An A8 makes Shed Of The Week on Pistonheads!

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Originally Posted by Singh

I was in a 535 V8 and my friend in my A8 4.2 at a few years back, and the 4.2 A8 pulled from the 535 V8 like it was a Fiesta, even the 740's of the D2 year are 20 BHP short iirc.

Ooow i never thought i'd see the day that happened mate BMW getting the shi77y end of the Audi stick. I got taken apart by a 535 Derv a couple of years ago. I'm saying it had been mapped, but i was nuts out and hit the limiter in 1st 2nd and 3rd and that Bimmer jut pulled on me. I know my 8 is an old girl now but it would have hit Ollie up the trumpet had i not backed of one day so she can hold her own (4 speed vrs 5 speed)

Originally Posted by sarg

they are, but more importantly, they are also significantly heavier, about 300kg, this is the reason I went with an 8 rather than a 7 in the first place

After the last month or so nursing my girl it's becoming a reality that it'll need replacing with something soon, and i was toying with a 7