JP4
August 27th, 2003, 06:22
Well....I finally have the keys in hand. I must have been disoriented from all the excitement because the 12 mile drive home ended up being just over 70 miles! Can you imagine that! I'm coming from a 2000 A6 4.2 so the comparison for me was quite interesting. Just about every change between the 2 cars was far the better IMO. Let's start with the initial walk around. I like the brushed aluminum trim better than the polished trim on the exterior. The much lower stance, rear valance with oval pipes (sport exhaust), and lower front air intakes make this baby look like it means business. I'm VERY happy with the clean up of the rocker panels. That part of the sides of the car looks much better now and the new design will reduce some of the junk that gets thrown up on the sides of the car. The RS6 sill plates are very nice. The grade of leather for the seats and the lateral support are very good for my physique. Won't be sliding around so much any more. The carbon fiber trim (which I had some doubts about originally) really works well in this car (Daytona gray, gray/silver int.). Doesn't like "ricey" at all to me. The contrasting colors of the interior are very well done too. Hope the light colored seats aren't to hard to keep clean. The battery in the trunk SUCKS (I miss all the room the 4.2 had there). The shark fin on the roof SUCKS (I guess they couldn't get the trunk mounted antenna to work like they had on the 4.2). I had the NAV system with the 4.2 and I thought it was pretty lame that they only gave you 1 area CD for the database. They should have the whole thing converted by now to DVD like many others are doing but I will say this...on the RS6 with NAV they included a portfolio of all the CD's for North America and YES that includes a good chunk of Canada too. Nice touch Audi! I like the new design of the rear seat armrest, the way that it stores the first aid kit and the much more functional cup holders (even if they may never be used.) The way the side view mirrors fold all the way back is interesting. I may actually use that some time!
Finally driving impressions. Max speed on the way home was 80 mph. Max rpm on the way home was 4800. WOW....way cool....this car rides amazingly comfortably for the way it corners so flat. 3 cheers for DRC...it really works well. The 4.2 (I had standard suspension with the rear sport sway bar added) really had quite a bit of push. The RS6 has much less push. It's much easier to point and shoot. It feels lighter on it's feet for sure. You guys are absolutely right. It takes a lot of self control to keep things in the break in range. I managed to never get further into the throttle than about 1/2 way. The Xenon plus headlights and high beams are considerably better than the 4.2's. And I liked the 4.2's lights.
Concern....Right after I left the dealer pulling out onto the main street from a dead stop with about 1/4 throttle, as the engine rpm reached ~3000 I heard a quite noticable whooshing sound. As soon as I let off the throttle it went away and when I added the throttle again it came back at exactly the same rpm. I've owned 2 other turbo charged charged vehicles and I've never heard anything like this. I don't know if it's a diverter valve stuck upon, a cracked air hose associated with the blowers or just what it is. I would have turned around immediately but the dealer was already closed as I was there after hours by the time the delivery was done. I'll have it checked very soon but wondered if others had noticed this?
Hope I didn't bore the heck out of you folks. But I just had to let all this pent up energy out on some folks that might actually be interested. ;)
JP4 :addict: :addict: :addict:
Finally driving impressions. Max speed on the way home was 80 mph. Max rpm on the way home was 4800. WOW....way cool....this car rides amazingly comfortably for the way it corners so flat. 3 cheers for DRC...it really works well. The 4.2 (I had standard suspension with the rear sport sway bar added) really had quite a bit of push. The RS6 has much less push. It's much easier to point and shoot. It feels lighter on it's feet for sure. You guys are absolutely right. It takes a lot of self control to keep things in the break in range. I managed to never get further into the throttle than about 1/2 way. The Xenon plus headlights and high beams are considerably better than the 4.2's. And I liked the 4.2's lights.
Concern....Right after I left the dealer pulling out onto the main street from a dead stop with about 1/4 throttle, as the engine rpm reached ~3000 I heard a quite noticable whooshing sound. As soon as I let off the throttle it went away and when I added the throttle again it came back at exactly the same rpm. I've owned 2 other turbo charged charged vehicles and I've never heard anything like this. I don't know if it's a diverter valve stuck upon, a cracked air hose associated with the blowers or just what it is. I would have turned around immediately but the dealer was already closed as I was there after hours by the time the delivery was done. I'll have it checked very soon but wondered if others had noticed this?
Hope I didn't bore the heck out of you folks. But I just had to let all this pent up energy out on some folks that might actually be interested. ;)
JP4 :addict: :addict: :addict: