Just found your channel. Nice to have a normal bloke like me rather than some entitled millennial or some ‘influencer’ with everything on PCH or ‘lent from a mate’... I’m currently in the market for a new car... 36 nearly 37... 2 dogs... 1 big lab, 1 intermediate mental spaniel.... I was after a golf R but due to the above mentioned people I’d never buy a second hand one... So the options are S3 sportback (2014 onwards)... A4 Avant in 3l V6 TDI.... S4 Avant (B8 as the B9 is amazing but I don’t have 35k to spend!) A6 avant 3l V6 BiTDI... I’ve driven the latter (fully laden) and they are rapid and sound nice... Found the S3 a bit cramped but nice car... maybe too much like the Golf R... I guess my question is... Should I get the S4 avant or the A4 avant and remap the Diesel engine?... I don’t live anywhere I’d drive into the congestion zone... My commute isn’t huge though and I do about 12000 miles a year... Any advice? 👍🏼 Keep up the videos... Wish I’d started a car change years ago! .... (Remapped S4 gets to about 400bhp... Would this make up some of the difference with your B9 other than the obvious updated dash/interior etc?) cheers!
Firstly welcome to the channel. This was one of my first videos made over 3.5 years ago. I now have a B9 S4. I can’t talk highly enough of the S4 (B8 or 9). Brilliant car. I’d have that over a mapped diesel due to better brakes and set up. Interesting that the new S4 is a diesel 👍 S3 is a brilliant car but if you have a lab it’s not big enough in the boot. Check out some of my newer videos. I like to think I’ve got better since this one and let me know how you get on 👍
Petrol Ped ... Thanks for the reply... I’ll take a look at the more recent videos... I’m more interested in S4 content though tbh and practical quick cars I’d like to buy with my own money 😂... Do you know the name of the dark blue?... Do all S4’s have keyless? I hate that... I’d have to get one of those Ghost Immobilisers... Car key gangs are rife round the midlands... I saw Joe Achilles video on the new S6... What were Audi thinking?... Stick to fast petrols ...
Hi petrol ped just watched this again other and noticed you said the sunroof does not tilt. I can confirm it does. You have to push the rim of the nozzle to tilt and to close you pull the nozzle down. Took me ages to figure it out.
Have a cupra 280 ST, stage 1. It’s perfect in every regard, looks the part, drives incredibly well, spacious. However despite a Scorpion exhaust a 4cylidner just can’t sound as good as a 3l. Slowly being swayed to get into one of these. The fuel consumption despite being a 2l, isn’t as good as I was expecting, I imagine this 3l won’t be significantly worse
Can you flip from automatic over to the paddles while the car is moving ? Been looking at the S4 Estates myself and just trying to get as much info on them as Poss, from what i also hear they are chain driven as so don't have timing belts, is that correct ? Thanks
Hi, did you try the tilt on the sunroof? I've got pretty much identical S4 Avant BE but Estoril blue - the sun roof definitely tilts up - just push upwards.
+Petrol Ped Always nice to come across some feature you didn't know existed. I'm still learning. For the rear boot I find I cannot open it if the engine's running - annoying if your wife wants to open it. I don't have the auto boot opener.
@@PetrolPed chances of finding a blue one with a sunroof is slim but I’ll keep an eye out👍Was looking at a A6 3.0TDI but for miles I do this would be silly to turn down. Anything to look out for on one? Don’t hear of many problems with the chargers either
+Zane Burton Thanks for the feedback Zane. I'm glad you liked it. The Test Drive video goes live at 7pm GMT today so you can see what the S4 is like on the road. It makes some great noises !
Just found your channel. Nice to have a normal bloke like me rather than some entitled millennial or some ‘influencer’ with everything on PCH or ‘lent from a mate’... I’m currently in the market for a new car... 36 nearly 37... 2 dogs... 1 big lab, 1 intermediate mental spaniel.... I was after a golf R but due to the above mentioned people I’d never buy a second hand one... So the options are S3 sportback (2014 onwards)... A4 Avant in 3l V6 TDI.... S4 Avant (B8 as the B9 is amazing but I don’t have 35k to spend!) A6 avant 3l V6 BiTDI... I’ve driven the latter (fully laden) and they are rapid and sound nice... Found the S3 a bit cramped but nice car... maybe too much like the Golf R... I guess my question is... Should I get the S4 avant or the A4 avant and remap the Diesel engine?... I don’t live anywhere I’d drive into the congestion zone... My commute isn’t huge though and I do about 12000 miles a year... Any advice? 👍🏼 Keep up the videos... Wish I’d started a car change years ago! .... (Remapped S4 gets to about 400bhp... Would this make up some of the difference with your B9 other than the obvious updated dash/interior etc?) cheers!
