D2: A8 or S8

[sarg]

Originally Posted by chan110

Oh, tell me pls - before I buy the wrong car

Brian's car has no chrome, very rare factory option, check his signature.

One of my favourite 8s, in fact Brian, mail me when you decide to sell

[PsYcHe]

Mine were rarely over 80l from '0' to full.

[briang9]

as sarg says mine has what seems to be a rare factory option of black chrome

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2624

[briang9]

given what I spent on its last service and just about to replace all tyres and get the wheels refurbished it will be a long time sarg

[PsYcHe]

Brian, Check out Chameleon Metal Coatings in Renfrew, really good service and decent price for sameday on all 5 wheels.

[Nollywood]

Originally Posted by sarg

Amar, it might be a 90 litre tank, but you almost certainly don't use the whole 90 litres each tank, unless you've got balls of steel and drive another 30 miles when the gauge says you're running on fumes.

Nollywood, how many litres do you usually need brim to brim?

I don't really observe how many litres. I just brim and that's it. When I first bought the car, I drove 19 miles with 0 range showing before my nerve broke. I had a 5 litre jerry in the trunk though, just in case.

So now, I know I can go 15 miles on 0 range, though I seldom do. Once 0 appears, I fill up. In emergency situations, when I can't find 98/99 RON fuel, I will drive on 0 range for up to 15 miles till I get the high octane stuff.

My '98 S8 achieved 426 miles consistently on a full tank, conversely my '96 4,2 QS consistently achieved a lot less - 390 miles. No error codes, regularly serviced, and I was the second owner. It had all the services bar three done at the supplying Audi dealership - Martins of Basinstoke. The other three were carried out by Colindale Audi.

This would suggest the 40V engines are more efficient - they are Euro III, some late ones Euro IV (not including early pre-FSI D3).

[briang9]

Originally Posted by PsYcHe

Brian, Check out Chameleon Metal Coatings in Renfrew, really good service and decent price for sameday on all 5 wheels.

thats where I am going, Jim is kindly lending me his spare wheels so I wont be without the car (and its cheaper for their 3 to five days and I dont have a voucher), and Chameleon are fitting my new tyres at the same time

[Architex_mA8tey]

Originally Posted by briang9

thats where I am going, Jim is kindly lending me his spare wheels so I wont be without the car (and its cheaper for their 3 to five days and I dont have a voucher), and Chameleon are fitting my new tyres at the same time

Wot no voucher?? Im shocked!

[Goran]

Have a read of one of the old S8 reviews, I like reading these even after I bought the car.
Also my personal feeling is, dont ruin it with LPG. It will make some maintenance procedures more difficult, not sure if it will reduce performance as well - others may know.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/audi-s8-road-test

The Insideline review is a good read too,

http://www.insideline.com/audi/s8/20...1-audi-s8.html

and another, comparison vs Mercedes and BMW,

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...ve-star-sedans

[chan110]

Originally Posted by Goran

Have a read of one of the old S8 reviews, I like reading these even after I bought the car.
Also my personal feeling is, dont ruin it with LPG. It will make some maintenance procedures more difficult, not sure if it will reduce performance as well - others may know.

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/audi-s8-road-test

The Insideline review is a good read too,

http://www.insideline.com/audi/s8/20...1-audi-s8.html

and another, comparison vs Mercedes and BMW,

http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/co...ve-star-sedans

Thks Goran, those reports were useful - though I did find none of them gave a complete thumbs up to the S8 - but it glowed enough in many places.

As for LPG - I am no expert (certainly not from high power cars as the S8) - LPG does have its problems, but if installed and maintain correctly it does save a bundle of ££ and allow myself to enjoy the car more, by allowing it to do what it does best (using most of its BHP) and flooring it as and when it is required