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B5 RS4


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Writers block. It's a funny thing isn't it? You have your dream car for 4 nights, you can't stop driving it, nor talking to your mates about it. Then you come to write down your thoughts about it and.......well, nothing! Flush.gif

I was never that great with words so I'll just do a list of goods and bads.....

Bad first...

<ul type="square"> Looks 8 years old

Drives like its 8 years old

Not hard to unsettle on twisty B roads (nothing that new shocks could sort out)

Doesn't sound great out of the box

Recaro's sit too high (just like an S3 of that era)

I don't own one!

Now the good

<ul type="square"> Looks, just look at it grrrrrrr

So very, very fast, feels a lot faster than the B7 thanks to the bi-turbo

Respect - I've not known anything like it, every petrol head would nod or wave, I even got a flash of the lights from an M3 169144-ok.gif

It's an avant, very understated, although the 'look at me' red paint helps it stand out. Practical too!

Handling - Generally very good, steering is direct, understeers when pushed, steering feel like all Audi's of this generation is lacking, suspension is stiff but supple. Like I said earlier, it can be unsettled over B roads, nothing that some money could sort out though.

Overall - Bloody brilliant. It really is a special car, I've driven a lot of cars before and none of them have made me feel this way about a car. If your looking for a fast, practical, unique & fairly rare car, the RS4 is the answer. And now that you can pick them up for as little as 17k, they are quite the bargain!

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Had a ride in Bushy's back in 2001 (?)

quickest thing I've ever been in, other than in the air !

Would I buy one - no I'd rather have a B5 S4, more subtle and in all honesty probably as fast as you need, miss my S3 for that mid range grunt, my current quattro T Sport 190 just isn't the same ! I should probably have chipped it from the outset.

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Awesome car!

I really do love them, in some ways I prefer it to the B7, a true classic.

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Fully agree with that! Great car!! 169144-ok.gif

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Thirded.

I've just noticed the colours are all over the place if your not using a colour profile managed browser (internet explorer), sorry, the photo's look very dark and a tad on the green side. I'll get it fixed soon!

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  • 1 year later...
Hi Bushy !! How are you?

Actually your's is STILL the only RS4 I've ever ridden in...... wouldn't have minded a go in RS4 John's when he had it ...

John's old one is still going strong - lapping the 'Ring regularly apparently Chris.

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