Re: 2017 S6 Avant - On Order
Perhaps not Vegas, but I am in Corby tonight and Haydock tomorrow.....;)
Interesting, an A6 decided to park right next to the S6 in an otherwise empty hotel car park!
Re: 2017 S6 Avant - On Order
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wildbore
My understanding was that the S-tronic is pretty well sorted, now. I also note that the new Continental GT is fitted with a twin-clutch box, rather than the ZF that is currently fitted throughout the Bentley range, so VW group have clearly got a lot of confidence in the box - and, it appears, they have overcome the torque issue that led Audi to fit the ZF in the RS6 (the new Continental packs a hefty 900Nm).
Duh! I don't know why I didn't think of it when I wrote this - it turns out that the new Continental has the Porsche PDK 'box, which is easily up to the job of a 650bhp+ engine. I was guessing -wrongly - that VAG had beefed up the S-tronic.
Re: 2017 S6 Avant - On Order
[QUOTE=NewAudi;Interesting, an A6 decided to park right next to the S6 in an otherwise empty hotel car park![/QUOTE]
Probably hoping that some of the "life force" from the S6 would rub off on it.
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ukgroucho
Probably hoping that some of the "life force" from the S6 would rub off on it.
Most likely thinking if a car was gonna get stolen/vandalised it would be the s6 and not the standard A6 😄
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ukgroucho
Probably hoping that some of the "life force" from the S6 would rub off on it.
Good point!
Saying that, nothing has yet happened so all good and hanky dory.
Funny thing happened today as I pulled into the car park at a customer. One of the ladies, who I dont deal with, started talking to me re the S6, loving the color etc. she said she’s a real petrol head and knew all about the S6 ;) at another customer, the MD drives an RS6....he still looked as I got back into mine (his is a normal dark blue metallic) :p
Re: 2017 S6 Avant - On Order
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ukgroucho
Camero looks very "angry".. but I do like them (more so than the Ford Mustang).
I was in Las Vegas last week too.. could have met up for a cold one if we'd known.
Seema?
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JonathanK
Seema?
Nah a Sales Kickoff at the MGM Grand.
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ukgroucho
Nah a Sales Kickoff at the MGM Grand.
Ha, I was across the road in the Tropicana. Purely leisure though. Got married there
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JonathanK
Ha, I was across the road in the Tropicana. Purely leisure though. Got married there
Congratulations!
Re: 2017 S6 Avant - On Order
Since I got my S6 in March I have now done just under 11k mls and it continues to impress me. Fuel consumption is nowhere near as bad as one would think and its extremely refined and smooth, or a beast if one wants to. Best mpg so far has been 35mpg on a nice and easy run from UK back to Cologne. Worst? Hehe....dont mention it!
The 4-cylinder mode works even at 115mph!
However, one weird issue is that its currently with my dealer to replace the rear screen as the heater elements have given up! A very rare issue indeed! Replacement? A Q2 1.6 Tdi with 116bhp.....no oomph at all and the manual gearbox is a notchy, clunk-clunk things! Hate it! Cant wait to get my own back!