Anyone else think the engine is a little flat?

[Terminator_X]

Sports exhaust takes a few thousand km's to bed in and sound good imho. After market may be the only route to really great sound though.

TX.

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[marc1]

Seriously though I currently have a C7 RS6 which has a wonderful engine, but I actually like the noise and delivery of the V6 in the RS4. But then I don't like shouty exhausts.

Why would you want to change from your C7 RS6, what an amazing car. The only thing I would worry about, if I had one, was if it fit in my garage, and if not of course I would extend it.
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The RS6 is big, but the best car I have ever owned. RS4 more practical as a daily for me - less in your face and smaller. I wanted a B8 when I bough the 6 but despite the comment above I found it lacking in all areas, the B9 is a much better car - even on Sundays - for me anyway. So went 6 last time but 3 years on time for a change and no new 6 available.

I was never enamoured with previous versions of the RS6, none of which drove anywhere near as well as the current version.
For me B7 and B9 best RS4s
C7 best RS6.
But each to their own.

^ you missed the B5 from that statement...

[Markp]

Why would you want to change from your C7 RS6, what an amazing car. The only thing I would worry about, if I had one, was if it fit in my garage, and if not of course I would extend it.
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The RS6 is big, but the best car I have ever owned. RS4 more practical as a daily for me - less in your face and smaller. I wanted a B8 when I bough the 6 but despite the comment above I found it lacking in all areas, the B9 is a much better car - even on Sundays - for me anyway. So went 6 last time but 3 years on time for a change and no new 6 available.

I was never enamoured with previous versions of the RS6, none of which drove anywhere near as well as the current version.
For me B7 and B9 best RS4s
C7 best RS6.
But each to their own.

^ you missed the B5 from that statement...

My experience of B5 was chocolate wheels (it needed 5 replacements in 18 months) and the gearbox seizing at speed in the outside lane of the M5 nearly killing my brother-in-law. Car was only 2 years old. Not fond memories so a bit biased.

[marc1]

That’s not good then. Yes wheels renowned for that and still even happens on some modern RS Audi’s!

[Joedesi]

Apologies for not replying earlier - somehow managed to lock my self out of my account

So - the plot thickens...

My wife and I went to test drive a C63 estate. Its engine/drivetrain are the star of the show here. Fantastic power delivery, smooth and of course sounds wonderful. But....I felt the ride was a little too stiff for daily driving. I wouldnt say it was uncomfortable - perhaps the word "raw" describes the experience better.

Felt it would be great to have a coupe for my personal use but a little too much as the daily family transport - this is where the Rs4 excels.

I then also rang coast2coast to see what deals they had and specced up a few cars (medium to high spec) - the results were quite surprising:

RS4 - 67118 (£1500 off)

SQ7 68715 (£11K off)

RS6 70072 (£11K off)

C63s 61000 (£10.5 K off)

Booked in a test drive for the sq7 for tomorrow !

[AndyL]

4.5k of an rs4 at drive the deal last time i looked

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[Joedesi]

4.5k of an rs4 at drive the deal last time i looked

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Thats a lot better than I was quoted - good to know Thanks.

I like the RS4 more and more but I think for me I will wait 12-15 month once the initial depreciation has done its magic or once audi start offering a decent chunk off new.

Whats the best discount people have managed to negotiate I wonder?

[rjwojcik]

Apologies for not replying earlier - somehow managed to lock my self out of my account

So - the plot thickens...

My wife and I went to test drive a C63 estate. Its engine/drivetrain are the star of the show here. Fantastic power delivery, smooth and of course sounds wonderful. But....I felt the ride was a little too stiff for daily driving. I wouldnt say it was uncomfortable - perhaps the word "raw" describes the experience better.

Felt it would be great to have a coupe for my personal use but a little too much as the daily family transport - this is where the Rs4 excels.

I then also rang coast2coast to see what deals they had and specced up a few cars (medium to high spec) - the results were quite surprising:

RS4 - 67118 (£1500 off)

SQ7 68715 (£11K off)

RS6 70072 (£11K off)

C63s 61000 (£10.5 K off)

Booked in a test drive for the sq7 for tomorrow !

So it's cheaper to buy a RS6 or SQ7?

[Markp]

Semi-decent specification RS6 is 75K even with discount - if you still can get one to your spec (I think books are closed now).

[dougle_turbo]

Does it need to be an estate? What about the new M5? That is sort of minimum spec RS4 money.

I hear what you're saying. I found the engine a let down on the noise and delivery front. It has noticeable lag and then when it gets going runs out of revs too soon. The ZF is a downgrade too.

Saying all that lots of people buy the RS4 as a capable daily to do the 2.4 children, dog, bike, boring commute, pop to the shops thing with the occasional Sunday morning blast. It has got better at all of the mon-sat stuff and much worse on a Sunday.

The money is the final thing. It needs to.come down 10%. It's not worth 20k+ over an S4! It has less improvements over the S4 than ever in its history. You could buy a BiTdi A6 mon-sat car and a decent used Cayman or something like that for sunday for the same money.

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Biased opinion!