Info on the Audi RS4 (B7)

[JPC]

I wanted to supercharge an rs4 b7 we had in the family 5 years back.

I phoned Mtm and they pretty much said well we developed the kit but it costs a fortune to make so we're not going to offer it for sale. I pushed them and they said it would cost about 45k! Lol

It sounds epic though!

[Oli]

Not as fast as it looks on paper but an amazing all round car if you dont mind being beaten in a straight line duel by hothatches

Only a tuned hot hatch.

[neg]

My mate sold his B7 RS4 recently, Full Miltek + DMS tuned.  It ran de-cats for a while which sounded great but annoying after a while.

They are awesome to drive, a big car but feel well planted and sound great. 18-20MPG knocking round town

[G-Lader]

Still love the B5!got any pics of yours??

It's sitting a bit lower now than it did in these pictures but I'll need to raise it slightly now the PSS9's have settled.

[Pablos007]

Thanks for replies.  Read up on some of the issues, and got square eyes and pounded ears trawling through YouTube footage.   
Will have to go for a test drive and see if it properly floats my boat. 

[mortygttdi]

Don't be tempted to just take a quick 10-20mins these cars need a good couple of hours to get used to get a good test drive and even see if you can have a 24hour if the sales guy knows your interested i'm sure they'll accommodate you.

Darren

[Pablos007]

Thanks.  Will be looking to go for test drives in a couple of weeks, just reading up on them now and doing some price research!!

[Johnny_tro]

I had the RS4 on 05 plate - will upload some pics shortly.

What can I say? other than love at first sight. It was a purchase through nothing more than a WANT, hence whhy it was sold 6-7 months later. I loved everthing about it and would have one tomorrow at the drop of a hat! I just think they are special.

Why was it sold? COST!

I do a lot of miles, I was spending £150 a week on fuel.
The service interval came up and it was jaw dropping! That was a basic service with pads.
Had someone try break into it twice
Insurance......and so on

The of reasons not to have one is endless.......only one reason to have one 'WANT/LOVE'

and to rub it in, my boss now has the RS5 < and he's a cock 

[Pablos007]

Fuel and servicing are the only RS4 minus points so far for me, though my current GTi is the first car I've had in years that will average 30mpg so not too scared of V-Power bills as have reference points with my previous R32's and 911's, plus my yearly mileage has reduced by half so even the thought of subsidising Shell's shareholders isn't putting me off!!   

The WANT factor is outweighing everything else at present!! 

[Johnny_tro]

The WANT factor - 9/10 will always win 

I sat down with the bills, and it was like having a second morgage....

Heart < would go out on my lunch today and just get one 
Head < Just not practical for me  hence the GT TDI....and I love it. 

[Bernhard30]

I may have got the 'B' numbering mixed up, but Evo magazine ran a RS4 on their fast fleet 2/3 years back, seem to remember it was a 56 plate, a bright red saloon it was.
I only mention this as their site has all the old reports on cars previously run, so would give a little insight into the general living with and running of these. Of course a 56 plate RS4 may not be a B7, so all the above could be useless to you.
If so ignore all this.

Seem to recall they had a lorry roll onto it and up over the bonnet, scratches took a bit more than T-cut to remove..

[Pablos007]

Thanks.  Seem to remember this.... I'll have a look through their back issues.

The reports are online too. 

[mortygttdi]

I think the B7 started on a 55 plate? I could be wrong though, but the B5 finished a year or 2 before that. There was quite a big gap in the middle before the new shape RS came out.

Darren

[mattyw]

there was the b6 inbetween which ran from 2001-2004 but no rs model though

[FamilyDub]

I think the B7 started on a 55 plate?

^^ This is correct.  

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/specs/Detail.aspx?deriv=30704

There was no B6 RS4, only an S4 and the EVO long-termer you're thinking of was a Misano Red '55 plate.  

Can you tell I've been looking at RS4's too?  



[understatement]The costs involved in running one are rather frightening...   Tyres @ 250 quid a go, for example...[/understatement]