Picked up my new car this weekend........955hp V10 Audi RS6! (HP figure updated 08/10/22)

[chaparral]

Ouch, that can't be cheap.

You want huge power then you got be happy with spending out for the huge bills that come with it...

I hate getting huge car repair bills so am happy to stick with my low power engine....

 

[ianh]

Not really related but what oil are you using out of interest ?

Fuchs Titan Race Pro-S 5W-40 Ester based Fully Synth and it's changed every 5k miles.

The 5W-30 OEM oil is a little thinner at operating temp and I wanted a little extra heat protection with the extra power hence the 5W-40.

You want huge power then you got be happy with spending out for the huge bills that come with it...

Absolutely this! Although I'd probably not use the word "happy"

 

[[TW]Fox]

Is this not a message that doing 30k a year in a 10 year old car with almost a thousand bhp doesn't work?

 

[kindai]

Is this not a message that doing 30k a year in a 10 year old car with almost a thousand bhp doesn't work?

Excuse me sir?

This is motors.

 

[adam cool dude]

Oh the joys of owning a boosted engine. Stethoscope and Borescope get plenty of use on mine. Always have in the back of my head will my engine make it home tonight .

Hope it gets sorted reasonably easy.

 

[ianh]

Is this not a message that doing 30k a year in a 10 year old car with almost a thousand bhp doesn't work?

[pedant]24k in 18 months in an 8 year old car with 900hp[/pedant]

..........and as mentioned previously, that fact it went pop isn't a surprise given the bits you mentioned, it's purely the timing that's a bummer.

 

[The_Dark_Side]

Is this not a message that doing 30k a year in a 10 year old car with almost a thousand bhp doesn't work?

Christ I hadnt realised that this is a daily driver.
With borderline 4 digit bhp figures I just assumed it was more of a plaything.

 

[paradigm]

Has it been into Unit20 now?

 

[Hedge]

Any progress on this ?

Hopefully you haven't bankrupt yourself just yet.

 

[matt_fsr]

He's had to sell his phone and PC to pay for the repairs?

 

[Hedge]

He's had to sell his phone and PC to pay for the repairs?

That covers about 10% then lol.

 

[Cleisthenes]

He's probably had to find some immoral ways to raise the funds. Hes now too ashamed to answer to us...

 

[Akagi]

Probably sold it and bought an MX5.

 

[kindai]

He's currently in a bathtub full of ice after selling some organs to pay for it.

 

[Housey]

Probably sold it and bought an MX5.

That's a big step up in performance.

 

[ianh]

Ah OcUK, you funny guys, I kill you LAST

So, organs still intact, anus still intact, no sudden urge to be a hairdresser etc!

The car was dropped off to Unit20 in early Jan and for a mix of reasons, namely my financial ones (tax & insurance both due in Jan so £1300+ gone) & their workload ones (just moved premises) they weren't stripping the engine until sometime in early Feb.

So the next update probably won't be until the around end of Feb, then the car should be ready around March/April time depending on the engine rebuild I'd guess but if anything happens, or I get a sudden urge for a blue rinse from Acme, I'll post both here and in the PH thread.

Cheers!

 

[Akagi]

For the last time, I'm a poodle groomer not a hairdresser!

Glad things are moving along. What are you running around in at the moment?

 

[ianh]

They loaned me an Audi A3 1.9TDi and, with the 52-ish measured mpg, it's nice to be able to drive past a Shell garage without my wallet being beaten like a ginger stepchild

 

[kindai]

I hope you're filling it up on the cheapest peasant fuel you can find. Just so you can appreciate the elite upper class fuel when you get it back.

 

[Akagi]

They loaned me an Audi A3 1.9TDi

Ha, when you get your RS6 back you will feel like you've been strapped to a ballistic missile.