DeltaHawk60
02-19-2021, 04:35 PM
I sold my 2012 S4 last year in September and have been away on assignment ever since with the plan of buying a new Audi sometime this year.
My S4 was the best car I've ever owned and often regret selling it, but know that it was going to sit and not be driven for nearly 12 months before I get home - and depreciate - and that I'd like something with a few more modern features (streaming audio). It was DP Stg 2 and loved the heck out of it... Ibis white, self-detailed regularly to a gleaming beauty, clean inside and out, sweet supercharger whine and a blast to drive, summer or winter!
Since then, I have driven a 2018 S6, 2020 S6, 2015 RS5, 2021 RS5, 2020 S4.
I originally thought that a C 7.5 S6 was my answer, but I so much prefer the modern MMI and was quite disappointed with stock performance of the S6 that I started shopping either a 2021 S6 or an RS5 (that and the Bose system sucks compared to B&O... and yes, I know it sounds nuts to be 'disappointed' with a 450hp V8, but my DP Stg2 S4 was faster!) I drove both and am leaning towards the 2021 RS5, again being disappointed with the performance of the S6. I wish I could get the dual screens of the S6 in an RS5 and my answer would be obvious... I am on the brink of ordering a 2021 RS5 sportback. My major concern being lack of headroom for tuning like the previous gen S6 had or even the gains seen in a B8/8.5 S4 for so much less money.
Where do I go from here... Admittedly, I haven't driven a tuned C7.5 S6 and I KNOW they rip... 10 sec car with $10k or less in tuning? I could get behind that... however... I do also like the idea of owning a brand new RS5 and having the warranty and performance right off the bat (not a tuned S6, but close... similar to the S4 stg2, I feel, plus the modern MMI).
This will be my daily driver. Things I have yet to consider would be a '21 RS3 (when available) or a used RS7.
Lastly, my "safe" option would just be a brand new S4 and just settle for a bit less performance but save myself $20k and tune when practical.
What say ye? Prove to me what I should get and you win the major award (think leg lamp, but more in a non-tangible, pretend, make-believe sort of major award? ie, nothing but sense of satisfaction)
My S4 was the best car I've ever owned and often regret selling it, but know that it was going to sit and not be driven for nearly 12 months before I get home - and depreciate - and that I'd like something with a few more modern features (streaming audio). It was DP Stg 2 and loved the heck out of it... Ibis white, self-detailed regularly to a gleaming beauty, clean inside and out, sweet supercharger whine and a blast to drive, summer or winter!
Since then, I have driven a 2018 S6, 2020 S6, 2015 RS5, 2021 RS5, 2020 S4.
I originally thought that a C 7.5 S6 was my answer, but I so much prefer the modern MMI and was quite disappointed with stock performance of the S6 that I started shopping either a 2021 S6 or an RS5 (that and the Bose system sucks compared to B&O... and yes, I know it sounds nuts to be 'disappointed' with a 450hp V8, but my DP Stg2 S4 was faster!) I drove both and am leaning towards the 2021 RS5, again being disappointed with the performance of the S6. I wish I could get the dual screens of the S6 in an RS5 and my answer would be obvious... I am on the brink of ordering a 2021 RS5 sportback. My major concern being lack of headroom for tuning like the previous gen S6 had or even the gains seen in a B8/8.5 S4 for so much less money.
Where do I go from here... Admittedly, I haven't driven a tuned C7.5 S6 and I KNOW they rip... 10 sec car with $10k or less in tuning? I could get behind that... however... I do also like the idea of owning a brand new RS5 and having the warranty and performance right off the bat (not a tuned S6, but close... similar to the S4 stg2, I feel, plus the modern MMI).
This will be my daily driver. Things I have yet to consider would be a '21 RS3 (when available) or a used RS7.
Lastly, my "safe" option would just be a brand new S4 and just settle for a bit less performance but save myself $20k and tune when practical.
What say ye? Prove to me what I should get and you win the major award (think leg lamp, but more in a non-tangible, pretend, make-believe sort of major award? ie, nothing but sense of satisfaction)