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GramCracker posted:I went to Vermont this past weekend to go skiing. I found a dirt road and may or may not have pretended to be Walter Rohrl What's up, sweet-as-hell Audi Avant buddy. Picking up my S6 Avant tomorrow and am excited to say the least. Tempted to post one of the dealer pics in here, though it might be good to have the car in my possession first. OneSizeFitsAll fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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A few shots of my 2012 S6 Avant, picked up Thursday. It's a gloomy day, I used my phone and I'm a poo poo photographer, so sorry the pics aren't better. Note: the flashy number plate is not mine, and will be going back to the dealership within the week to be replaced by a normal one.    
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Jealous Cow posted:Is this the one Hammond tested on Top Gear a few years back in that Swiss ski village? Did you get the ceramic brake option? Though an avid Top Gear viewer I can't remember that segment, however they only started producing the new (i.e. C7) version of the S6 last year, so I'd say no. Didn't get the car brand new (has 3,000 miles on it), so couldn't choose options. It belonged to the owner of the dealership I bought it from though, so it is extremely well-specced. Ceramic brakes it doesn't have, however.
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Jealous Cow posted:It was actually the RS6 I was thinking of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwnto05elCE My S6 has equivalent performance to that outgoing RS6. Makes you wonder what a total beast the new RS6 will be.
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DropShadow posted:Well, that's gorgeous. Congrats. I can't tell if it's black, or moonlight blue or something else. Thanks - I'm loving it profoundly so far. A shame you don't get them in America. At this point for me, with a young child, a dog and probably another one of each to come before long, I can't think of a more perfect car to safely transport them around while sating the petrolheaded, technology-loving side of me. As for colour, apparently it's "phantom black with pearl effect".
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Smart Alfa. The proportions look spot on in that photo.
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The Big Jesus posted:Grill is way too small imo Do you work for BMW?
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As people are posting sports cars, I feel emboldened to share my own piece of folly, which I collected a couple of weeks ago. I have dreamed of owning the now old shape Aston ever since the DB9 was released. After a torrid but fruitful few years with work I have rewarded myself with a weekend/non-family car. I've missed driving with the roof down since parting with my MX-5 (Miata) 15 or so years ago, so I had to get a roadster. It's a car for driving, not going from A to B, so I wanted a manual. And who needs the pointless rear "seats" of the DB9, plus again, it's a weekend fun car, so instead of that model, but equally beautiful (in my eyes anyway), I am now the extremely happy owner of a 2009 manual V8 Vantage Roadster. I am in total love with it.  
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Bape Culture posted:Much prettier than the current crop. Agreed. quote:Congrats and also; do a burnout. Thank you! No burnouts are planned, though.
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Sir Sidney Poitier posted:
That is so cute. Does he do it all the time now he's figured it out?
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the spyder posted:This is awesome. I'm really curious to hear your experience. I've many a time considered selling my hoard of cars and downsizing to just two nice cars. One being a DB9 and the other a Porsche. Happy to comment on anything you're curious about. Caveat of course being I've only had it 2 and a half weeks.
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KakerMix posted:Volvo wagon. Great pics, great car. Colour really suits it too. My family had a Volvo estate when I was young, back when they were super boxy and nowhere near as good looking as they are now. But that was red and it suited it too. Modern European estates are such brilliant cars.
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S6 Avant just back from the body shop for some repairs to the front bumper and grille. 
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Theophany posted:Audi really nailed it with the C7. Yeah, I like the exterior and interior more than the C8. I've it about 10 years now and, notwithstanding a couple of issues (biggest one being the turbos going and having to fight with Audi about the ((enormous)) replacement cost), it's been an absolutely fabulous family car.
