VERY GOOD B5 RS4 FOR £13k
Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:51 pm
All
I purchased this car in Feb 2008 as a short term stop gap as my R34 Skyline was in the body shop for repair (truck reversed into it). The RS4 was such a good all-rounder and practical car that I actually sold the R34 when it came back from the body shop and kept the RS4.
I paid £ 16,500 for her at the time and have carried out the following work during my ownership. This was done in our own workshops by my own mechanics - as I co-own Gumpert UK (Autograph Cars - formerly known as Racetech UK):
All new bushes and engine mounts,
Milltek down pipes with 200 cell cats,
Milltek resonated system (later removed as it was TOO LOUD and I am very fussy),
GIAC 450bhp remap (we are a dealer and it is very good software),
4 new Goodyear F1 tyres (only done 6K miles),
New MAF and Map sensor (2 months ago),
New spark plugs - Iridium (2 months ago),
Oil & filter changed ever 4K miles,
Gearbox oil and rear diff oil changed earlier this year,
Just had new ECU (faulty barometric pressure sensor in ECU),
+ other bits that I can't remember.
Images show headlamp washer covers missing – I have a new pair (painted) that will be fitted.
Car comes with full history:
DATE MILES DETAIL WORK DONE BY: COST
28/06/2001 0 First registered
24/12/2001 10,378 Service Addison Audi (Newcastle)
17/05/2002 21,010 Service Mill Audi (Sunderland)
17/10/2002 30,194 Service Mill Audi (Sunderland)
16/05/2003 40,287 Service & Cambelt Addison Audi (Newcastle)
21/11/2003 50,065 Service Newcastle Audi
14/06/2004 65,054 Service Wearside Audi
30/09/2005 Aerial, wiper blades Dovercourt Audi £51.85
05/10/2005 73,647 Service & Cambelt Fontain Audi (Bucks) £859.21
14/10/2005 4 new wheels (hard) Dovercourt Audi Warranty
15/10/2005 Wheel alignment Feltham Tyre Centre £54.00
20/10/2005 Wheel bearing Fontain Audi (Bucks) £46.79
25/01/2006 Viper dump valves AMD £544.15
25/01/2006 Lambda probe AMD £299.76
09/02/2006 Head gasket & Remap AMD £1,554.45
02/03/2006 i-Pod dock Auto Audio £129.13
09/03/2006 77,000 New oil cooler & Lambda APS £1,199.99
01/06/2006 VAG Dump Valves APS £143.02
26/07/2006 New clutch APS £706.58
11/10/2006 83,572 Service Fontain Audi (Bucks) £850.00
19/02/2007 86,121 Rear brakes & guide links APS £986.48
04/05/2007 Tyre Munster Tyres £156.57
18/02/2008 91,615 MOT S & B Autos (Bradford) £50.00
03/04/2008 93,100 Service, spark plugs Racetech UK £400.00
14/04/2008 New ECU Dyalinx Performance £332.53
Apr-08 GIAC, Milltek DP + CATS Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £2,000.00
Aug-08 96,000 Engine mounts, bushes Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £600.00
Feb-09 100,000 Service + MOT + 4 Tyres Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £800.00
Apr-09 104,000 Service Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £250.00
Jul-09 108,000 Big service + new clutch Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £1,200.00
Sep-09 110,000 New ECU (sensor failed) Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £450.00
£13,664.51
Add the servicing costs (not costed in the above) + other expenditure and this car has had well over £16,000 spent on it over the years + regular servicing by my own mechanics.
Mileage records show that on its’ 1st birthday it had covered 21,010 miles, 2nd birthday 40,287 miles, 3rd birthday 65,054 miles. This was all motorway mileage covered.
In year 4 the car only covered approx 5K miles (70K),
Year 5 covered approx 10K miles (80K),
In the next 2 ½ years (to Feb 2008) the car only covered approx 11K miles (91K),
In this time the car was owned by two different members of RS246.com
It was at this time that I bought the car. She had done 91,600 miles and I have driven the car as my mail daily driver since. She had now clocked up over 110K miles (that’s another 19K miles in 18 months).
The car has been driven as intended (and is therefore not quite a concourse car but is very clean) but has been serviced meticulously.
The car has just had a full OEM clutch fitted along with a new wheel bearing and service.
Suspension is standard and original (rear spring has snapped bottom coil – common fault) so a PSS9 or similar kit would tighten her up - same goes for ARB's.
Cam belt was last done at the end of 2005 (73,600 miles).
Interior is near mint technical cloth - even the drivers seat has no wear (see pics).
Bodywork is good but usual stone chipping (see pics) to front bumper and rear edge of front wings (again common).
So to recap. Good used car, will need a few jobs to make really tidy, Milltek down pipes and 200 cell cats, standard catback exhaust (quiet), car made 456.25bhp last month (using MAF reading calculation) and pulls like a train.
I am only selling the car as I have a new Nissan GTR in waiting as my new daily driver.
I will let the RS go for £13K which is a very fair price. No offers will be considered and I will not take a P/X so don’t even ask (I already have 8 cars!!).
There is no other car available today this side of £50K that can offer the all round usability, practicality and performance of a B5 RS4. I have owned S2 Avant, RS2, C6 RS6 Avant + various Porsches, Skylines, E39 M5, E30 M3 etc (most of them modified) and NOTHING ranks higher than the RS4 in my opinion.
Cheers
NICKH
BTW - don't worry I am not turning my back on Audi / VAG as I still have a Q7, 1.8T 20V Turbo Elise, 1.8T 20V Turbo Westfield XTR4, MK1 Golf VR6 Turbo and Audi engined Gumpert Apollo Sport.
