Facebook told me the other day that I've had my RS4 for 5 years now and thought it was time for me to say Hi.
Ever since the RS4 was released I thought it was the perfect year round daily driver for our Canadian climate. I was lucky enough to work at a shop north of Toronto that dealt with some fairly high end cars. One day a customer came in with an RS4 and that was it. I was on the hunt to find one for myself. After that it seems like other customers picked them up too and we ended up taking car of 6 or 7 of them. It was great, I got to see many of the issues that we have all been plagued with. I purchased the car with about 70,000Kms (~44,000Miles) and I just rolled over 230,000kms (~ 144,000 Miles). The maintenance costs have been pretty high, the gas consumption has been pretty high, the cost of ownership has been very high but so has my enjoyment of the vehicle. A perk of my old job was routinely getting to drive cars with MSRP well into the 6 figures and everything I drove (save for a 997 GT3RS) left me missing the RS4 after a pretty short time. I feel like I've had many of the issues that most RS4 owners face. Carbon build up, DRC issues, oil cooler issues, high pressure fuel pump issues, motor mount issues, fuel injector issues and tons more that I'm sure I just can't remember, but sorting them out was part of the fun. I've always been a car guy and not afraid to get my hands dirty a bit.
I've also done a little bit of upgrading:
Flat bottom TTRS steering Wheel
AVIC 8100NEX Head Unit
Avant Garde 19x9.5 M580
KW V3 Coilovers
034 Adjustable Upper Control Arms
034 Motor Mounts
Upgraded Trans Mount
Upgraded Diff Mount
JHM Shifter
Tubi Mufflers
Custom Mid Pipe
Custom Downpipes
Gruppe M Intake
JHM Intake Spacers
F1 Tuning ECU Tune
Hotchkis Front and Rear Sways
JHM Brake Rotors Front and Rear
Staineless Steel Brake Flex Lines
I've learned alot on the forum and hope that can continue.
Thoughts always pop into my head about if I should look for a replacement for the RS4, but I always think about what could make me like driving as much, and I'm not sure I have a good answer to that question right now, so it looks like I'm in it for the long haul.
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Originally Posted by Toys'RS
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