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 I posted a pic of my V8 Vantage late last year shortly after I got it. It spent most of the ensuing few months in my garage on a trickle charger, but now the weather is getting nice it's seeing a lot of use. I've made a couple of changes to it: I've had the number plate moved down so the top is now flush with the bottom of the grille and doesn't cover any of it. Really improves the look of the front in my view. I also found a great company who upgraded the frankly inadequate basic 160w audio to the 700w factory premium version. A fantastic upgrade and it really sounds fabulous now. The extra power is particularly welcome when the roof is down. They also upgraded the satnav screen to HD and gave me the ability to circumvent the stone-age OEM Volvo satnav and use Carplay/Auto via the screen instead. They even secreted the little control joystick for it in the ashtray, and put a discreet microphone for Google voice commands at the top of the instrument binnacle. Both upgrades completed the car for me. I can't think of anything else I want to do to it, except maybe change the tyres to Pilot Sport 4S's when the time comes to replace them. Some people swear by the twin plate clutch modification, but I quite like the heavy standard one. Will see about that one. It's only been a few months but the excitement of owning and driving it has not diminished one iota. Absolutely love the hell out of it. Space Camp fuckup posted:I've been trying to get a GR86 for months, finally found one without an insane markup. I had to go to Show Low, a little town about 180 miles from Phoenix. The drive home coming down from the Mogollon Rim was intoxicating. I love this car. I hear they fixed the torque dip from the previous car for the GR86, which was pretty much its only flaw. It sounds like even more of a perfect, no-nonsense sports car than before. Would love to have a go in one. Hadlock posted:Backed my car onto the beach just far enough to get a photo, with no plan if I got stuck. Did not get stuck. Did get the photo. I love this.
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:I just replaced the garbage tires the PO had on my Alfa w/Pilot Sport 4s and holy gently caress what a difference good tires make. Nice. I hear nothing but good things about them.
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May 27, 2022 15:43
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Woolwich Bagnet posted:hey're just so much fun to drive with the top down when it's nice out, and you feel like you're moving a lot faster than you are so you don't need to go 100 Hell yeah. It's a beautiful experience - makes routine drives 100 times more pleasurable. I especially like it on a warm evening when there's no direct sunlight and a perfect mix of warmth and a slight cool breeze. Magical. Had an MX-5 years back and have missed the roof down thing ever since. Added bonus with the roof down in the Aston is you get to hear the addictive roar of its V8 all the better.
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I guess I'm a dinosaur as I still use CDs in my cars. If I were to hook up a device for music I'd definitely connect wired so as to avoid Bluetooth compression.
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 Just bought a 2017 2.0 Boxster as an employee incentive thingy - going to rota it out to staff at my company. Drove it back 130-odd miles yesterday from Bristol to Hertfordshire. Used Waze so I could could get off the motorway for the last leg of the journery, stick the roof down and drive some A and B-roads. Going to refurb the wheels and get the windscreen sorted before unveiling it to the team, so it's currently sat in my drive. Some thoughts (with comparisons to my V8 Vantage): I'm not generally a Porsche fan. I respect the absolute hell out of them from an engineering and quality perspective, but outside of the 959 poster I had on my wall as a kid (alongside a Countach and F40) I've never found them desirable. They are very, very good cars in general, but also a dime a dozen and I've never found the 911 to be good looking. I do rather like the appearance of the 718 - much more so than the older Boxster. I quite like the blue of this one, too. Comparing it to my 2009 V8 Vantage though, the Aston wins handily. Then again, I think it and the DB9 are some of the very best looking cars of all time. Also, to be fair, it's rather more money to buy new (though