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Old 18th June 2021, 11:58 AM
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If you want the spectacle of a high revving petrol engine then no amount of tuning of your TDi will get that!
^ this ^

I had to laugh at some of the comments on here, sorry. Any diesel will never sound like an AMG V8, if you think it does, then maybe gets your hearing checked

Some do sound decent yes, 4.2 TDI Cayennes sound great, but it's still not a petrol V8

I think the answer lies in how many miles you do.

If not many, then get the petrol engined car, no brainer

For the longer miles/daily driver, get a diesel
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Old 18th June 2021, 12:17 PM
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To be fair, the SQ7 does a good job of sounding like a AMG with a diesel engine, but that's because the sound effectively comes out of a speaker in the exhaust
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Old 18th June 2021, 12:34 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTcdvzXeS6w

close but,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmlkofASiV8

no cigar

I've owned a C63 M-B, without question the nicest sound car I've owned.

Back to the OP, if you're doing less than 10k miles or so per annum, then get the V10
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Old 18th June 2021, 07:18 PM
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The v8 can sound quite close I think abeit not as high reving as a petrol, I got my exhaust pretty close to these examples
https://youtu.be/w-zTuFblPIo

https://youtu.be/3il_ithXTMI

The v10 stock exhaust though that would be a selling point for me I think, plus the slighty better interiors in the 'S's. I'm full time working from home so 15k miles a year to around 2k I could justify the petrol
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Old 18th June 2021, 07:33 PM
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The v8 can sound quite close I think abeit not as high reving as a petrol, I got my exhaust pretty close to these examples
https://youtu.be/w-zTuFblPIo

https://youtu.be/3il_ithXTMI

The v10 stock exhaust though that would be a selling point for me I think, plus the slighty better interiors in the 'S's. I'm full time working from home so 15k miles a year to around 2k I could justify the petrol
All I hear is tractors

Take full advantage of the current travel situation, 2k miles a year at 7000rpm is much more fun than sounding okay low down

That said, it does take time to adapt from one to the other, earlier in my RS4 I changed down to 4th and opened her up on the motorway, given speed limits 2nd would have made more sense for maximum grin factor! A big thing for me was a desire for a manual gearbox, shame I'm too used to my tractor with a very competent slush box!!!!
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Old 19th June 2021, 08:09 AM
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Isn't removing the catalyst and/or DPFs an automatic MOT failure? If so, what's the point, unless you like changing exhausts over every year to pass the MOT. As for the testers, I know I've criticised the ones here in NI, but even the densest one will suspect something when a diesel car comes in sounding like a V8 AMG.

Go find yourself a S8.
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As long as everything is 'in place' theres no issues passed 2 mot's, the S8 is very tempting
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