My Sprint Blue 2010 S4

[Necroscope]

Way back in November i finally took the plung and ordered my S4. Two weeks later the Boxster was sold for 1.5K more than the trade in, and the long wait began.







From this point it was a race to find a nice old motor to run until delivery in March. It was a harder job than i expected and i ended up paying over the odds for a little red fiesta. I blame the scrapage scheme..........far too many nice little cars getting squished IMO.







Two weeks into Fiesta ownership and i needed to replace the rear shock as it was just dangerous. However when the snow came, i was that glad the boxster had gone as the fezza just kept going and going.



Anyway mid Feb i get the call that my car is in and that we are on for a 1st March collection.



My car is a very simple spec S4:



Sprint Blue

RS4 Alloys

Heated Sports Seats

B&O

Bluetooth

Rear Park

Drive Select with Damper Control























I have to admit that i would have loved the Sat-nav, folding mirrors, advance park and the full ADS, but the budget on went so far



Have to admit that i love the car to bits. The photos dont do the colour justice, they have made it look very pastle when in reality its a lovely deep colour. I think its my fault for trying to take some shots in full sun light.



Here is what i think so far:



Dont get sprint blue if you will be leaving it on 18" wheels, it needs 19" to balance the colour.



The nappa seats are expensive, but worth every penny, and dont forget the heaters as they are damn cold in the mornings.



The B&O in the A4 is sublime, the quality is fantastic whatever you are listening too.



The ride of the car is very compliant, firm but not crashy. If i am honest i struggle to notice the difference between dynamic and comfort, but maybe she just needs to bed in a bit more.



The xenon lights are blo*dy fasntastic, i recon i could land an airplane with these babies. I love the home lights how they come on with the fog lights. If it was illegal i would drive around with that combo at all times.



29mpg, yer right. I know the engine is tight but even with being careful i am looking at a more realistic 24mpg at best. I dont really care though TBH as i thought she would need super unleaded, so 95 ron is a nice offset saving. Does anyone run their car on 97 or 98 ron fuel? Can you tell any difference?

Erm i think thats about it. I can highly recomend Stratford Audi if anyone is looking to buy.

Thanks for looking.

[Pete.S]

Gleaming! Looks fantastic mate.

Re petrol - yes I was surprised that the maximum they recommend is 95 and that's all I'll be using. I ran my B6 on 95 to almost 200k miles with no engine issues whatsoever and they recommended super on that.

You don't really notice the ride difference between comfort & dynamic until you start pushing on, but most noticeably on the motorway, so try the different settings next time you're on one

[Necroscope]

Pete, whats the set up on your head lamp wash? On my A3 the headlamps didnt get cleaned unless you held the washer for a few seconds. From what i understand these babies go off every fifth spray, which makes a right mess of the front, LOL.

[Pete.S]

I don't know about every 5th spray but I do know that if you've got driving lights set to on, the first time you spray your windscreen the head lamp ones fire too - as you say, just after washing the car, making a right mess!

[tartan_rob]

Headlight washers going off...? Doesn;t that mank up your roof and side windows as well? I know is p1sses me off no end.

As for frequency, when the lights are on the headlight should activate every time your windscreen washers do. If your windscreen is skanky, your headlights will be too...

[HYFR]

on the B7, if you bring the stalk towards you for 0.5 sec and just get a squirt of water on the windscreen then the headlamp washers dont go off....you can then repeat until necessary

[chunky79]

Lovely looking motor. I'm getting to like the B8 more and more now.
I agree that the wheels need to be bigger though

Dunc

[Sims]

Lovely looking motor.

Absolutely.