Bye Bye M3 - Hello A6 Oil Burner

[Joshie]

Thats right - your eyes dont decieve you!

I recently sold my Bling mobile and I must admit to feeling a little sad seeing her go.

Despite all the negativity attracted by the car for being too bling and flashy it proved itself to be a real drivers car and I had loads of fun in it as some of you will appreciate at Le mans earlier this year.

But honestly it never inspired the same sort of passion I exprerienced with the S4 and thats the God's honest truth. In addition I only covered about 6500 miles since last September so it was very hard to justify the cost to my good lady. £500 for a new set of tyres, £1000+ for insurance, Petrol and Finance makes is a fair chunk each month before you even start to get into depreciation which I am sorry to say was significant.

At the moment I am planning to get myself a track day only car and a trailer in the future and I'll keep you updated when I have something to report.

Now to change that avatar

[DaveP]

Long time no hear matey, hope things are well....

Was indeed fun at LeMans....at least you got chance to see what they are capable of...something which I don't think the majority of M3 drivers can say !

At least you're no longer the 'king of bling' !

[zorroRs4]

way to go mate,
keep us posted and good luck.

[Joshie]

At least you're no longer the 'king of bling' !

Don't know if thats such a good thing - I was getting used to the "handle"

Everything else is fine - just been really busy over the last few months hence not as much involvement as I'd have liked on here

[Riz_RS4]

Oh dear

Riz

[toasty]

I've been in diesel land for a while now, I know what you mean about the S4 mate, not much is quite so much fun, and mine was standard!! (obviously yours wasn't!!)

Been looking at a few fun cars for the weekend myself, was near to buying a 7 the other week, but I can be so indecisive sometimes. Trackday car would be fun though.

[Joshie]

Think its the way to go Dan - a family car and a stripped out road-illegal monster for the track and of course a trailer. Oh yes

[DavidT]

I had loads of fun in it as some of you will appreciate at Le mans earlier this year.

Certainly do, great fun in a way no Audi ever could be.

At the moment I am planning to get myself a track day only car and a trailer in the future and I'll keep you updated when I have something to report.

What is the lastest on this ? So many options for sensible money.


I can't say I blame you for letting the car go. Pretty much everything fast costing that amount to buy is an expensive luxury and if the fun can be had elsewhere at a fraction of the cost then it's a no-brainer.

[Joshie]

Well as yet I'm managing to save quite a bit - seen a couple of Skylines on ebay with c500Hp which go me thinking and I thought a Lotus Elise may be good fun but haven't decided yet. Also seen a couple of RS4 going through British Car Auctions but I don't know how much they fetched but haven't they held their value well over the years?

And then there's the RS4 due in the not too distant future!!

I think I got rid of the M3 at the right time - there are so many on the market at the moment end even the BWM used retail prices have slumped.

[DavidT]

How much are you thinking for the track car Ian? if you don't mind me asking that is.

[DavidT]

but haven't they held their value well over the years?

Yes, limited supply and very practical for the performance they offer. I'm sure an owner will be along in a minute with more details

I expect the RS4 will be the last limited supply Audi RS.

[Joshie]

Well low mileage lotus Elise's are going on ebay for about £13K but I'll probably wait a while as winters fast approaching.

Still tempted to get into a used RS4 too!