I'm getting all excited . . .

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I'm getting all excited . . . it has now been built, and is awaiting shipping . . . yes, my RS4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just hope the damned boat don't sink!

So I might . . . just might have it for the 17th . . . .

Oh, I'm a happy bunny . . .

[Eshrules]

I'm getting all excited . . . it has now been built, and is awaiting shipping . . . yes, my RS4 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just hope the damned boat don't sink!

So I might . . . just might have it for the 17th . . . .

Oh, I'm a happy bunny . . .

i've currently got lookouts on the devon coast :D i'll be bagging myself a RS4 in no time :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

i've currently got lookouts on the devon coast :D i'll be bagging myself a RS4 in no time :D

You'll need big strong arms to haul that bu&&er up those stoney beaches!

Have you been eating your spinach, Popeye ? ;) :D

[Eshrules]

You'll need big strong arms to haul that bu&&er up those stoney beaches!

Have you been eating your spinach, Popeye ? ;) :D

and my banannas :D who says you need night vision goggles ;) :p

[LimEs]

Popeye? More like a swarm of cabbage picking pikey b'stards, like ants they are...lift more than their own weight.
I've just started the 10-12 week wait for a factory build meself.
If you order it...it will come...and the Lord said it would be good...very good.

[Eshrules]

i cant beleive there are some 'people' who moan about waiting 3 months for it.... ill be waiting a lifetime plus a few years more! :( :rant:

[RickT]

Good luck on the new purchase!!

not to long now!!

RicKT

[LimEs]

It really is one of those rare moments, stepping into your new car for the first time, the choosing, saving, waiting...having your number barred by the dealership because you won't stop calling them, all over and finished.
Poop! Poop!

Congratulations.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

and my banannas :D who says you need night vision goggles ;) :p

Ohhh - they'll not help you. I've givne them strict instructions that they can only sail the boat during daylight hours, on mill-pond calm waters, at a maximum Beaufort windscale force 1, and with a Royal Naval escort on the bow and stern, and on port and starboard.

Do you still think it'll make it OK? ;) :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Popeye? More like a swarm of cabbage picking pikey b'stards, like ants they are...lift more than their own weight.

PMSL :D


I've just started the 10-12 week wait for a factory build meself.
If you order it...it will come...and the Lord said it would be good...very good.

What wheels are you waiting for?

[ian]

:biglaugh: nahh sea's been bad lately mate.

alsorts have washed up on the beaches for ppl to claim items for them selves, bmw motor bikes and rs4's are common salvage :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Good luck on the new purchase!!

not to long now!!

Thanks, it's like all my xmases and b.days all at once - and I've bought quite a few brand new cars, but this really is giving me the butterflies!

Even my new S4 didn't get me quite like this! I suppose the S4 was only a stop-gap car, though I never told Mrs Tamer that! ;) I've actually longed for an RS4 for about 5 or 6 years, from seeing the B5 RS4s, but the estates don't really do it for me!

[RickT]

is the S4 the trade in then??

RicKT

[Teutonic_Tamer]

It really is one of those rare moments, stepping into your new car for the first time, the choosing, saving, waiting...

Aye, the painful bit is the paying, though!


having your number barred by the dealership because you won't stop calling them, all over and finished.

LOL, I don't actually hassle them, just gave them my exact spec, had a real good banter whilst thrashing out a good deal, and then just letting them get on with it.


Congratulations.

Well, can that bit actually wait 'till I get the hallowed keys in my grubby mits? ;) :D

[ian]

Aye, the painful bit is the paying, though!
once you get your new motor you will have forgot how much it cost.



Well, can that bit actually wait 'till I get the hallowed keys in my grubby mits? ;) :D

like a kid with a new toy, enjoy my friend, hope you get it by the 17th and bring it to the meet !!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

A Rs4 Umm Yer not bad i suppose.

Well, what's better then? An M3, hmm, no thanks, even my S4 can run rings around them. Or an M5 - with that awful SMG box, and only rear wheel drive, which can not get all the horses on the black stuff. What about an MB C55AMG - same probs as the Bimmers, can't get the power down. A porker 911, yes, lush, but only 2 useable seats, so no good.

