s4dreamer Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Posted elsewhere about my trip to check-out the new S4 today, but I'm thinking it could be the end of my tractor days looming. Looks great (in Avant form), sounds like £40 grand's worth of car and am just waiting now to see if it goes like stink too. I can see the end coming in the next few months, so I may have to leave you all in here in a cloud of soot You won't be too harsh on me if I do go the petrol route will you ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaunty Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Feck off with your petrol mates Trev, we never liked you anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillslinger Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 Trev, if you do get it, you've got to do SOMETHING to liven up the rear end on that S4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted May 23, 2003 Report Share Posted May 23, 2003 trev, u lousy, petrol head ...dis-owning your own kind to fit in with the masses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted May 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Trev, if you do get it, you've got to do SOMETHING to liven up the rear end on that S4 [/ QUOTE ] Guess I could have some nakid laydees painted on the back Good point - I'm sure Charactere or Abt or one of the other big companies will bring out some kind of revised body moulding for it after it's been out for a while, so I'll probably do something like that. Having said that, I am reasonably happy with the way it looks anyway (and I have to get any additional spend on the car past 'er indoors*. T. * -"'er indoors" - Northern England colloquialism referring to the wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted May 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 You oil burners - I didn't realise you were all so snooty. I'll be glad to get out of here and into a real car which take proper fuel and does under 20 to the galleon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Make sure you fill up using optimax! There`s one shell in gleedless, ermm town and somewhere else..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted May 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Hadn't thought of that Riz - I normally fill the tractor up at the Supermarket. Guess if I get the car, I'll have to plan my fill-ups a little more carefully. Fortunately, it'll be a while yet I think as they're on 12-16 week delivery and I am not even close to ordering yet - still need to convince the missus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riz Posted May 24, 2003 Report Share Posted May 24, 2003 Yep planning on which route to take to get the the Shell station is quite crutial! Im sure you`ll get one..... i like the S4 more now than when i first saw it, looked to understated but seeing it on TV is not really bad at all. Lovely V8............ roll on RS3! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo-S3 Posted May 26, 2003 Report Share Posted May 26, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Feck off with your petrol mates Trev, we never liked you anyway! [/ QUOTE ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted June 21, 2003 Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 [ QUOTE ] You oil burners - I didn't realise you were all so snooty. [/ QUOTE ] Sooty , surely??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted June 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2003 Better late than never in this thread eh Ari ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Better late than never in this thread eh Ari ? [/ QUOTE ] Can you tell how bored I was yesterday..........??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatcat Posted June 22, 2003 Report Share Posted June 22, 2003 TRAITOR..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted June 23, 2003 Report Share Posted June 23, 2003 Trev, fairwell mate, just make sure you 1) Plan trips via petrol stations 2) Add extra time to each journey for the point 1. 3) Double your fuel budget each month! Good luck chap whatever you decide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted June 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Ok, I made the mistake of taking the family along to the local Mercedes dealership at the weekend on the hunt for a CLK55 AMG or C32 AMG. They had neither in, but there was a rather fabulous E320CDi estate in the showroom, which looked the absolute dogs doodahs. "OK", I hear you say, "but it's still a 2wd Mercedes". Well yes, and that might be a problem, but it's an auto, is faster than my 2.5TDi and develops max torque of 500Nm from something like 1900 rpm! Now that is f'kin marvellous, so I may be tempted to stay with oil burners after all. Oh, and according to the specs, I should get better fuel economy with the Merc too - what's that all about ? On the other hand, they have an ML55 AMG coming in, which will do 20mpg on a good day with a prevailing wind, but it's pretty quick, 4wd and has all the space I need to take the family on holiday. So maybe that's a better option Never thought I'd buy anything other than an Audi again, and petrol at that, but the thought of all that torque from that 320CDi made me think that maybe a Merc wouldn't be too bad, considering I don't often thrash the car enough to cause the 4wd to be _that_ much of an asset to safety. Oh, and I can confirm that the only colour you can order a new Mercedes in is silver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaunty Posted June 30, 2003 Report Share Posted June 30, 2003 Bloody hell, have you suddenly got older than FatCat??? S4 Trev. You've got to get one! I'm counting on you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 My word.....Gaunty makes an appearance in the diesel forum.....welcome back mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted July 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 [ QUOTE ] Bloody hell, have you suddenly got older than FatCat??? S4 Trev. You've got to get one! I'm counting on you. [/ QUOTE ] Sorry Rich, but the S4 really didn't do it for me for the price. I was counting on getting one too, but now it's all up in the air again, and it's looking more and more like I'll be having a Merc as my next car unless Audi can pull something out of the bag like a 3.2l diesel, in which case I'd go for an A4 Avant and stick to being an oil burner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted July 1, 2003 Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 [ QUOTE ] unless Audi can pull something out of the bag like a 3.2l diesel [/ QUOTE ] What about an A8 with the new V10 Diesel? Then you can pull trees around and stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted July 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2003 Cool idea, but I don't want a car as big (or expensive) as the A8. Maybe if they put the V10 in an A4....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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