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I had considered getting the warm weather package which keeps interior temps down while car is off.
Now I'm glad I didn't waste the money. It cools the interior off very fast.
MorganConrad - if you ever get a chance to find out what your dealer did, i'd be interested in finding out...maybe the odd car has a defect. The dealer I visited said he's never had any complaints, but we all know how honest dealers can be :-)
bollinger - glad to hear your a/c works as expected. I too am considering the warm weather package, but it seems like overkill...though a solar powered fan and power sunshade appeals to the techno-geek in me!
Smoother ride, bigger car, similar price, and more than enough power and handling prowess for a wannabe F1 World Champion like me :-)
Warm weather package is kaput for 2001. I think to really appreciate it you would have to have a black car in a very warm area like Arizona, NM, Texas, possibly Florida. Here in Northern CA where it is very sunny but not so hot, it doens't make sense to give up the $$ and glass sunroof to get the warm package. That is, if you get the warm weather package, the sunroof panel is fixed to the glass, and you cannot open the panel without opening the roof. I wouldn't like that as I rarely close the panel.
I am in my 2nd day of a test drive w/A6 and have noticed the rough idle that was discussed on the A6 thread. Has anyone experienced the rough idle with the S4?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Plugs essentially can't do anything.
www.audizone.come tested the stock air filter against the K&N on the S4, and found no difference at all.
A performance exhaust system should get a small (10HP?) boost.
You don't even have an S4 yet, and it isn't fast enough for you, eh? Ingrate.
Don't forget to get all-season or winter tires before going to the snow. The stock tires on the S4 are performance tires and are entirely useless on snow. I am serious. Many have complained of this on www.audiworld.com.
Folks have chipped the S4 well past that to 320HP.
Try the S4 forum on www.audiworld.com (seems to be down this weekend). There are many people there who have chipped their S4's. Chipping is a favorite topic there. Lately Audi has made some chipper-unfriendly moves because of warranty abuse. Read more there.
Just turned the car in from a 4 day test, (can't wait to compare the s4 to it) nothing too demanding, but I did push it hard on a couple of twisties. The handling feels pretty floaty, although I was impressed with the 6 speed and the quattro response. It was my 1st time driving an audi stick, still doesn't feel as tight as my 328i.
thanks again to bolllinger for keeping all of us so well informed.
ps. I had trouble w/audiworld site also.
I am at a delimea wheather to buy the BMW328ci, or the Audi S4!
any response will be helpful
But the S4 really has so much more to offer in pretty much every department (including cost).
If you are seriously looking at the 328, the S4 really isn't the same kind of car.
S4 kills it in performance. The S4 competes against the BMW M3, where it is better than that even - no contest.
Buy the 328 for status, not performance. It's a good performing car, but doesn't even touch the S4.
Have driven the bmw coupe-very cramped. Power adequate. If you want to compare bmw to audi S4, better to wait until fall and look at BMW 330i. 4 door with 3 liter 225HP engine and 5 speed. Also 330xi--all wheel drive sedan.
No chance of new A4 in US this year.
I would suspect the S4 will get the axe temporarily, as other companies do. The M3 sat out a year or two when the new 3-series came out. The previous S4 suffered this fate also.
The thinking is that the new model is already selling so fast you don't need other models to create demand.
I'm not sure of long term durability of the turbos.
MB320 - way underpowered for the price, but nice.
MB430 - better power, but ridiculous price
2.7T - alot of fun for the $. Great power.
4.2 - Effortless power, buttery, but more $.
As you can tell power means a lot to me, but so does luxury. However, status isn't as important. If you are about status, buy the 320, if not, the 2.7T and 4.2 are great cars for the $.
I prefer the 2.7T. 1 inexpensive chip and you have 310HP. The engine is a technical marvel with and was really built for higher HP. Also, 2.7T engines are de-tuned for the US market for EPA reasons.
I own the S4 of course.
I also agree the E430 is the real deal, but the price is just plain silly.
Audi officially announced the S4 gets the axe when the new A4 comes out!
No word on the A6 2.7T. It better not get the axe, at least in the US.
More info on S4 forum on www.audiworld.com
I have a Nissan 1.6 93 with auto is now over 20,3600 miles and still runs like new.
Thanks.
I would definitely guess the S4 will come back some day in some form, but I have no hard info that says so. RS4 is unlikely in the US. Too much expense to qualify the car for the short production run it gets anway.
Given this, it seems highly unlikely Audi will kill the A6 2.7T. And if that is the case, why kill the S4? You still have to make the twin-turbo engine anyway for the A6. The engine is used in the new Allroad also. No way Audi will kill the engine in the new Allroad after only 1 year, will yet? Or would they dare knock it down to the new 3.0L 215HP engine? Seems like a bad idea to me.
TIA,
Jeff Brosne, Co. Spgs., CO
On here i believe i have seen chips ~800 that will ogve you about 300-310hp with 340lb/ft of torque.....
you might want to subscribe to this : http://www.speedevolution.com/
Well i was just looking and will give you some links to tuners :
http://www.chip-tuning.com/usa/main/mainmenu.html
http://www.greedspeed.com/products/index.html
The S8 will be bought by the same people who buy BMW 740i sports and 750il's and the A8 sells around 2500 copies a year...probably more this year...
Thanks in advance.