By TheDeckMan - Sun Jan 05, 2025 3:27 pm
- Sun Jan 05, 2025 3:27 pm
#292056
I have been tossing around a couple ideas for something to add to the collection that offers a different driving experience from the current host of highly tuned 911's and the track ready Corrado and TT without spending crazy money. After checking out some more ALMS TT's that the girlfriend really liked but all were needing tens of thousands of dollars in lacking upkeep even with low miles. Having already done a restoration on a project TT in the past, decided to move onto something else. One of the other throught was to look at V8 Audi's, S8's, S5's, RS4's.
The RS4 was a good runner up being 6spd, but we already have plenty of manual fun cars a friend suggested a RS5. The B8 RS5 moved to the top of the list of cars to test out with this one being only an hour drive away. 2013 Ibis White RS5 had dealer service every 5k miles and only 2 owners, some small paint chips here and there but nothing too crazy for a 12 year old Audi, of course in Audi fashion the interior has held up remarkably well. Most of the car has received PPF which has held up quite well with the ceramic coat. Rear bumper could be re-done which should be on the list for spring.
The car came with the Bang & Olufsen sound system/Nav and Sport Exhaust in Black, 20" 5 Rotor wheels which I found surprisingly light. The only thing it did not get was the black optics package which would have been very nice on the white but that was not a deal breaker. There were several other cars that met the search with lower miles but 3 of them turned out to have reconstructed titles and one had a potential flood issue but was not recorded. So this one would be the one to pick up.
This was not my first rodeo with 4.2's with helping out a friend do just about every mod on his B6 S4 over the years.
First things on the list to tackle.
Broken pad wear sensor, appears with the new (8k miles ago) front rotors and pads that the routing of the pad wire might not have been correct. Quick shortening and re-connecting all good to go.
Next up is filter services/oil change and spark plugs:
The hour drive home with it on familiar roads was nice to get comfortable it quickly felt like home reminding me of my E39 Dinan 540, however more power and nimble on the back road sections. Looking forward to putting some miles on it and providing updates of road trips as this will be the perfect car to get away to the Cape or North Shore in comfort and with speed.
The RS4 was a good runner up being 6spd, but we already have plenty of manual fun cars a friend suggested a RS5. The B8 RS5 moved to the top of the list of cars to test out with this one being only an hour drive away. 2013 Ibis White RS5 had dealer service every 5k miles and only 2 owners, some small paint chips here and there but nothing too crazy for a 12 year old Audi, of course in Audi fashion the interior has held up remarkably well. Most of the car has received PPF which has held up quite well with the ceramic coat. Rear bumper could be re-done which should be on the list for spring.
The car came with the Bang & Olufsen sound system/Nav and Sport Exhaust in Black, 20" 5 Rotor wheels which I found surprisingly light. The only thing it did not get was the black optics package which would have been very nice on the white but that was not a deal breaker. There were several other cars that met the search with lower miles but 3 of them turned out to have reconstructed titles and one had a potential flood issue but was not recorded. So this one would be the one to pick up.
This was not my first rodeo with 4.2's with helping out a friend do just about every mod on his B6 S4 over the years.
First things on the list to tackle.
Broken pad wear sensor, appears with the new (8k miles ago) front rotors and pads that the routing of the pad wire might not have been correct. Quick shortening and re-connecting all good to go.
Next up is filter services/oil change and spark plugs:
The hour drive home with it on familiar roads was nice to get comfortable it quickly felt like home reminding me of my E39 Dinan 540, however more power and nimble on the back road sections. Looking forward to putting some miles on it and providing updates of road trips as this will be the perfect car to get away to the Cape or North Shore in comfort and with speed.
996 GT3 3.8 | 996 GT2-Ish | 997TT | Audi TT | Corrado SLC | F250 Tremor 6.7 | Land Rover IIA 109 | Audi RS5 4.2 |
Nope. I had friends there for a few years after I left that could still get me the discount, but now everyone I was close with has moved on to other jobs.
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