Audi RS6 (C7) upgrades & improvements
Discussion
With a little one on the way, I recently sold my BMW i8 for a sensible family car and picked up a 66 plate C7 RS6 for £37k with 60,000 miles on the clock.
I've made small improvements to it, and I thought they might be of use to document for other owners. This probably isn't what you expect - most people will slap a bodykit on it, and tint the windows, but I'm doing the reverse. Trying to improve it as a better everyday, single car solution.
As context, I live in South London, lots of driving in traffic and a weekly blast up the M40 to Bicester Heritage. Some longer journeys including one 1,500 mile drive to Switzerland and back. On street parking so security is an issue.
I've made small improvements to it, and I thought they might be of use to document for other owners. This probably isn't what you expect - most people will slap a bodykit on it, and tint the windows, but I'm doing the reverse. Trying to improve it as a better everyday, single car solution.
As context, I live in South London, lots of driving in traffic and a weekly blast up the M40 to Bicester Heritage. Some longer journeys including one 1,500 mile drive to Switzerland and back. On street parking so security is an issue.
Buying Advice
There are a load of options available, but the key wants I wanted were adaptive cruise control and the tow bar preparation.
Here's the brochure: https://press.audi.co.uk/assets/documents/original...
And PH's brilliant buying guide: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-buying-guides/...
I found a car with adaptive cruise which was part of a £2,100 Assistance Pack, and a box rarely ticked. You can tell if a car has it as there is a little distance control switch on the top of the cruise control stick. Took me a while to figure that out. Absolute godsend - wouldn't buy a car without it. Just makes long journeys / stop start London traffic more bearable.
The one I found also had the parking pack, panoramic sunroof and so on. It was a post 2015 Performance car (better matrix headlights and sound insultation) which makes a difference. The Performance bit is less important than the model refresh. Mine has a Litchfield Stage 1 tune to 666bhp, and both the non-Performance and Performance both can easily be chipped to the same level.
Where I screwed up was I bought a car with the Dynamic Package (DRC). Cross linked dampers rather than air suspension. This means you can't have a factory fitted tow bar because the damper reservoirs are in the rear bumper where the tow bar gubbins go. The ad had tow bar preparation in it, but it turned out not to be the case. But I have a plan there.
There are a load of options available, but the key wants I wanted were adaptive cruise control and the tow bar preparation.
Here's the brochure: https://press.audi.co.uk/assets/documents/original...
And PH's brilliant buying guide: https://www.pistonheads.com/news/ph-buying-guides/...
I found a car with adaptive cruise which was part of a £2,100 Assistance Pack, and a box rarely ticked. You can tell if a car has it as there is a little distance control switch on the top of the cruise control stick. Took me a while to figure that out. Absolute godsend - wouldn't buy a car without it. Just makes long journeys / stop start London traffic more bearable.
The one I found also had the parking pack, panoramic sunroof and so on. It was a post 2015 Performance car (better matrix headlights and sound insultation) which makes a difference. The Performance bit is less important than the model refresh. Mine has a Litchfield Stage 1 tune to 666bhp, and both the non-Performance and Performance both can easily be chipped to the same level.
Where I screwed up was I bought a car with the Dynamic Package (DRC). Cross linked dampers rather than air suspension. This means you can't have a factory fitted tow bar because the damper reservoirs are in the rear bumper where the tow bar gubbins go. The ad had tow bar preparation in it, but it turned out not to be the case. But I have a plan there.
Edited by badgerracing on Wednesday 19th March 12:09
Free Apple CarPlay + Wireless
Wasn't an option on cars of my age, but it was a £250 option on late cars. You can tell if a car has it because it has "Audi Smartphone" on the main car menu.
I contacted an Audi dealership and they could add in CarPlay (and I assume Android Auto) for £412.50 with a software upgrade. Then a bit of searching on the web told me I could buy an SD card to do it myself for £50-£100.
Then I found this nice chap who shows you how to do it for free. Slightly nervous accessing hidden menus / resetting the MMI and then waiting for it to reboot, but worked like a dream. The manual was no longer accessible, though to be honest, I'm not sure it was there in the first place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS21Lyess7o
Hey presto, CarPlay now integrated for free.
I then bought a £37 adaptor on Amazon which makes the whole thing wireless too. I'm sure there are loads out there, but this is the one which worked for me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPJTBDJ1
The upgrade is to Audi MMI 4G CarPlay activation with MIB2 K3663 AIO apparently.
Wasn't an option on cars of my age, but it was a £250 option on late cars. You can tell if a car has it because it has "Audi Smartphone" on the main car menu.
I contacted an Audi dealership and they could add in CarPlay (and I assume Android Auto) for £412.50 with a software upgrade. Then a bit of searching on the web told me I could buy an SD card to do it myself for £50-£100.
Then I found this nice chap who shows you how to do it for free. Slightly nervous accessing hidden menus / resetting the MMI and then waiting for it to reboot, but worked like a dream. The manual was no longer accessible, though to be honest, I'm not sure it was there in the first place.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS21Lyess7o
Hey presto, CarPlay now integrated for free.
