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2005 Audi S4 Consumer Discussions
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Audi S4 Prices Paid and Buying Experiences
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Re: 2007 S4 [khoeschen]
Audi has really cut back on production of the 06-07 S4's models. They made too many 2004/2005 models with the new V8. Audi is trying to keep the S4 more exclusive and special with the new grill & styling.
Audi S4 Oil Questions
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Re: S4 - High Oil Consumption [ts02]
Hi ts02 ... I actually started this thread - almost 4 years ago to the day!! I sold my 2005 S4 cab in April last year. We moved out of the country and i could not take it with me ... hurt to give it up!!! The problems you describe are very similar to mine ... but worse consumption than i ever had. I would go about 1,500 miles for every ... Read More
First drive of 2010 Audi S4 6 speed manual
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First drive of 2010 Audi S4 6 speed manual
Salt Lake City, Utah..First drive of 2010 Audi S4 6 speed manual. As an Audi owner (2005 Allroad 2.7T 6 speed manual) I was very excited to drive the all new S4. A few years back I drove and almost purchased a 2007 S4 Avant Manual. The V8 felt so powerful and sounded great driving around town. I really enjoyed the driving experience and feel of the car. The new S4 ... Read More
BMW 3-Series vs Audi S4
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Re: BMW 330i vs S4[quattroporte12] [jmaroun]
Thanks jmaroun i really appreciate your advice I actually was just kinda iffy on the s4 until i read your reply, then i decided to give it another drive. That thing is SO fast, the engine is really its best attribute. Awesome, awesome engine. It just pulls. The suspension is also really great it feels really stable and the quattro does give it a stable feeling (i know thats a cliche). ... Read More
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BMW 330i vs S4[quattroporte12]
Now, I leased an 06 330i for 3 years. I know that car well. 2006 330 Vs 2005 S4? Wow, ..Are you kidding??? It's hard to even compare..however I'd imagine that these cars are priced comparitively. I'm half amazed that I haven't thought much of such a possiblity before. Interesting.. 06 330 Vs 05 S4 255hp Vs 340hp nice..and that's not the most important factor... the S4 is more beautiful by ... Read More
Ultimate AWD Sports Sedans
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Narrowed it down...
Now im just down to either a 2006 bmw 330i (the xi is like 4000 more when you are buying used) or a 2005 audi s4. i think the bmw drives better, and gets better gas milage, but the audi is faster, is awd, and is a LITTLE cheaper / easier to find the way i want. So i have no idea what to do. Because both are awesome cars, i ... Read More
BMW 3-Series vs Audi S4
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330i vs s4
The new i-drive on the 3 series looks a lot like the mmi, anyone tried it? Okay, so i have a decision that hopefully some of u can help me with I had an x5, 4.4i sport pkg, it was awesome but it got totaled unfortunately (car saved my life, any other suv would have flipped) So i am now looking at either: a 2006 bmw 330i, or a 2005 audi ... Read More
Ultimate AWD Sports Sedans
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Re: Are 2005 S4's Reliable? [nausetiggy]
I have some friends who swear by Audi. Other friends swear AT the marque. I have no personal experience with Igolstadt products but I will admit that I find the S4 to be a tempting prospect. My local Audi dealer has two Dolphin Gray S4s, but unfortunately both of them are slushboxes... :(
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Are 2005 S4's Reliable?
