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Old 26th January 2013, 11:03 AM
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Default RS6 V10 - My Thoughts So Far

Remember, I’ve only driven the car 160 miles, with 40% of the journey having been through thick snow and 80% of it on unfamiliar roads, but I can only see myself loving this thing even more, the more I drive it.

Ok, so… I’m 160 Miles into V10 RS 6 ownership which was the journey from Hull, where the last owner lived back to my house, and I already know I’ve found the absolute most perfect car for me, the C5 RS 6 couldn’t claim this title, as much as I liked it, it didn’t even come close.
I had given that title to my previous D2 S8. It was ‘only’ 360 BHP, but the build quality in it was stunning, the Recaros a dream, and overall it was a better compromise of build quality/comfort and speed than the RS 6 ever was. To be frank, the only reason I kept hold of the C5 RS 6 for so long was because it was Sprint Blue, low mileage and therefore incredibly rare and I knew I wouldn’t have easily replaced it with a like-for-like example if I let it go, and then regretted it. Moving on...

Performance

***OMG***
On a slightly damp road, at 60MPH, I gave it about 70% throttle, all four wheels lit up. That will be the 757 BHP and 967 NM of torque then. It is an animal.
Then there is this road locally that I know really well, I always mash the pedal to the floor in the plus on it, in this, I did it about ¾ throttle, and I had to let off so much sooner than I would have had to in the plus, as it had got to speeds I wasn’t comfortable with doing on that road, in the plus my foot would have been in that carpet for a little while longer, but in the C6, as expected but still not really prepared for, I had gone so much further so much sooner.

Ride

In comfort mode, I would find this ride acceptable in an A8, let alone an RS 6, to compare, the ride in my RS 6 was sometimes genuinely embarrassing when carrying family it was that rock hard, admittedly, it was on H&R coilovers, but that’s how I bought it and therefore only comparison I can give. The ride quality on the C6 with DRC is sublime.

Handling

I can’t comment yet, I haven’t been able to test it out, but, who buys a two ton car for handling?
Brakes
I have the optional 420MM ceramic option on my car, I haven’t really had a chance to test them properly yet, but I would say they are probably not as good as I expected until you get some heat into them. I’m not writing these off yet, I just haven’t had a chance to fully test them.

Interior

In my opinion, the C5 felt cheap inside, compared to my D2 S8 and compared to an E39 5 Series which is the C5’s direct rival. I could also never get truly comfortable in the seats as they didn’t provide enough adjustment or support, and although, I had a low mileage car, you always heard creaks from bits of trim and overall this was my biggest complaint with the C5. Maybe I’m not being fair to it? With the harder suspension the trim pieces were probably being put through a lot more stress and hardship than Audi had ever intended for them to.
The C6 interior, however, is sublime. I am going to use that word a lot – sublime, as it describes the C6 so well. The seats, FINALLY! I’ve found seats that give me D2 S8 levels of comfort and support; I love them, well done Audi. Buckets would have been nice, but then you would lose the memory seat function.

Gadgets

The ones I found most useful were.
Adaptive Cruise Control – Set a speed, and the car will use radar to slow down if it detects a car, or traffic and follow a safe distance behind it, once the car has gone it will speed up to the speed you’ve set, and it works wonderfully, there is no sudden braking, or jerky acceleration, it is just the way I would do it as the driver, although you can change the behaviour of the adaptive cruise control from ‘Comfort, Dynamic, Sport’, I left it in ‘Dynamic’.

High Beam Assist – This really works, it puts the high beam on when there are no cars about, and turns them off as soon as it spots a car that you are approaching, or is coming the other way, and everytime it had turned the main beam off, before even I had spotted the approaching car, it also dips the lights in town by taking information fed from the Sat Nav.

Looks

I haven’t even seen the car in daylight yet as I arrived in Hull in the dark, and left for work this morning in the dark, and will get home tonight in the dark, so Sunday will be the day I see it in all it’s glory. But when I stopped for fuel, I just did not want to get back in, people who say the C6 ‘hasn’t got arches’, clearly haven’t seen one, it makes the C5 look weedy, well, the saloon certainly does.
Overall, I am absolutely chuffed to bits with the car, and the purchase experience, I bought the car from Liam, a true enthusiast who arranged for his Swissvax guy to detail it for me pre collection and then gave me £300 cash to use towards a wheel refurb, he was going to have it done for me, but I couldn’t wait any longer and wanted to collect it straight away, although this was no fault of his own he insisted handing me the cash to get it done as wanted the car perfect for me.

Sorry, I went on a bit. But the car has just blown me away. It is EPIC. If I give the C5 RS 6 a 6.5/10, the D2 S8 would get an 8/10, and the C6? A solid and much deserved 9/10.

