Road test

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Road test

Post by hunter » Sat Nov 23, 2013 5:44 pm

Hi guys well it's road test time today :jump:

So we arrived at Aberdeen Audi today at lunch to get the order in and pick up the demo, so the final spec was almost the same as I had pre chosen so here it is

Milano red
Sport pack with v spokes
Pano roof
Leather/alcantara seats
Heated seats
High connect
B&O audio
Hill hold assist
Privacy glass

As you can see I haven't gone wild and to say I am a happy guy is a understatement, colour was the problem as I simply could not choose, but upon getting to the dealership theirs is red with the pano roof,standard optics and v spokes...........I was instantly sold on the colour choice :biggrin3:

So the road test had two functions today , see how I get on with the gearbox and how the new pram fits in the boot. So pram Shop was up in Fraserburgh and happy to say that there is actually more room in the boot of the RS4 than the SQ5 we have so it fits in with room to spare . Now Graeme had told us that the previous guy who drove it "booted" it so the gearbox had adapted to that style driving, now after a while it retuned to our day to day driving and was very pleasant to use.

But you guys never mentioned anything about how addictive that induction noise is mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm , So during today that's over 100 miles covered with a variety of driving styles and it averaged 24.1 mpg :bowdown: , that's the same that our old B8 S4 was doing but I know cars like this aren't designed with fuel economy in mind . I do miss the in gear torque that the SQ5 has in spades, but once accustomed to the box dropping a cog or two is kinda forgotten about.

So car goes back tomorrow lunchtime and we have a build slot of week 3 next year

Hope I haven't dribbled on too much guys, but I honestly never thought this day would come

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Re: Road test

Post by P1 Dave » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:17 pm

Yes the car is very addictive... I am glad you sound like you have had a good and successful day!!
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Re: Road test

Post by hlbeckley » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:07 pm

Any pics? The do look awesome in red

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Re: Road test

Post by hunter » Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:07 am

I am going to give it a wash this morning before taking it back just to see how bright the paint actually is . The test car doesn't have the sports exhaust so I am just wondering how much louder it is over stock , god this is going to be a long wait but well worth it

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Re: Road test

Post by Graeme4130 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:06 am

hunter wrote:I am going to give it a wash this morning before taking it back just to see how bright the paint actually is . The test car doesn't have the sports exhaust so I am just wondering how much louder it is over stock , god this is going to be a long wait but well worth it
Take some pics before you give it back.
I've been wondering why there isn't more red RS4's, it was always going to be my second choice colour and I think it suits it very well
I have the sports exhaust on mine, it's not much louder, but gives a slightly better 'rasp' to the sound and a better lower down noise
On comfort, then it's pretty stealth and not dissimilar to the standard system
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Re: Road test

Post by Silverfox42 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:22 am

I have been told on many occasions by stealers that Red is considered undesirable (i.e. 'worth less') than most other colours. Fontain for example simply refused to give me a trade-in price on my Red S4 Avant in 2008. I think an RS4 B8 in red looks awesome - there was one in Scotland on the Audi used network a little while ago - and 'I would'. Just need a bit more money first!
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Re: Road test

Post by doodlebug » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:49 am

Agree, Misano can look good but is a resale pain.

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Re: Road test

Post by Brooner » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:40 pm

The red will be a rarer colour quite a few sepang blue ones floating around the city now if the RS4 looks as good as the RS6 in red and black optics i'll be jelous
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Re: Road test

Post by HYFR » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:02 pm

Brooner wrote:The red will be a rarer colour quite a few sepang blue ones floating around the city now if the RS4 looks as good as the RS6 in red and black optics i'll be jelous
it does

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Re: Road test

Post by Brooner » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:07 pm

Dam!
2018 B9 RS4 Navarra Blue
2013 B8 RS4 Sepang Blue
2007 B7 RS4 Avant Sprint Blue
2001 B5 RS4 Nogaro Blue
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1993 B4 S2 Avant laser Red

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Re: Road test

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Re: Road test

Post by Brooner » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:15 pm

Just needs carbon mirrors to complete the look
but fecking nice
2018 B9 RS4 Navarra Blue
2013 B8 RS4 Sepang Blue
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1998 B5 S4 Avant Kingfisher Blue
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Re: Road test

Post by Graeme4130 » Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:33 pm

Red didn't suit the B7 IMHO, which is why resale is hard
However, the B8 has so,e very pretty lines, so the red, a colour why shows the lines, is much better suited
Red with grey VSpokes as per Dave's pics is a lovely car indeed
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Gone - 11/06 B7 RS4 Avant - black/black (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 05/13 B8 RS4 Avant - Suzuka grey (Daily drive & kids taxi)
Gone - 01/14 B8 RS5 Coupe - Short term car
Gone - 09/14 B8 RS4 Avant - Misano Red/Ceramics (Daily drive & kids taxi)

Current - 04/18 B9 Rs4 Nardo Grey
ZX10R Race bike - 210bhp and a few skid marks on the seat ;)

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Re: Road test

Post by hunter » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:21 pm

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Well guys here is a few pics of the demo RS4 we had, decided to give it a quick snow foam and meguiars before taking it back just to see how the red popped when it's shiny, and I am glad we went with misano but opted to keep the standard optics as I think the brushed aluminium really suits the colour

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