I purchased this car in Feb 2008 as a short term stop gap as my R34 Skyline was in the body shop for repair (truck reversed into it). The RS4 was such a good all-rounder and practical car that I actually sold the R34 when it came back from the body shop and kept the RS4.
I paid £ 16,500 for her at the time and have carried out the following work during my ownership. This was done in our own workshops by my own mechanics - as I co-own Gumpert UK (Autograph Cars - formerly known as Racetech UK):
All new bushes and engine mounts,
Milltek down pipes with 200 cell cats,
Milltek resonated system (later removed as it was TOO LOUD and I am very fussy),
GIAC 450bhp remap (we are a dealer and it is very good software),
4 new Goodyear F1 tyres (only done 6K miles),
New MAF and Map sensor (2 months ago),
New spark plugs - Iridium (2 months ago),
Oil & filter changed ever 4K miles,
Gearbox oil and rear diff oil changed earlier this year,
Just had new ECU (faulty barometric pressure sensor in ECU),
+ other bits that I can't remember.
Images show headlamp washer covers missing – I have a new pair (painted) that will be fitted.
Car comes with full history:
DATE MILES DETAIL WORK DONE BY: COST
28/06/2001 0 First registered
24/12/2001 10,378 Service Addison Audi (Newcastle)
17/05/2002 21,010 Service Mill Audi (Sunderland)
17/10/2002 30,194 Service Mill Audi (Sunderland)
16/05/2003 40,287 Service & Cambelt Addison Audi (Newcastle)
21/11/2003 50,065 Service Newcastle Audi
14/06/2004 65,054 Service Wearside Audi
30/09/2005 Aerial, wiper blades Dovercourt Audi £51.85
05/10/2005 73,647 Service & Cambelt Fontain Audi (Bucks) £859.21
14/10/2005 4 new wheels (hard) Dovercourt Audi Warranty
15/10/2005 Wheel alignment Feltham Tyre Centre £54.00
20/10/2005 Wheel bearing Fontain Audi (Bucks) £46.79
25/01/2006 Viper dump valves AMD £544.15
25/01/2006 Lambda probe AMD £299.76
09/02/2006 Head gasket & Remap AMD £1,554.45
02/03/2006 i-Pod dock Auto Audio £129.13
09/03/2006 77,000 New oil cooler & Lambda APS £1,199.99
01/06/2006 VAG Dump Valves APS £143.02
26/07/2006 New clutch APS £706.58
11/10/2006 83,572 Service Fontain Audi (Bucks) £850.00
19/02/2007 86,121 Rear brakes & guide links APS £986.48
04/05/2007 Tyre Munster Tyres £156.57
18/02/2008 91,615 MOT S & B Autos (Bradford) £50.00
03/04/2008 93,100 Service, spark plugs Racetech UK £400.00
14/04/2008 New ECU Dyalinx Performance £332.53
Apr-08 GIAC, Milltek DP + CATS Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £2,000.00
Aug-08 96,000 Engine mounts, bushes Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £600.00
Feb-09 100,000 Service + MOT + 4 Tyres Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £800.00
Apr-09 104,000 Service Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £250.00
Jul-09 108,000 Big service + new clutch Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £1,200.00
Sep-09 110,000 New ECU (sensor failed) Gumpert UK Ltd (Burnley) £450.00
£13,664.51
Add the servicing costs (not costed in the above) + other expenditure and this car has had well over £16,000 spent on it over the years + regular servicing by my own mechanics.
Mileage records show that on its’ 1st birthday it had covered 21,010 miles, 2nd birthday 40,287 miles, 3rd birthday 65,054 miles. This was all motorway mileage covered.
In year 4 the car only covered approx 5K miles (70K),
Year 5 covered approx 10K miles (80K),
In the next 2 ½ years (to Feb 2008) the car only covered approx 11K miles (91K),
In this time the car was owned by two different members of RS246.com
It was at this time that I bought the car. She had done 91,600 miles and I have driven the car as my mail daily driver since. She had now clocked up over 110K miles (that’s another 19K miles in 18 months).
The car has been driven as intended (and is therefore not quite a concourse car but is very clean) but has been serviced meticulously.
The car has just had a full OEM clutch fitted along with a new wheel bearing and service.
Suspension is standard and original (rear spring has snapped bottom coil – common fault) so a PSS9 or similar kit would tighten her up - same goes for ARB's.
Cam belt was last done at the end of 2005 (73,600 miles).
Interior is near mint technical cloth - even the drivers seat has no wear (see pics).
Bodywork is good but usual stone chipping (see pics) to front bumper and rear edge of front wings (again common).
So to recap. Good used car, will need a few jobs to make really tidy, Milltek down pipes and 200 cell cats, standard catback exhaust (quiet), car made 456.25bhp last month (using MAF reading calculation) and pulls like a train.
I am only selling the car as I have a new Nissan GTR in waiting as my new daily driver.
I will let the RS go for £13K which is a very fair price. No offers will be considered and I will not take a P/X so don’t even ask (I already have 8 cars!!).
There is no other car available today this side of £50K that can offer the all round usability, practicality and performance of a B5 RS4. I have owned S2 Avant, RS2, C6 RS6 Avant + various Porsches, Skylines, E39 M5, E30 M3 etc (most of them modified) and NOTHING ranks higher than the RS4 in my opinion.
Cheers
NICKH
BTW - don't worry I am not turning my back on Audi / VAG as I still have a Q7, 1.8T 20V Turbo Elise, 1.8T 20V Turbo Westfield XTR4, MK1 Golf VR6 Turbo and Audi engined Gumpert Apollo Sport.
