Funny you should say that Mick, here's a picture of some of the family fleet parked outside my sisters house. All german, all V8.
All the Audi's have issues, the S4 has suddenly stopped going into reverse! (6 speed manual). The other A8 is generally okay, had its fair share of control arms, air con not working and it has the usual clunky gearbox symptoms. That A8 does 5k miles a month so it will probably need a new box soon!
Anyway, point is the BMW has more then double the miles of all Audi's, its way over 200k but its never had a single issue, the gearbox is smoother then a freshley rebuilt S8 ZF box and is the comfiest car I've ever been in. I have a huge amount of respect for the E39 and that particular car is my favourite out of loads we have had, including the 335, S6 V8 quattro etc...
Anyway, I just want my green car back!
Love this picture Tonupkid posted, I can forgive it for breaking an engine and gearbox within the space of three months. All it needs is a Milltek, slam, private plate 
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2009 Audi RS 6 Saloon V10 - 420mm Ceramics, Keyless, Soft Close, Adaptive Cruise, Glass Sunroof, Blinds, Twin Pane & UV, Freeview & DAB, High Beam Assist, MTM bits, Audi Exclusive Bits, MRC, Milltek, GYEF1 ASY2's, Bluetooth streaming music to AMI mod - 753 PS/1021 NM
2016 Audi S3 Saloon, Sepang, S-Tronic - B&O, Tech Pack etc... Company Car
1995 Audi A8 4.2 V8 quattro Sport - Bose, Solar, Blinds
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