it was only 10k more than this Boxster used thanks to the relative ages). I like how easy the Porsche is to drive. Everything in the cabin is simple and intuitive to operate. The roof comes down and goes up noticably quicker than the Aston. The V8 Vantage is reasonably agile and no slouch at all in the corners but the 718 definitely feels lighter and sharper. The chassis is incredible, and from my brief experience (and albeit I'm no elite driver) deserves all the plaudits it has received. This comparison is with traction control on for both cars, for what that's worth. The engine, though. Not so pleased about that. We deliberately went with the 2.0 versus the 2.5 as we felt it would be easier to insure on a fleet, no named drivers basis, and would be enough power for our employees, many of who are quite young. But it feels a bit sluggish, even when taking into account the turbo lag. It's not slow, but I couldn't help feeling there's not quite enough power, and the sound is kind of grindy. Maybe I'm being harsher than I would be, coming out of the naturally aspirated, sweet as gently caress sounding Aston which also has more BHP and torque, but I expected even an entry-level engine on a Porsche to be better than this. A shame, but I'm hoping it should still be enough to put a smile on the faces of my staff, plus as I mentioned, everything else - looks, ease of use, handling etc are great. Looking forward to driving it a bit more. OneSizeFitsAll fucked around with this message at 14:45 on Aug 16, 2022 |
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Voltage posted:And no the BRZ doesn't count because it has the worst engine ever put in to a sports car of all time, world record, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. I hear the new one has a better engine with the torque dip removed, FWIW. quote:Anyways here's my 90's car with perfect road feel from tonight, did a ton of donuts in that wet parking lot immediately after I took this photo: Ah, so nice. Brings back a lot of memories whenever I see a Mk1 MX-5. I drove a 1.8 in British Racing Green for the best part of a decade - that car could tell some stories (or could if my brother hadn't written it off after I gave it to him). Simple, brilliant fun. And pop-up headlights. Does look good in red; and I like the rain glistening on it in your pic.
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BlackMK4 posted:ya, idk about the torque dip being removed I'm mainly going off the Throttle House guys. They seemed to think it was a noticeable improvement in their review.
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joat mon posted:Blue car glamour shot: Gorgeous.
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Off the trickle charger and out of hibernation this week! Bonus background Audi daily driver.
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^^Nice car! The snow adds to the picture, too. Curious what tyres it runs and if you switch for winter? Speaking of AMGs in car parks... I finally replaced my S6 Avant, after almost 12 years of ownership. It's been a great family car for that time (when it hasn't been playing up), but time was definitely due for a change, not least after it got smashed into in another car park a couple of years ago; it wasn't the same afterwards and I lost confidence in it. I've been lusting after the E63S for about 5 years, saw a good one on Autotrader and pulled the trigger. It was a bit newer and thus costly than I wanted, but was the right colour etc, they don't come up too often, and it was just time. The newness meant the engine still wasn't broken in, so I had to be very patient and not kick down for 600 miles after delivery. I reached 1000 miles a week ago and... putting one's foot down in sport+ is mildly terrifying. The S6 was fast, but this is another level. It's also much sharper in terms of handling than the Audi, though the flipside is the ride is less cosseting, even in comfort. Not enough to be a problem, though. The tech upgrades over the 12 y/o Audi are nice (though the guy who originally specced the Audi put basically everything on it and I will slightly miss soft close doors and heated wheel), and the boot is even bigger on the Merc, which is useful with two kids (one of whom is a harpist), dog etc. Basically I love this crazy loving thing, even if it's basically too powerful to enjoy properly on the road without being very careful with regard to, like, the law and stuff. 
