[mrmister]

I love my 968, but I don't want to drive it every day. The streets in San Francisco are garbage and the women in my life just don't 'get' this car. It has a fairly rough ride over all the potholes in town, it only holds 1 person, it always seems to have some sort of noise going on (need to grease the delrin bushings!)......



I currently have:

1992 968 Supercharged

2009 BMW 1200GSA motorcycle

1994 Ford F250 Powerstroke 4x4



As you can see I have a dedicated work/hauling vehicle, a motorcycle, and the nicely equiped 968. What am I missing here? Well I am missing something that can actually transport more than 1 other person! I could also use something that could handle some snow so I don't have to hitch a ride to Lake Tahoe, or drive the beast of a truck.



The 2003 Audi RS6 is a 4 door, has AWD, and is more refined for the gals who don't like their jewelry rattled off on the way to the restaurant. It is also a 520hp (APR ECU) BEAST that will most certainly keep me satisfied.



Here is the one I am looking at

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/2288441947.html



Anyone have any input here? Any other cars I should be looking at? I like the M5 a lot, but the Audi has AWD which is a bonus for ski trips.

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[flash]

jeffski has an audi wagon he is going to sell - i think it's the twin turbo

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[craigawoodman]

Do you really need that much power? The S6 with the V10 engine is a real sleeper of a car - but it sounds AWESOME. THere is such a thing as too much power, and turbos and big displacement engines don't normally go together. THere is something about a V10 in a sedan that just sits right with me.



I saw one in Brisbane and the dealer started it up for me in the showroom. I nearly had to have it on the spot. My wife was the sensible one - she said no, not because she didn't like it, but because she knew that she would not have a license within 6 months if we had it. It was wild.



I could live without the RS6 - just give me an S6.

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[mrmister]

I would love either car, but the S6 with the V10 engine started in 2006 and is currently selling for at least 40k. This produces 430hp, which is similar to the 450 the 2003 RS6 produced. Although the RS6 is about a half second faster 0-60.The RS6 can be had for 20-30k, the one for 35k I posted is a very nice example with warranty till 2014 and I still think I could pick it up for 30k.



If both were the same price, I would probably get the newer S6 and have better electronics and most likely a more reliable car. However for the 30k and under price range I would like to stay at, the RS6 is hard to beat.

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[rxter]

The womEn in my life. Ah to be young with a fast car again.....

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[Ryan]

Great cars while under warranty.

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[tamathumper]

Wow, $35K for 61K miles. That's good value retention right there! Is the "sound enhancing exhaust" an Audi option, or something aftermarket, and did it need a fresh tranny at 61K because it was thrashed?



On the upside, if you're making the downgrade from womEn 1.0 to womAn 1.0 with the yearly maintenance option, you have about nine months to make up your mind before you need to transport that additional module in a separate seat.

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[mrmister]

It is priced high, and I mentioned that in my email to the seller. Certainly the warranty is worth something, but it is on the high end for other RS6 on the market. I also asked why it needed a fresh tranny. I think there was an audi exhaust option. The sway bars and chip I have checked out and they are nice equipment.



If the car is as clean as they say it is, I would pay 28-30. I went to the audi dealership today and there is nothing really that interests me for 30k in anything newer. They said I could get like a 2006 S4 for 30k. No thanks, I will take the RS6 a few years older every day of the week. I saw the 2008 V10 S6, but they wanted 50k.





Do they make baby seats for the back of a 968? I hope I don't need to answer that anytime soon!

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[tamathumper]

Well, they make baby seats for the back of a 944,... Are the seats the same shape? I took my first daughter to daycare for a couple of years in a baby seat in the front of the 944S, until the second one came along, and then,...



By the way, Ex-Wife 1.0 is expensive, but only because it's *so* worth it.

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[craigawoodman]

The sound of an RS4 is also something special - although a C63 to quote Clarkson - is like God gargling marballs.



In short - any of these would be an awesome car.

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[mrmister]

Here is another one for sale in my area for 25k. http://www.carsonlinefree.com/searchCars...eID=195860

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[mrmister]

two in LA



http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/ctd...24731.html



http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/ctd/2288117435.html

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[mrmister]

I bought an RS6. One came up for sale in Burlingame which is fairly close to me. It is a very nice one owner car that spent its entire life just a few block away from the Audi dealer it was purchased from. All service was completed at the same dealer. I pick it up tomorrow and can't wait.



Check it out here

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/cto/2298873359.html

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[ds968]

Old, old, old thread, but didn’t want to start a new one just for this ..  I was at a breakfast meeting today and as I walked out I noticed a brand new ( dealer paper license plates still on it )  Audi RS 6 “wagon” parked right outside the restaurant .   The first thing which caught my eye were the front wheels’ enormous calipers, on equally enormous rotors .   I could be wrong , but I would swear they are larger than the La Ferrari or the Porsche 918 , which I thought can’t possibly get any bigger than that ..

But maybe not shocking .,that car is a 200 mph top speed , 3.4 sec. 0-60 sleeper monster .  Not bad for a station wagon , lol. 

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[Waylander]

The original RS2 was a wagon too

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