Edited to add: I forgot one of best parts, the shotgun/flutter/V10 fart on gearshift noise is to die for.
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Old 26th January 2013, 01:44 PM
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A good read - enjoy. Once the snow and ice has gone, I'm sure you'll get it out for a proper blast
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Old 26th January 2013, 02:28 PM
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Sounds like a great bit of kit... Only slightly jealous
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Old 27th January 2013, 08:34 PM
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Thanks guys, I took some photos today.

Few photos I got today.













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Old 27th January 2013, 08:54 PM
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Mmmmm very nice and cool pictures.
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Nice. Very nice. Not sure if I'll have the patience to wait for yours to become available before I *need* one
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You can drive it to help you make up your mind though. I don't think I will ever give this up. I've never owned a car so perfect. As much as I loved the D2, I wanted it to be a little faster and torquier, I liked the C5 but all it did well was go fast in a straight line, and this does that even better, and everything else I want it to, I liked all my Beemer's but putting the power down in the rain could be a bit frustrating at times, this has absolutely no flaws, not even a single one. Well, actually, I've just read the engine needs to be removed to do the spark plugs which are due, but we won't talk about that whilst I'm in the 'honeymoon period'.

Today, I've mostly been out driving it, fuelling it, driving it and then fuelling it some more so I can finally report on the handling. With the DRC in Sport mode, it is epic. The car remains so flat, the steering is really direct and un Audi like, and with the 60/40 biased quattro system the back end even slipped out a little. I've not driven an Audi like it and I'm genuinely really really surprised. I really cannot see myself even thinking about an M5 with handling as satisfying as this. The C5 as much as it gripped, felt clumsy and totally disconnected in feel.

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You can drive it to help you make up your mind though.
Great, I'm in Birmingham till Weds, let me know if you're free
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The First 20 Audis:

2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,

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2011 A7 Sline, 2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2002 A2 1.4 Tdi Silver, 2006 A8 4.2 Tdi Blue,
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2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
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2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2007 4.2 FSi Q7 ABT Blue, 2016 S5 Coupe Launch model, 2004 S4 B6 Cabriolet, 2016 Q7 Sline White, 2006 Q7 4.2 FSi Black, 2012 Q7 Sline+ 4.2Tdi White, 2008 Blue Audi S8

Everything Else

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High Beam Assist – This really works.......
.....it also dips the lights in town by taking information fed from the Sat Nav.

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Are you sure ? I cant imagine a £1000+ Sat nav is a requirement for the £75 high beam assist option, pretty sure it just uses the same mechanism for 'seeing' street lighting as it does for cars in front...

Glad you like it though

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The 17 year old Driver Wagon 2015 Skoda Citigo Monte Carlo. Alloys, Power steering, Aircon, Leccy windows, Sat Nav, bluetooth, central locking, cup holders, 59 whole bhp. Million times better than my first car. Well jealous.....

The First 20 Audis:

2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,

The Second 20 Audis:

2011 A7 Sline, 2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2002 A2 1.4 Tdi Silver, 2006 A8 4.2 Tdi Blue,
2007 4.2 Tdi Q7, 2006 S4 Cab Silver, 2010 RS6 Saloon Black , 2007 TT Roadster,
2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
2009 C6 RS6 Saloon Daytona Grey, 2001 Fully Loaded A2 Tdi, 2006 Avant S6 Black, 2007 VW Caravelle Exec Black (almost an Audi)
2009 TT Roadster Daytona, 2015 Q7 4.2 tdi lava grey, 2002 GmbH D2 demonstrator, 2006 D3 A8 LWB 4.2 Tdi Black

Most Recent Audis:

2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2007 4.2 FSi Q7 ABT Blue, 2016 S5 Coupe Launch model, 2004 S4 B6 Cabriolet, 2016 Q7 Sline White, 2006 Q7 4.2 FSi Black, 2012 Q7 Sline+ 4.2Tdi White, 2008 Blue Audi S8

Everything Else

1989 Subaru Justy, 1986 Vauxhall Cartlton 2.0 GL, 1985 Vauxhall Carlton 2.2 CDi, 1987 Ford Sierra XR4x4, 1983 Vauxhall Senator, 1985 Vauxhall Senator 3.0i, 1997 Polo Saloon, 1997 Peugeot 306 1.9 TDi, Ford Sierra Sapphire 2000E, 1990 Subaru Justy, 2000 Subaru Impreza, 2000 Subaru Impreza RB5, 1993 Range Rover LSE, 2005 VW Bora, 2003 Skoda Superb, 2003 VW Passat V6 4 Motion, 1996 Peugeot 106, 2000 Range Rover 4.0, 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance
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That's what the A8 product manager reckoned at the D4 launch anyway. I'm usually free on Tuesdays but tomorrow I'm a bit busy, I've got to handover my C5 at MRC amongst other things, may even sneak in a cheeky dyno run for the C6. If you had said that yeserday Ian I would have been up to meet you straight away as had been looking for an excuse to drive somewhere. The high beam assist is a must in a car this fast, in the C5 I was constantly looking out for cars hovering my finger on the main beam stalk, and it's something less to worry about now at 120+ (kph).
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