Audi owners in here!

Xez · 22 Nov 2014 at 20:40

mjt said:
Aye. Rediscovered the little storage tray next to the ESP button today as well

It's weird, I absolutely adored my Z3 Coupe. Caressed it, spoke to it. But this.. This is just a machine. So bland, so soulless

I feel the same way about mine to be honest. Although it's fast after some modifications and very reliable having done 15000 miles and two very hard track days it's never missed a beat. I haven't even had mine for two years and I want something different. It's just boring and bland like you say. Hoping an B7 RS4 or E92 M3 is going to different! Not necessarily faster but just more involving etc.

I loved my old 1994 Clio 2.0, yes it was broken most of the time but I loved that car and still do! It was brilliant to drive and so involving.

Blackhawk47 · 22 Nov 2014 at 21:07

mjt said:
Aye. Rediscovered the little storage tray next to the ESP button today as well

It's weird, I absolutely adored my Z3 Coupe. Caressed it, spoke to it. But this.. This is just a machine. So bland, so soulless

If you despise it so much then why get it in the first place and just stick with the Z3 coupe. I remember seeing it at a ocuk rolling road day ages ago (unless I'm thinking of someone else on here), seemed in good condition.

mjt · 22 Nov 2014 at 21:19

Blackhawk47 said:
If you despise it so much then why get it in the first place and just stick with the Z3 coupe. I remember seeing it at a ocuk rolling road day ages ago (unless I'm thinking of someone else on here), seemed in good condition.

I don't despise it at all - it's just incredibly boring!
Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad car. It's just more boring than I ever could have imagined. I really wasn't expecting it as a Mk 6 GTI is good fun!

I sold the BMW as I thought I was staying in Denmark and couldn't justify the £13-14k import tax.
Was offered an excellent job at my previous employer so moved back in the summer and needed something practical, well-specced and with a bit of poke.

mjt · 25 Nov 2014 at 20:59

Serious?

unKle · 25 Nov 2014 at 21:05

Thought there might be a thread for Audi owners!

Gf and I got this last week..

2014 Audi A3 TFSi 1.4 S Line.

Done just over 4000 miles when we picked it up, replaced our ageing MK4 Golf, so far so good!

Returned nearly 50mpg on my home commute, 10 mins of motorway and 20 mins of town driving.

Minstadave · 25 Nov 2014 at 21:23

mjt said:
Serious?

Yeah my 2.0TFSI sounded like that at idle.

mjt · 25 Nov 2014 at 21:30

Minstadave said:
Yeah my 2.0TFSI sounded like that at idle.

Did it blow up?

Xez · 25 Nov 2014 at 21:48

Pretty normal they are very tappy because of the injectors and the pressure that they operate at I believe.

Minstadave · 25 Nov 2014 at 21:56

mjt said:
Did it blow up?

Nope, it's was on 114k when we parted ways and the engine was faultless for the 70k I did in 3 years. Its just the injectors.

leon4112 · 26 Nov 2014 at 11:57

unKle said:
Thought there might be a thread for Audi owners!

Gf and I got this last week..

2014 Audi A3 TFSi 1.4 S Line.

Done just over 4000 miles when we picked it up, replaced our ageing MK4 Golf, so far so good!

Returned nearly 50mpg on my home commute, 10 mins of motorway and 20 mins of town driving.

Got the exact same car colour and all as my nhs work car but have the b&o sound system

love it and done around 12k miles so far in it from new

Andr3w · 26 Nov 2014 at 17:03

How are you finding the SD Sat Nav?

Yaayuh! · 26 Nov 2014 at 22:08

Audi A9 anyone?

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/audi-prologue-concept-car-first-drive-2014-11-26

Antony101 · 27 Nov 2014 at 21:43

Just had a neighbour knock on my door and tell me my car sounded like it was going to take off.

Turns out it makes a lot of noise if you stop the engine when it's doing the DPF nonsense.

Blackhawk47 · 28 Nov 2014 at 19:05

Antony101 said:
Just had a neighbour knock on my door and tell me my car sounded like it was going to take off.

Turns out it makes a lot of noise if you stop the engine when it's doing the DPF nonsense.

Had this before. It's just cooling down because the dpf didn't fully regen.

SDK^ · 28 Nov 2014 at 19:07

Q - Is the auto box on the S5 Sportback any good?

Thanks

[TW]Fox · 28 Nov 2014 at 19:44

It's DSG, so an automated twin clutch manual rather than an automatic.

Antony101 · 28 Nov 2014 at 21:53

Blackhawk47 said:
Had this before. It's just cooling down because the dpf didn't fully regen.

Yeah, I found out after the first time it happened.

Telling people in the city centre when they think it's going to explode is fun though.

miikeeyy92 · 1 Dec 2014 at 19:02

Wasn't going to Audi for this but I ended up having a go in a 14 plate 2.0T TT today. If I'm honest I wasn't impressed. It was averagely fast but felt a lot slower than it was. Sounded like a diesel, sounded a bit better from outside but could hear more road noise than exhaust note inside. Was quite unresponsive too. For £30k (I think) youd have thought you'd get more than average performance, little space inside and no drama. Money no object Id still stick with my 55 plate 2.0T A3!

[TW]Fox · 1 Dec 2014 at 19:30

miikeeyy92 said:
Wasn't going to Audi for this but I ended up having a go in a 14 plate 2.0T TT today. If I'm honest I wasn't impressed. It was averagely fast but felt a lot slower than it was. Sounded like a diesel, sounded a bit better from outside but could hear more road noise than exhaust note inside. Was quite unresponsive too. For £30k (I think) youd have thought you'd get more than average performance, little space inside and no drama. Money no object Id still stick with my 55 plate 2.0T A3!

Why would you expect it to be any faster than your A3 given its pretty much the same car in a different body?

miikeeyy92 · 1 Dec 2014 at 19:54

[TW]Fox;27288996 said:
Why would you expect it to be any faster than your A3 given its pretty much the same car in a different body?

Hadnt appreciated they were that similar. I presumed an age gap of almost 10 years would be enough for it to be different! Along with a bit more power