d!ckheads who tart them up, ok pepple "dub" their Audi's but the chavs always seem to choose the E36 and E46 3 series and M3. Wonder what it is they love about the BMW brand.
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Re: How many?

Post by chunky79 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 1:52 pm

I've seen around 8 rs5's on the move. 4 have been by j1 m5 west brom, 2 white, 1 red, 1 black. There's a stunning blue one in Dudley that i see once a week too
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Re: How many?

Post by Mr V10 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:02 pm

Only 99 'plus' models came to the UK, I think on last count there were only 64 left in the country, and some say Audi didn't even build the full 999 which were allocated worldwide. It is an exclusive club indeed.

Adam - it isn't just chavs who chose E36/E46 Beemers, they are very very good cars. I love the BMW brand, and the E36/E46 are fantastic cars, bought by people who love driving perhaps? Go out and drive a BMW then an Audi and you will have the same revelation I did, I wasn't a BMW fan before I started to drive them. They are hard to beat.

The days when Audi were the discreet third choice after AMG/M are long gone, I see much more tailgaters and arseholes in Audis then I do BMWs. I don't like to stereotype, but I do.
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Re: How many?

Post by AdamM » Fri Feb 10, 2012 2:19 pm

Not saying the chavs only buy BMW's but when they do want to tart up a car they tend to upgrade to a BMW of some sort. E46 maybe a great car but i would rather have the keys to e B5 just for the exclusicvity and the fact people would not realise how quick it was.
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Re: How many?

Post by Mr V10 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:00 pm

I've been tempted to buy both an E46 M3 and B5 RS4 for the price of the plus, best of both worlds. How mad would that be!
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Re: How many?

Post by AdamM » Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:56 pm

How much is a good E46? 11k? Decent B5 is around the same price. Tough call but i would have the 4 rings.
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Re: How many?

Post by northernpar » Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:51 pm

Had mine for just over a month. Sepang blue with all the extras. Came from a 57 RS4 saloon (had it for 3+ years and best car owned so far) and not regretting a minute of it.

The fact that not many folks have them only adds to the appeal. Only seen a white one up here in Aberdeen but suspect there's a few others.

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Re: How many?

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:24 am

RSDave wrote:Is that 581 registered throughout the entire United Kingdom!? :boohoo:
that site trawls the DVLA license base so its UK, I think it only gets updated every couple of months
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