I really don't think you could find another 4 door, 5 seater car which comes anywhere near the RS4. Even the new S6 isn't a match, the slush box is awful, and the handling is more suited to A-bahns, rather than twisties - oh, but the V10 is swear-wordly incredible! :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

:biglaugh: nahh sea's been bad lately mate.

alsorts have washed up on the beaches for ppl to claim items for them selves, bmw motor bikes and rs4's are common salvage :D

Sweet . . . :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

is the S4 the trade in then??

RicKT

Yeah, but I can sell it private beforehand, and the deal on the new car still stands.

Want it then???? One careful owner . . . . ;)

[Teutonic_Tamer]

once you get your new motor you will have forgot how much it cost.

Oh, I dunno, the big hole in the bank balance will keep reminding me :D


like a kid with a new toy, enjoy my friend, hope you get it by the 17th and bring it to the meet !!

A kid with grey hair . . . that's a new one! :D

It could be touch and go for the 17th, as it still hasn't made it onto the boat yet! Just depends how quick they PDI it.

[LimEs]

What wheels are you waiting for?

Golf Sport TSI 140, not quite the beast your picking up.
Bet you'll need your jaw re-wiring to remove the ear to ear smile stuck to your face.:D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

**** me i was only joking with you Sean.

;)

[MalcQV]

Hi hun if no four door comes close ;)
How do you fancy a run what you bring at santa pod with me, side by side up the 1/4 mile you in your RS 4 and me a little ol burd in our M5 you up for it??

Well TT? Fantastic Mrs B :p:p

[devonutopia]

I have my fake lighthouse on my house roof, ready to lure ships onto the rocks by the sea nearby. :D Will be keeping my eye out for a cargo box with an Audi stamp on it. :D

I'll race the M5! Sure, I'll probably cross the line a good 2.5 / 3 seconds later but I'll give it a smokey run for it's money. :D

[MalcQV]

Andy and the prevous owner( an old army buddy of his ) have done a lot of work to it, last time on the dyno and i may have got this wrong :Blush2: so don`t quote me but it was hitting 560bhp, he has run it at santa a few times now, what do you have?

Not ran this up in North Yorkshire (York Raceway) last year by any chance?

[MalcQV]

Lol why do you ask??
This?

[RickT]

Yeah, but I can sell it private beforehand, and the deal on the new car still stands.

Want it then???? One careful owner . . . . ;)

lol..... how much!!

RicKT

[devonutopia]

Mine (will be) roughly 300bhp, but a diesel and front wheel drive :(. If only the competition were to use the least amount of fuel doing the 1/4 mile. :D

[S2AVANT]

Mine (will be) roughly 300bhp, but a diesel and front wheel drive :(. If only the competition were to use the least amount of fuel doing the 1/4 mile. :D
I'd be on a push bike :beerchug:

[inertia]

wow im jealous, ide swap my wife for a new RS4 (as would most ppl on this forum i suspect ;) )

[ian]

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN :zx11:

LoL :biglaugh:

[ian]

How do you fancy a run what you bring at santa pod with me, side by side up the 1/4 mile you in your RS 4 and me a little ol burd in our M5 you up for it??


Andy, mate, looks like your lady has big plans for your cars !! :D

[MalcQV]

Err no, ours is a very high spec road going car.

Not even sure that it was an M5, could not even say for sure it had a BMW engine, but I can say in a straight line there was very little that could touch it that day :p

PS I believe the owner drove it to York Raceway.

[NicholasP]

I think there's no better car in that price range than the RS4. It's got everything, power, space, its comfortable, driveble in the city, great out in the country side, you can park it, its not overly flashy, its one of the quicket cars on the streets...

Its got a lot going for it really..and they sound BEAUTIFUL..

Apparently if you bought it in manual..you can also operate it in 'automatic'..Start car..put in 4th...and leave it in 4th..and its still QUICK

Now thats a powerful car...

[ian]

I don`t think so, im not in all this my dad is bigger that your dad crap.

how's that red audi of yours comming along ??

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Hi hun if no four door comes close ;)
How do you fancy a run what you bring at santa pod with me, side by side up the 1/4 mile you in your RS 4 and me a little ol burd in our M5 you up for it??

