New member & just bought my first A8 - a fully loaded 4.2 TDi.
 

Great to see a forum dedicated to the A8 and with plenty of passionate members. These are complex and expensive cars to keep working so sharing knowledge is good for all of us :)

Picked up our first Audi last week, a 2011 A8 with the mighty 4.2 diesel engine.Its an ex Audi exec car so has a massive spec which greatly increased its appeal over most out there and makes it a very special thing to drive. Low miles (38k) and in near mint condition, she will make a very worthy replacement for our M5. While the M5 was epic I found it useless on the cold/wet roads in deepest darkest Scotland where the roads are wet 50% of the time, even over what was summer. Loving the smoothness and handling of what is a very large car and of course the effortless urge from the V8, this is going to be a fun family car for the next couple of years.

I am still working my way through all the tech and no doubt will post a few daft questions in the coming weeks. I have already come up against the inability of the car to copy CD's to the jukebox and done some reading on the VCDS I need to activate this function. Why Audi chooses to do this baffles me.

Any other 4.2 owners around?

Cheers,
mondie

Welcome, car sounds great! You'll find the answers to anything you want to know on this forum.

Any pics of the car? +++

Only pics I have are the sellers or some phone pics from when I first viewed the car. Will find the time to give the car a proper clean and get some decent photos. Its a striking car in the flesh :)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...pstmipfatx.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psfpj1y9mw.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psitnxv4ox.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...pssintz7zt.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...psdger8cex.jpg

Welcome along. What acracking motor you've got. Enjoy.

John.

Wow....rocket ship :-)
Welcome

Adaptive cruise, sunroof, and do I spot a bit of Bang and Olufsen in there too?... nice...

and of course welcome +++

I saw the B&O. Consider me wel jel, as they say.

Welcome from me too, and wow +++

I don't see the picnic table, rear screens, fridge or ventilating seats tho :Confused:

Wow that is one loaded D4 ! A Keeper for sure, Welcome aboard.
If you get the Jukebox sorted, Post some details as I need to sort this also.
I took the lazy option and currently just use my iPhone for music in the car.

Thanks for the welcome guys :)


Yes B&O, double glazing ACC, comfort seats, LED lights, extended leather,4 zone climate rear/side blinds and some other stuff. +++

It was the interior trim that really drew me initially, well that and the B&O.