I am close to purchasing one of two 2005 s4's. One has 22k miles, the other has 28k miles and both are Certified. Are there any reliability issues I should know about? Is there an average maintenance cost per year? I live in the northeast, will I need snow tires? My last Audi was an Allroad, so I am trying to get to know a different type of beast! Thank you ... Read More
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Re: What else should we look at? [ateixeira]
I'd add a few others to your list - the 2009 TL-S will have SH-AWD. Also, the G35x from Infiniti. Finally, for a budget buy, check out a Subaru Legacy GT Limited, or even a spec.B model. If my choices were limited to AWD cars I would also look at the Evo MR as well as the STi. The Spec B is another excellent pick. I found a very clean 2005 ... Read More
Audi S4 Oil Questions
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Re: New to this Forum - Help (Oil leaks and consumption)! [collsy]
Sounds like you really have a lemon on your hands. Aside from the oil problem that I flagged in the first note of this thread I have not had any other problems (knock wood). The min oil light still comes on after every 1500-2000 miles at which time I put in a quart. I too continue to think this is too much, however I have now called around to a number ... Read More
Audi S4 and S4 Cabriolet
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Re: Can the S4 cab handle Beantown? [997]
It's a lot more fun than you might expect. It can trounce M3s on the highway, has great torque reserves, and an almost opulent interior. Reliability depends on how you maintain your cars. If you thrash them around, it won't hold up any worse than a BMW, but I try to keep mine in mint condition, so I haven't had a single problem (I've owned it for a year and a ... Read More
Audi S4 Oil Questions
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HELP! High oil consumption Audi S4
Hi there I own a 2005 Audi S4 Cabriolet. The car is awesome and the engine is amazing. Gotta love it in the summer! I commute about 1500mi per month and would say that my driving style is aggressive. I find that every 5 weeks or so (ca. 1500-1800 miles) the "min oil"-light comes on and I need to take it into the dealer for a top-up. Given that the standard ... Read More
Audi S4 vs BMW M3
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Need Help with CPO M3/330/350 vs S4
Hi all - I need some help in deciding on a 2004 CPO S4 loaded with 20K miles for 40K vs 2005 M3 loaded with 10K for 50K. Any hellp is appreciated. I have kids 11 and 12. I usually drop 1 in morning to school and pick one up in evening at soccer. I want a car with great performance but also practical for my situation. I am only 3 ... Read More
Audi S4 Prices Paid and Buying Experiences
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Re: New 2006 Audi S4 Sedan [rjlaero]
What's sales tax in Cali? It depends on the city. 7.25% is the state sales tax, but some cities like LA and SF have it hiked to 8% or 8.25%. Kind of steep, I know, but anyone who tells you that CA is the most expensive state in the lower 48 is not kidding. The sales tax was 7.75% where I bought my S4. But your OTD price after tax, lo ... Read More
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Re: New 2006 Audi S4 Sedan [dhamilton]
Thanks. I'm absolutely thrilled with this car. I checked out the M3 as well, but the S4 has more of what I want in a car. V8, less interior noise, 4 doors, as well as the 60/40 AWD to name a few. It's also a few thousand dollars cheaper. I know someone who has a STI and I rode in it once. If you want a fast car in the 30K ... Read More
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New 2006 Audi S4 Sedan
I just bought a brand new 2006 S4 Sedan yesterday from a dealership in Sacramento, CA. I'll give a quick rundown on what I paid starting with the specifics on the car. Color: Black Tranny: Manual Options: Premium package, DVD Nav system, Cold Weater Package, Premium Sound System w/XM, Power Sunshades, Carbon Fiber Trim Dealer asking price: $57,200. Yeah, right. MSRP: $55,770. What I paid out of pocket: $52,800 After taxes ... Read More
Audi S4 vs BMW M3
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Re: darn confising cars [m3_r1]
I couldn't have said this better myself. -17% for the BMW vs -46% for the S4. These numbers are light years apart. Well, yeah. Like I said, I'm not out to mislead anyone and that's what Consumer Reports indicated, so that's what I posted. The #'s are not quite as far apart as you may think though. The way CR's scale is set up, if the S4 was 2 percentage points ... Read More
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Re: Want to know positives/negatives of S4 and M3 [bknblk]
Thanks for showing how some of the S4 crowd uses distorted facts and subjective web sites to build up the inferior S4. Rarely do these people respond to the truth about the cars they drive. I can't believe that this guy posted a message stating the M3 weighs more than the S4. It just goes to show how reality doesn't exist for many of them. A couple of weeks ago while ... Read More
Audi S4 Prices Paid and Buying Experiences
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Re: 2006 Audi S4 [silver17]
The 2005 A6 had $4500 dealer cash, but not the S4 to my knowledge. I thought the A4/S4 were 2000-2500 depending on the model.