Sadly, no thanks. Anyone can get a car to go fast in a straight line! It's corners that interest me, and the 'pod doesn't seem to have many of them! ;)

If you want to take it to Donington, Pau, Le Mans (the full circuit!), or even the 'ring . . . . that carrot is dangling . . . :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I have my fake lighthouse on my house roof, ready to lure ships onto the rocks by the sea nearby. :D Will be keeping my eye out for a cargo box with an Audi stamp on it. :D

Old trick . . . :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

last time on the dyno and i may have got this wrong :Blush2: so don`t quote me but it was hitting 560bhp,

Sweet . . . until it rains. Getting that lot down through the rear end in the wet, in anything but a straight line (termed loosely ;) ), and the RS4, probably even my S4 will see you in my mirrors ! ;) :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

lol..... how much!!

RicKT

PM me if you (or anyone else) is interested. ;)

[Teutonic_Tamer]

wow im jealous, ide swap my wife for a new RS4 (as would most ppl on this forum i suspect ;) )


I wouldn`t

I think we know where you are coming from with that . . . ;) :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Hi hun if no four door comes close ;)
How do you fancy a run what you bring at santa pod with me, side by side up the 1/4 mile you in your RS 4 and me a little ol burd in our M5 you up for it??


NOT GOING TO HAPPEN :zx11:

Ahhh . . . marital bliss on display . . . . :D - now who really wears the trousers in the B8 household ??? :fing02:

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I think there's no better car in that price range than the RS4. It's got everything, power, space, its comfortable, driveble in the city, great out in the country side, you can park it, its not overly flashy, its one of the quicket cars on the streets...

Quite, that is why I bought it! ;)


Its got a lot going for it really..and they sound BEAUTIFUL..

Oh yusssss, especially when the "S" button is pressed :firedevil


Apparently if you bought it in manual..you can also operate it in 'automatic'..Start car..put in 4th...and leave it in 4th..and its still QUICK

Huh . . . they only do the RS4 in manual! I think what you are trying to say, is that you can use, or rely on the torque of the engine. My S4 is like that - find a clear bit of road, stick it in sixth gear, foot off the gas, let it crawl along, the speedo will drop to 20 mph merrily floating along on tickover without any driveline shunt - then press the gas pedal, and it will pull like a train all the way to an indicated 170 mph on the clock - nice! :D


Now thats a powerful car...

It's actually the torque that does that! ;) :nana:

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I Agree , Other than the high cost of ownership, as with all super saloons of today, the Rs4 has got to be one of the best all round cars money can buy.

But funnily enough, apart from the initial purchase price, it won't be any more expensive than my S4. ;)

Same insurance group, same fuel economy, same VED.

Servicing should be the same, boots might be a touch more expensive, but should last a touch longer due to the RS4 being lighter . . .

Anything else I've missed . . . ?

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Sorry fella ,was that your carrot is dangling well thats a new name for it :D

:D

Steady now, you might get :banned: ;)

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Sean have you ever done the ring?? i was based just a short trip from there a few years ago and manage to run it a couple of times in my old alpina bi ,if you haven`t and you get the chance take it ;)

No, never done the ring - YET. One day, just need to find some "sensible" peeps to go with. Don't really fancy tasting armco on my first visit!

New thread: VWAF ring trip ????

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I lot of what a car can or can not do is very much down to the driver,

Oh, I fully agree - but only up to a point. You cannot overcome the laws of physics (as all the owners manuals seem to quote next to the ESP sections). There is a clear and finite level of grip from any given tyre - channel that through two tyres, and the limit will be reached much earlier than with 4.

Even the Stig gets it wrong - remember the big off he had in the Koenigsegg, and few would be foolish enough to doubt his abilities.


yes the Rs 4 is a very capable car, and no one with any sense will dispute that.

:bigok:


And as for seeing me in your mirrors, i dont think i would still be close enough to you for you to still see me at all, wouildn`t be the same case in the dry though trust me ;)

Hmm, not sure on that.