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DoesNotCompute posted:Thank you, and I run Kumho Wintercraft WP72's in the winter, got a set a few years back on the B9 A4 this replaced and honestly they're 80% of a blizzak in the snow for half the price, plus they're one of the quietest winters I've ever used on dry asphalt. Mercedes quoted me $2,400 CAD for Continental winters for this and the Kumho's were $990. Running winter tires here is borderline required, to the point where it will reduce your insurance premium and in some provinces is a legal requirement from November to April. Ah cool. Yeah it's more borderline in the UK. Only done some cursory research so far, but I read somewhere that the Pilot Sport 4S isn't great under around 7 degrees C, which it does get below here in winter, but I've also read that it isn't dangerously bad or anything and maybe still better than winter tyres in some situations. Not been in a winter/summer switch situation before (though maybe should have been with my RX8, which had summer tyres and was RWD) and not au fait with the logistics and costs, so still working that one out. quote:That E63S is very very nice. We get a little luckier in Canada for hatches and wagons than our freedom loving cousins to the south thankfully, haven't seen an E63s wagon in the wild yet though. I'm finding the transition from the Audi ecosystem to the new MBUX pretty easy honestly, there were a few days of moving around favourites and ambient lighting settings so it's still fun but less like a coke-fuelled rave orgy at night. My girlfriend is pretty pissed about no DVD's for roadtrips though, my A4 was a 2017 in the weird point in time where it had a DVD player and you could pretty easily bypass video in motion locks with a few coding changes. Yeah it's fairly intuitive. My Audi was weird as the rotational selector was clearly designed for a left hand drive car (it was anti clockwise to scroll down) and they didn't bother switching it for RHD cars, but I got used to it. The haptic feedback touch switches on the Merc steering wheel take some getting used to and are not bad, and in the end there are like four different ways to interact: steering wheel controls, centre console touch pad, touch screen on the screens themselves, and voice control. There's a mind boggling array of options, settings, display layouts etc but I found it fun getting to grips with it and it's not too hard to get an overall handle on. Apparently it's a big improvement over the old Merc Command system. One thing I love is having my entire music collection available. I was a bit resistant to giving up my CD changer, but I realise now I was just being resistant to change; I have all my music ripped into FLACs and was able to fit them onto a half gig USB stick, which the Merc plays like a charm, including sorting by artist etc, so now I can choose literally anything I own, and have hundreds of albums available in an uncompressed format. The Burmester sounds pretty sweet. Sab669 posted:Those things don't have a heated steering wheel? Wild. Apparently not an option in the UK but was in other markets. Maybe cause of our mild weather, but I definitely appreciated it on cold mornings on the Audi. Having said that, the alcantara on the Merc's wheel mitigates this somewhat. GramCracker posted:The performance these things are capable of for how big they are absolutely scrambled my brain the first time I got a ride in one. We had 5 people in the car and it was performing on some entirely other level. Thanks - I'm enjoying it very much so far. The performance is definitely brain scrambling!
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That's... an RX-8, no? Thought the Maxi-Miata might be the American term for it but googling it brings up nothing, so I guess I'm missing something. Very nice car, though. I ran one for 5-6 years and loved it, thirst and all. OneSizeFitsAll fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Feb 21, 2024 |
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Fair enough. Thanks for clarifying.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Yeah I was using the fact that the NC Miata and the RX8 are basically the same chassis and suspension setup. Lots of interior bits and bobs as well. I didn't realise that but it makes sense. I had an NA MX-5, and my RX-8 was an upgrade on it in every way, minus the roof-down frolics, and the aftermarket stereo I had in the MX-5 versus the tepid BOSE in the RX-8. Oh and economy I guess.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Don't the RX-8's get like 14mpg or something hilariously bad for such a small amount of HP? I think it's more early to mid-20s, which isn't amazing (my cars since are much more powerful and do around the same) but liveable. It's also pretty thirsty for oil. I used to keep a bottle in the boot just in case. However, while it was definitely more thirsty than usual, it wasn't as bad as I'd feared before buying it, either.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Had pretty much everything outside at the same time today for some shuffling (the Acty was on a garbage run) so I figured I’d snap a shot Cool collection! A bit of duplication of cars in different niches though, e.g. the MX-5, S2000 and whatever that is behind the RX-8. I guess the MX-5's hard top differentiates it a bit from the S2000? But then it's kind of an inferior version of the RX-8. Which could be argued to be an inferior alternative to the 911. I guess I'm trying to apply logic/rationale to somethine which doesn't demand it, though. From experience, the MX-5 and RX-8 have their own considerable charms for sure. Nice group of cars, however you divide up your driving time.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Also big disagree at the MX-5 being inferior to the RX-8. The Miata is equal or better in every way except interior space and aural quality. TBF my MX-5 was a MK1, so different comparison. Also the upgrade to my RX-8 was 17 years ago now, and I got rid of that 12 years ago. So not something I'm going to debate at all!
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