Audi S4 vs BMW M3
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Re: Want to know positives/negatives of S4 and M3 [m3_r1]
OK let's have a fact-based discussion. Firstly, which consumer report are you talking about? Go to Consumer Reports.org , and look up the BMW 3-series and Audi A4 reports. Granted, the Audi has atrocious reliability through 2001 (it is that reputation which hurts its resale value now ... ) but has shown consistent improvement since the new shape was introduced in 2002. Indeed, in 2003 it received only excellent and very ... Read More
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Re: Want to know positives/negatives of S4 and M3 [s4lvr]
If this is going to be a fact based discussion then by all means use accurate facts. Consumer Reports and Kelly Blue Book clearly show the M3 to be more reliable and a much better investment than the S4. Also, there is no 2006 M3 to compare to the 2006 S4. If you had your facts straight you would know that the M3 is due for a change and won't be ... Read More
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Re: Want to know positives/negatives of S4 and M3 [kdshapiro]
I love arguing over cars (of all things). Truth is, both cars are great, but for 2005, Audi S4 has taken the M3 down and I can't find a industry publication that says otherwise. Here's yet another article from R&T... http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=913&page_number=1
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Re: Want to know positives/negatives of S4 and M3 [m3_r1]
The 3 series remains one of the better looking cars in BMW's lineup, and it's still the "darling" car of many automotive jounalists. The M3 is indeed a sharp looking car. But anybody who says the fit, finish, and overall appearance of BMW's...especially the 5 and 7 series is crazy. Virtually every automotive magazine has questioned the once clean and classy Bimmers of the late 80's and most of the 90's, ... Read More
Audi S4 and S4 Cabriolet
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Re: S4 pricing [adanny]
Well sedans are different than Cabriolets. Cabs usually sell for MSRP. They are rare and hard to come by (at least in the summer). I also waited for a 2005.5 so it was even rarer. I got about 1k off mine BUT my family is a 30+ year customer at my dealer and I've been dealing with the same sales person for the past 21 years. I also did my financing ... Read More
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New S4
I was at a Wedding this evening and there must have been an Audi Launch for the press at the hotel. They had a few S4, S4 Avants, A3s, and A4s there. I don't care for the looks of the 2005.5 model. They don't have the beautiful AVUS style wheels. The new S4 wheels look like bigger version of the 05 A4 3.0 non sport package wheels. The stylintg went from ... Read More
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Just took delivery!
I just bought a 2005.5 S4 Cabriolet (premium, heated seats, tiptronic, sirius, nav., silver w/ ebony). My wife always wanted an A4 cabriolet since she saw her first one back in 2001. I had a 2005 Elise which was totalled by an Econovan with a driver on a cell phone back in November. The docs said no lotus for another year or so while I heal so my wife got her ... Read More
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Re: New S4 - 2005.5 [rkb]
My outgoing car was a leased '00 Audi A6 2.7t. So, after that car, I was a performance driver. I drove three S4s (two were sedans, one convertible) and a new A6 4.2. My son likes cars as much as I do, and he almost fell asleep in the A6! It must've been the gray interior, but that car has lost some excitement. Sounds like the new 5 Series? Well, I ... Read More
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Re: Suggestions? About to buy 2005.5 S4 [giovanni1]
The factory release has to do with the official announce date of the 2005.5 S4'S. Apparently they haven't released them yet to the public, haven't put on the website. The RL isn't adrenaline pumping that's for sure. I'm 35, it's probably not my car. I'm between a rock and hardplace with Boston weather. Need the function of AWD, but like performance in summer. I could do the sport ute thing, but ... Read More
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Tire Pressure Monitoring System
I took delivery of a 2005.5 S4 on April 1, and have already had a serious problem with the tire pressure monitoring system. It had already acted up the first week I had the car, and then a few weeks later it went out completely. It's been in the shop for over a week now, and my dealer is replacing the whole system. I understand Audi has had lots of problems ... Read More
Audi S4 Prices Paid and Buying Experiences
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Bought a 2005 S4 Manual Sedan
I just bought a 2005 S4 at Audi of Alexandria for $47750, not including VA tax and registration/application fees. Options include Premium package, Audio package w/XM radio, Heated front seats, Power Rear windows and manual rear side window sunshades. I am sure I could have gotten lower price, but unfortunately I lack the aggressiveness of a good bargainer. It is an early 2005 model and not the re-design one with big ... Read More
Audi S4 and S4 Cabriolet
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Re: New S4 - 2005.5 [rkb]
I'm just guessing- you have an S4 Sedan? Well, my Cabriolet already had a problem. I feel bad to rag on Audi, and this S4 is the best car I've ever owned. Anyway, I've owned it for a little less than two weeks. I haven't needed the A/C or heat yet, because the weather's been pretty perfect here (suburb of Chicago) for the past few days. But, yesterday, it got a ... Read More
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Re: 2005 S4 6 speed [coby03]
My dealer has an Imola yellow car that sounds like your black/black. It is NOT a demo as far as I know and it is exactly $7,000 off. I suspect this is because it is yellow and because the new S4 has the navi system in it that Audi should have brought out two years ago.