On my last track day, amongst others, we had a fully race prepared M3, two standard M3s, 2 race preped Lotus Elises/Exiges, Caterhams, 4 or 5 Scoobs, 2 Evos, some Merc coupe with an AMG V8 under the bonnet, oh, and a new RS4. When it rained, the RS4 and my S4 were completely untouchable, and I took great joy in seeing the race M3 losing it on every bend. On a couple of the sessions, we actually agreed to take turns following each others lines, looking for grip, and power-on points. The M3 chap just couldn't match my traction, and would wave me through, and I would pick him off on the outside, on a very high speed hairpin, him loosing the back end, me driving hard round the outside . . .

Even when fully dry the M3 was no real match - OK, he would gain on me slightly down the straights, but high speed bends, he would lose on traction, and exiting low speed chicanes he worked so hard, he actually held me up! He had been a lifelong Bimmer fan, and had poured shed loads into his M3, but he agreed that the S4 quattro, in the right pair of hands, was untouchable in the wet.

At the end of the day, though, my S4 and RS4 are straight out of the box, with absolutely no modifications. I take it your M5 wouldn't be described in quite the same light! ;)

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Lol lisa in trousers you have got to be kidding :biglaugh:

OK - Lisa with NO trousers on then - I'm not fussy . . . :biglaugh: ;)

[ian]

No, never done the ring - YET. One day, just need to find some "sensible" peeps to go with. Don't really fancy tasting armco on my first visit!

New thread: VWAF ring trip ????

what is this 'ring' thing your on about ??

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Oh Hell yes brakes how much to replace ;)

Well my S4 eats brakes for breakfast, which is why I specced the ceramics. Supposed to last about 5 times as long!

Proof of the pudding and all that . . . .

[NicholasP]

what is this 'ring' thing your on about ??

I assume they're talking about the Nuremberg ring...also known as the Green Monster!

That's the only ring i know..

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I hope your car is quicker that your puter, im off to work now :(
Later

:D Steam powered dial-up . . . ;)

[ian]

:D Steam powered dial-up . . . ;)

whats that you say, your using a sinclare zx81 ??

[Teutonic_Tamer]

what is this 'ring' thing your on about ??

The Nordschleife part of the Nurburgring - the 13 mile killer circuit that was banned from F1
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/
http://www.nurburgring.org.uk/ringers-faq.html
http://www.nuerburgring.de/
http://www.nurburgring.de/?lang=eng
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/olivier.jacquet/index%20E.htm

Should keep you busy for a while . . . ;) :D

[Teutonic_Tamer]

I assume they're talking about the Nuremberg ring...also known as the Green Monster!

That's the only ring i know..

Close, but no cigar!

[ian]

No, never done the ring - YET. One day, just need to find some "sensible" peeps to go with. Don't really fancy tasting armco on my first visit!

obviously depends on when and how much but i'd be game for that, just as long as i dont break any bones before hand LoL :biglaugh:

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Update:

Its on the boat - now then you lot, no shooting those big bulbs in them there lighthouses, as I was unable to find any RS4 sized water wings! :D

[madfella65]

Sean :notworthy - cant wait to see pics of your new motor :beerchug: (even with your steam powered dial up we want loads of pics, inside & out and one of those brand new ceramics! Sweet!:approve: A mate of mine had one for a few months - had everything except sat nav (elec bucket seats, glove box cooler etc) what a car, man it could lift its skirt and dance!!!! This is a pic of the one he had -it stood out from the crowd!:biglaugh:

[Eshrules]

Sean :notworthy - cant wait to see pics of your new motor :beerchug: (even with your steam powered dial up we want loads of pics, inside & out and one of those brand new ceramics! Sweet!:approve: A mate of mine had one for a few months - had everything except sat nav (elec bucket seats, glove box cooler etc) what a car, man it could lift its skirt and dance!!!! This is a pic of the one he had -it stood out from the crowd!:biglaugh:

why'd he only have it for a few months ? :(

[madfella65]

he's a main dealer - sold it on!

[Eshrules]

he's a main dealer - sold it on!

hold on... your friends a main dealer..... :D hello :D just how far up the food chain is he? could he swindle 'friends only' discounts? perhaps the members of this forum could be his friends? :D LOL