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1st October 2010, 07:41 PM
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a victory for proper fuel, v engines and Audi
Last year, whilst on a day trip involving a couple of hundred miles my brother and i had a mpg challenge and unsuprisingly his v8 seven series lost to the mighty v6 A8
 . This year the journey was repeated, this time however he was in his 2 litre manual diseasel people carrier 5 up with luggage vrs me in the 2.8 auto 5 up with luggage and with a promise of a good hiding MPG wise  . At the end of the journey the numbers were revealed.....people wagon...35.8 mpg...the A8 36.2. HA! HAHAHA!  Victory for Audi, Vee engines, auto boxes and indeed petrol. I'd like to thank my spons...................
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1st October 2010, 08:20 PM
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lol
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2nd October 2010, 10:26 AM
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LMAO thats amazing - before next time you need to put LPG on it so it does the equivalent of 50mpg against his next car!!
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3rd October 2010, 08:27 AM
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Thats excelent! I only used to manage about 29-30 on a run with my old 2.8 A4 Auto which is pretty much the same 30v engine as FL A8's! (and i used to aveage about 25 normally.)
My girlfriend and i recently drove the S8 to the lake district, we were in no rush so decided to set the cruise to 70 and enjoy the journey and save a few pennies. over the 350mile journey we managed a whopping 28.5mpg!!! on the way home we were headed for 30 before hitting traffic and dropping to high 28s again, having averaged 29.8mpg for the first 150miles! I was shocked! I normally get 18-21 on my run to work!
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3rd October 2010, 09:45 AM
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35.8!!! That's simply amazing!!
I have to say that I managed a steady cruise along the M62 at around 70mph yesterday in the RS4 and returned a surprising 27.something...
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4th October 2010, 07:56 PM
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Clive, you can't come on here and start talking about a car you haven't formally introduced. We got a thread for the 80 so lets have one for the RS 4, pics, sound bites and a short review please.
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4th October 2010, 08:02 PM
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You're absolutely right Amar!
 I'll see to that soon.....
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Present: S4 B8 avant, fully loaded, MRC Stage2, Milltek non-res, KW springs Past: S8 D2 FL, S2 ABY coupe, RS6 C5 saloon, RS4 B7 saloon, S4 B5 saloon, S4 B6 avant, all gone but not forgotten
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