S4 to another S4...Convince me....

**Go_S4** · 04-15-2008 05:10 PM

well i currently own a 2001.5 S4 (TIP) 95,000 miles on it and i really want to get rid of it only because its an automatic and Im so bored and just over the auto thing, i feel really slow in it..And a stock 2000 S4 Laser Red 88,000 miles on it (6-speed) has come across and im really stuck on if i should get this..I drove it and it seriously felt as fast as my TIP (apr exhaust, Apr chip,) ....So should i or no....Other choice of car would be an EVO or a beater and save my money.... I cant decide

**crosenhahn** · 04-15-2008 05:18 PM

Stay with the Rings!!! Evo's are not the car you think!!!! You will regret it... 6 - speeds are the deal!!!

**tomlafS4** · 04-15-2008 05:22 PM

How far do you commute every day? My 6-spd was my DD for quite a while until I could no longer deal with driving her in SoCal traffic every morning. Ended up getting an auto Infiniti as my new DD.

But there's nothing better than hopping in the S on the weekends and tearing PCH apart as I row through the gears...

**Go_S4** · 04-15-2008 05:41 PM

i commute about 20 miles round trip each day...scared of the mechanical things that could go wrong in the S4 though

**tomlafS4** · 04-15-2008 06:09 PM

To be honest, it's a toss up. I've seen low-mileaged CPO'd S4s with immaculate service records blow the turbos/tranny within a few thousand miles of the new owner making the purchase. Then, you have the other end of the spectrum. Older, more used cars that somehow last beyond 150,000 with the K03's.

I haven't had any problems (that weren't my own fault) with the S4 since the day I bought her. I have had my tranny rebuilt, but that was due to my own mis-shifting while dragging the car to death after the first round of mods. I'll say this much: I've dumped about $3,500-$4,000 in the car on top of what I paid for her, and I'd do it all over again in a heartbeat.

**jmon207** · 04-15-2008 06:10 PM

I've personally had a WRX and I have on buddy with an EVO and another buddy with an STI. These cars are really quick but you still get the feeling that you're driving around in a teenage girls first car. In fact my buddys STI feels like a tin can compared to my first generation USA WRX. I'd go with the 6spd s4.

**theboogieman1** · 04-15-2008 06:15 PM

Yeah you gotta expect to put money in it but I wouldn't give mine up for anything. Like said before I would do it again without even thinking about it.

**XLR82XS** · 04-15-2008 06:26 PM

Take mine.. 6-speed and ya won't feel "slow" in it.

**GramCracker** · 04-15-2008 06:38 PM

Stick with the S4. Evo's can be made stupidly fast/powerful for a mere fraction of what it costs us S4 owners. If I had the option, I'd take the Evo, but the S4 just says things.

**SourDieselS4** · 04-15-2008 06:43 PM

Save your money, sell your s4, and use the money to put a down payment on a B8 s4 6 speed

**tike0rz** · 04-15-2008 06:46 PM

I personally have owned my 6-speed 2000 S4 in Philadelphia traffic for almost a year now. It has 143,000+ miles, the original K03s, and I beat this car up on occasion. You will never regret getting a stick, because traffic will ALWAYS go away, the automatic transmission will not.

**WALL1** · 04-15-2008 07:09 PM

stay S4 for sho'

**Go_S4** · 04-15-2008 08:01 PM

Just got back from test driving the evo IX ive been looking at and it felt strong and fast in comparison with my S4 but the ride is not that comfortable and the interior is garbage except for the seats...I dont know and seriously I felt kinda dumb with the wing every time I looked through the rear view mirror....well the s4 guy is coming later on tonight Im feeling like the six speed is what ima go for, considering i have so many parts i can swap from my car to this one....ill let you guys know what i do....thanks for the input

**Iosilver** · 04-15-2008 08:18 PM

6-speed!!!!

**Go_S4** · 04-17-2008 01:29 AM

I think I may have found what im gonna buy....

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/car/645168397.html

**jibberjive** · 04-17-2008 06:32 AM

good find

**RolledMySTi** · 04-17-2008 08:25 AM

Thats a clean low miles S4, get it. I test drove an Evo before and I wasn't sold on it. It makes no power below 3500rpms and you better have both hands on the steering wheel because one twitch and you are in the next lane. Plus the interior is crap and the wing blocks all view out the back.