First C6 sedan on Australian soil

**waldo** · January 14th, 2009, 22:34

Hi there!

I think this is my first post....

My dealer rang me yesterday to let me know my RS6 had arrived.

He was good enough to take some photos of her and email them to me.

I will take delivery sometime next week.

I will be having the ECU played with as I know the owner of a chip company and he has the mapping already. In fact he showed me the graph of the torque limiting that goes on and there is plenty!

Enjoy!

Waldo

**Hy Octane** · January 14th, 2009, 23:38

Good luck getting it fixed..

**DuckWingDuck** · January 14th, 2009, 23:44

Damn, the sedan is already available? Talk about a quiet launch....

**DHall1** · January 15th, 2009, 01:14

That is the first Avus C6 sedan I have seen. Wow, I like it.

Good luck with the new car. Its going to be fun.

Cheers,

Dave
03 RS Avus/Bla
03 E55 Platinum/Bla
Over 900hp just in one of my garages. Priceless!

Originally Posted by waldo

Hi there!

I think this is my first post....

My dealer rang me yesterday to let me know my RS6 had arrived.

He was good enough to take some photos of her and email them to me.

I will take delivery sometime next week.

I will be having the ECU played with as I know the owner of a chip company and he has the mapping already. In fact he showed me the graph of the torque limiting that goes on and there is plenty!

Enjoy!

Waldo

**Daniel** · January 15th, 2009, 01:24

nice car ! have fun !!!

**mmaturo** · January 15th, 2009, 04:37

Originally Posted by DHall1

That is the first Avus C6 sedan I have seen. Wow, I like it.

Good luck with the new car. Its going to be fun.

Cheers,

Dave
03 RS Avus/Bla
03 E55 Platinum/Bla
Over 900hp just in one of my garages. Priceless!

Looks like Daytona Gray to me...come on Audi at least give us a chance to buy it... I would love to upgrade in a year or two. Congrats on the car, its looks awesome.

**waldo** · January 15th, 2009, 06:03

The car is in Daytona Grey.

This new car is replacing a BMW E60 M5, so it will be interesting to see how much different a car it is to drive.

I had a new Avant for a week on loan to try from Audi about two months ago and it was very nice to drive. Completely different to the BMW.

I actually thought it was not all that engaging, being an auto I suppose is where that comes from.

However with the sedan weighing in a little less and from what i have read a little more dynamic chassis, not doubt due to lower weigh and i gather shorter wheelbase. Coupled with the ECU fettling we are going to have i am counting on it being a real blast.

The kids have christened her the 'Beast' already - which is cute I think.

Well if it proves a little boring I can always hop into my LS7 powered M3 for some fun!

Anyway thanx for the interest

Waldo

p.s. the comment by the poster re have fun fixing it, I assume was driven by the belief that I would fully unleash the engine.....well i have a bit more intelligence! - we will probably raise the torque to 750nm from the standard 650nm and leave it flat from 1,500 - 6,500 rpm as is the case stock. As for power probably raise from 426kws to 500kws

**DHall1** · January 15th, 2009, 06:10

Yep, I did take a closer look at the pics. They are quite bright. Daytona it is. Still looks great.

I think the quote about good luck fixing stems from Audi and the lack of proper trained techs to deal with our US spec C5. Hy Octane has a well documented list of repeat failures and botched US Audi repairs to his beast. With your car being even more rare down under. The chances of Audi getting things fixed drops like a rock.

Yeeks

Originally Posted by waldo

The car is in Daytona Grey.

This new car is replacing a BMW E60 M5, so it will be interesting to see how much different a car it is to drive.

I had a new Avant for a week on loan to try from Audi about two months ago and it was very nice to drive. Completely different to the BMW.

I actually thought it was not all that engaging, being an auto I suppose is where that comes from.

However with the sedan weighing in a little less and from what i have read a little more dynamic chassis, not doubt due to lower weigh and i gather shorter wheelbase. Coupled with the ECU fettling we are going to have i am counting on it being a real blast.

The kids have christened her the 'Beast' already - which is cute I think.

Well if it proves a little boring I can always hop into my LS7 powered M3 for some fun!

Anyway thanx for the interest

Waldo

p.s. the comment by the poster re have fun fixing it, I assume was driven by the belief that I would fully unleash the engine.....well i have a bit more intelligence! - we will probably raise the torque to 750nm from the standard 650nm and leave it flat from 1,500 - 6,500 rpm as is the case stock. As for power probably raise from 426kws to 500kws

**waldo** · January 15th, 2009, 06:32

ok I understand now re getting it fixed

Audi have really lifted their game in Australia and as a consequence I have switch from being a die hard BMW fan to Audi

In fact in the next couple of months, the missus' X5 4.8 (one and a half years old) is make way for a new Q7 4.2 diesel

On the matter of fuel and octane rating, we are fortunate enough to be able to buy 98 octane rated pretty much everywhere and some places have 100.

As for customer service, Audi have invited my family to several concerts in their corporate box Acer arena (most decent concerts in Sydney are played there) and we are also going to the Top Gear show early Feb too

Nothing is ever a problem.......as for BMW and customer service.....they would not know if a bus drove up their arse until people started getting out! (trust you can all see the funny side of that and I don't get a blast from the moderator!)

Not sure if I am going to touch the suspension or exhuast. On the M5 Iad it lowered 30mm at the front and 25mm at the rear and had 15mm spacers fitted all 'round and it made the car look fantastic. On this car I might leave it all stock except for the giddy-up department

Cherio for now,

Waldo

**Erik** · January 15th, 2009, 08:14

waldo,

The car looks great and I just love the fact we've got RS6 around the planet on this forum.

Thanks for posting and please let us know your feelings with the RS6 vs. M5 - I'm sure I'm note the only one interested.

**bodni98** · January 15th, 2009, 13:15

Beautiful! How much is that beast in Australia? I read somewhere in the magazine that it's supposed to be marketed in Europe for around 100,000 Euros!

**Mockenrue** · January 15th, 2009, 13:37

That looks stunning.

Proper colour, proper wheels and no silly black optics. Congratulations - and enjoy!

**Hy Octane** · January 15th, 2009, 19:16

Yes. Sorry if that was taken wrong. I dont mean to scare you, just hoping that you dont suffer from 'lack of product knowledge' as we have here when going in for services etc. Congrats and Enjoy!

**2jm** · January 15th, 2009, 21:34

Originally Posted by bodni98

Beautiful! How much is that beast in Australia? I read somewhere in the magazine that it's supposed to be marketed in Europe for around 100,000 Euros!

In Finland it's whopping 220000euros for avant and 217000e for sedan, and the bucket seats aren't even available. No wonder they are having troubles finding buyers.

**///Marco.it** · January 15th, 2009, 22:01

Originally Posted by bodni98

Beautiful! How much is that beast in Australia? I read somewhere in the magazine that it's supposed to be marketed in Europe for around 100,000 Euros!

Yep, Italy is at this level. If you go with a little bit of options you can easy end up at € 120.000.