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Re: New S4 - 2005.5 [bmwccc]
bmwccc: Correct, no Bluetooth - sorry don't know what the new options for 2006 will be. Total invoice was almost identical to invoice as per edmunds.com "New 2005 Audi S4 listing" and the dealer "made" ~$1200 over invoice. This was the first 2005.5 S4 sold at my dealership, the car was traded for from another dealership. Good luck with negotiations, I had several other connections to this dealership and I had ... Read More
Ultimate AWD Sports Sedans
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Re: S60R competes and excedes
"I have not seen the interior of the R, but I have a hard time believing that it is a better interior than the S4. If it is, I would love to see it. " .........and to piggy back on the quote above from bellamusica, I know that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, but the Audis interior ARE the benchmark of what a car interior should look like. ... Read More
Audi S4 and S4 Cabriolet
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New S4 - 2005.5
I was in the market for a new car (as someone above said - divorce will do that to you) as I "lost" my daily driver, a 2002 BMW 330CiC with Premium, Sport, Cold pkgs. After much research, the choices came down to MB E or CLK, Acura RL, or an Audi A6. After driving everything MB had to offer, including a new CLS (and while the SL was tempting, I ... Read More
Ultimate AWD Sports Sedans
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AWD Dilemma
buddhabman: Since the as per the claims of the respective companies (as found in brochures) Subaru introduced AWD wagons in 1971 and Audi in 1980, I guess Subaru was first to market at least! waygrabow: I get the Consumer Reports (along with Automobile and AutoWeek). The 2005 Buying Guide does give the A4 an average reliability rating (therby it is not precluded from being recommended). The Subaru Outback gets an ... Read More
Audi S4 vs BMW M3
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s 4 cabriolet
Time for a new sled! I am smitten by the year road abilities of the S4 cabriolet. Live in a limited snow region but some ice. I would like to know if the lack of an Audi dealer within 150 miles would make present 2003-2005 S4 owners hesitate Thanks MB E320 4 matic for the next few months
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Brand New S4 Tip
I just got my new 2005 Audi S4 tiptronic. Absolutely the best car I have ever owned. Came out of a 540i. Beautiful interior-gray leather (black ext), great looking, fast as hell, awd, great stereo, room for 4. What more could you ask for? Handles like its on rails. I always wanted a 911. Now I know I will never get one. This thing rocks!
Audi S4 and S4 Cabriolet
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New orders for S4's?
Two days ago, I was told by the sales mgr. of an Audi dealer in South Jersey that, due to the larger than expected demand for 2005 A6's in Germany/Europe (Audi's main markets), (A) deliveries of U.S. spec. A6's would be delayed a bit to late 2004/early 2005 (for the 4.2 V8's) and (B) perhaps more importantly, PRODUCTION OF 2005 S4's WAS BEING CUT BACK BECAUSE THEIR 4.2 ENGINES WERE BEING ... Read More
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