Firstly welcome to the channel. This was one of my first videos made over 3.5 years ago. I now have a B9 S4. I can’t talk highly enough of the S4 (B8 or 9). Brilliant car. I’d have that over a mapped diesel due to better brakes and set up. Interesting that the new S4 is a diesel 👍
S3 is a brilliant car but if you have a lab it’s not big enough in the boot. Check out some of my newer videos. I like to think I’ve got better since this one and let me know how you get on 👍
Petrol Ped ... Thanks for the reply... I’ll take a look at the more recent videos... I’m more interested in S4 content though tbh and practical quick cars I’d like to buy with my own money 😂... Do you know the name of the dark blue?... Do all S4’s have keyless? I hate that... I’d have to get one of those Ghost Immobilisers... Car key gangs are rife round the midlands... I saw Joe Achilles video on the new S6... What were Audi thinking?... Stick to fast petrols ...
My new B9 doesn’t have keyless entry. It’s an option. Here is the vid...
ruclips.net/video/EHVXd8HtrYc/видео.html
Lovely car. Pretty sure that the sunroof does tilt. Push the circular control up rather than twisting it. Had one on a Q5 and that's how it worked.
Thanks. Having decided I'm probably going to buy a used S4 Avant, it was great to get an idea of what options are available.
Hi petrol ped just watched this again other and noticed you said the sunroof does not tilt. I can confirm it does. You have to push the rim of the nozzle to tilt and to close you pull the nozzle down. Took me ages to figure it out.
Hi Stephen. Since I filmed this video someone else had pointed that out to me too ! RUclips is really useful for that ;-) Thank for the comment.
Have a cupra 280 ST, stage 1. It’s perfect in every regard, looks the part, drives incredibly well, spacious. However despite a Scorpion exhaust a 4cylidner just can’t sound as good as a 3l. Slowly being swayed to get into one of these. The fuel consumption despite being a 2l, isn’t as good as I was expecting, I imagine this 3l won’t be significantly worse
Can you flip from automatic over to the paddles while the car is moving ?
Been looking at the S4 Estates myself and just trying to get as much info on them as Poss, from what i also hear they are chain driven as so don't have timing belts, is that correct ?
Thanks
Yes you can go to the paddles while driving 👍
Hi, did you try the tilt on the sunroof? I've got pretty much identical S4 Avant BE but Estoril blue - the sun roof definitely tilts up - just push upwards.
No but I'll give it a try. Just don't think the panoramic roof does but I hope you are right ;-)
Mate...you are a genius !!
Sunfoof tilted ;-). Many thanks for the tip !
Sunroof !!
+Petrol Ped Always nice to come across some feature you didn't know existed. I'm still learning. For the rear boot I find I cannot open it if the engine's running - annoying if your wife wants to open it. I don't have the auto boot opener.
+RolexKings RolexKings That's not great. We have the auto opener and that allows you to do that. Thanks once again.
Pedi does your s4 tramline like mad
What tyres do you run on it also does your boot rattle like mad
My 2014 avant suffers bad
No tramlining. Currently running Pirelli P Zero. It's getting to that age when there are lots of rattles :-(
Awesome car. I like the new one u have now
Wow. Digging into my back catalogue there. This was only the 3rd video I made for the channel 😬
Petrol Ped yea I’m back to work and I work nights so I listen to podcast and RUclips channels well I work so I’ve been just going through the videos.
Do you still own this?! Love your S4 vids. Looking for one now because of this!
Sadly not. Replaced this B8.5 S4 with a B9 but that is no longer with us either 😢
@@PetrolPed chances of finding a blue one with a sunroof is slim but I’ll keep an eye out👍Was looking at a A6 3.0TDI but for miles I do this would be silly to turn down. Anything to look out for on one? Don’t hear of many problems with the chargers either
I quite enjoyed this video well done
+Zane Burton Thanks for the feedback Zane. I'm glad you liked it. The Test Drive video goes live at 7pm GMT today so you can see what the S4 is like on the road. It makes some great noises !
Flat Bottom of the steering wheel is a super sexy thing
Totally agree !
Hi, what colour was this?
Navarra Blue 👍
@@PetrolPed thanks for that 👍🏻
when you sell that please contact me!
I px'd it in December for a B9 S4 😪
@@PetrolPed ohh nooooo. I'd have loved to own that! Enjoy good friend!
does this car have an engine???? Does it drive?? LOL
Snore
Thanks for the constructive feedback :-)
This was one of my very first videos. I've learned a lot since then and my films have got a lot better !
Petrol Ped sorry - I'll behave
Jid Ofole Actually, it's a coincidence that I looked back in this vid just yesterday and thought similar 😜