I then bought a £37 adaptor on Amazon which makes the whole thing wireless too. I'm sure there are loads out there, but this is the one which worked for me: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DPJTBDJ1
The upgrade is to Audi MMI 4G CarPlay activation with MIB2 K3663 AIO apparently.
Edited by badgerracing on Wednesday 19th March 12:07
Bodykit & Tint Removal
The car came with a massive tint on all windows, Chroma-Tint on the windscreen and a Maxton Design body kit. It did add a level of menace, but it's not really my style, I prefer the discreteness. It came with tinting already on the rear, so it already looks like a "private ambulance", but didn't need to be turned into a van.
The front window tints also made it bloody hard to see out of (especially at night) and probably wouldn't help my case if I was stopped for accidentally nudging over the speed limit. The side windows were definitely outside of legal. The Chroma-Tint was apparently legal, but just made it feel like you were constantly driving with sunglasses on.
Here is the difference on the rear windows before and after.
The body kit was not London speedhump friendly, and I suspect the silly little spoiler on the existing spoiler just stuffs up the aerodynamics and increases fuel consumption. So that had to go as well.
The car came with a massive tint on all windows, Chroma-Tint on the windscreen and a Maxton Design body kit. It did add a level of menace, but it's not really my style, I prefer the discreteness. It came with tinting already on the rear, so it already looks like a "private ambulance", but didn't need to be turned into a van.
The front window tints also made it bloody hard to see out of (especially at night) and probably wouldn't help my case if I was stopped for accidentally nudging over the speed limit. The side windows were definitely outside of legal. The Chroma-Tint was apparently legal, but just made it feel like you were constantly driving with sunglasses on.
Here is the difference on the rear windows before and after.
The body kit was not London speedhump friendly, and I suspect the silly little spoiler on the existing spoiler just stuffs up the aerodynamics and increases fuel consumption. So that had to go as well.
Edited by badgerracing on Wednesday 19th March 12:11
Audi A6 C7 Free Map Upgrades to 2022
Small one this, but the helpful guy who put a video up on how to add Apple CarPlay for free, also does one on how to upgrade the maps to the 2022 version for free as well. (from 2016 for mine). Limited use if you use CarPlay / Waze etc, but you never know. The download links are in his YouTube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMud5Q9h9U
Audi MMI 4G navigation maps update (free download links MIB2 MHI2)
Audi RS6 (C7) Economy Mode
It turns out that all A6s (C7) have 5 driver modes:
There is no definitive answer why this is, but it's probably that its not in keeping with the ethos of the car. Worth remembering that the V8 does have the cylinder deactivation so on low loads it runs as a 4-cyclinder and the mpg does jump on a steady run.
And yes....why would I buy a twin turbo V8 estate car with more than 600 bhp if I wanted to do 50mpg? I should have got the 2.0 diesel and some vegan sandals.
But....what I like about the RS6 is that it is a "do everything" car and I spend a lot of my time in stop start London traffic, or cruising up the M40. I don't necessary need all 666bhp, and whipcrack responses. I looked into this because it expands the bandwidth of the car and what it can do. And with a new born in the back (and the boss monitoring) I won't be allowed to test the sub 4 sec 0-62mph time that often....
So a bit of research told me that the Efficiency mode is still there, it's just deactivated on the RS6.
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/8579...
You need a VCDS tool to change a couple of parameters and my garage made the tweak at a service a couple of weeks ago, but it only takes a couple of minutes.
At a steady cruise on a flat road in 8th gear, it won't make a jot of difference because its all aero drag at that point. And it's not going to suddenly change the car into a Prius. But based on a couple of hundred miles so far, it does appear to change up earlier, drop into 4 cylinder mode earlier and soften the responses, which in London traffic I actually prefer.
No clue what difference it makes, but I will measure it. (This mpg interest comes from having owned a BMW i8).
To date the car has done a (very reasonable) 24.3mpg over 2,800 miles at a 39mph average. That includes a 1,500 mile high speed (140kph) cruise across Europe where it spend a decent amount of time on slower (100kph) roads above 30mpg. That whole trip was around 27mpg which for the performance on offer is pretty good. The i8 was 40mpg if I didn't charge it, and 50mpg if I did. My previous R35 GT-R was 20mpg.
I'll edit this when I've done some like for like journeys to see if it makes any difference at all. If not, it can always be deactivated again.
It turns out that all A6s (C7) have 5 driver modes:
- Efficiency
- Comfort
- Auto
- Dynamic
- Individual
There is no definitive answer why this is, but it's probably that its not in keeping with the ethos of the car. Worth remembering that the V8 does have the cylinder deactivation so on low loads it runs as a 4-cyclinder and the mpg does jump on a steady run.
And yes....why would I buy a twin turbo V8 estate car with more than 600 bhp if I wanted to do 50mpg? I should have got the 2.0 diesel and some vegan sandals.
But....what I like about the RS6 is that it is a "do everything" car and I spend a lot of my time in stop start London traffic, or cruising up the M40. I don't necessary need all 666bhp, and whipcrack responses. I looked into this because it expands the bandwidth of the car and what it can do. And with a new born in the back (and the boss monitoring) I won't be allowed to test the sub 4 sec 0-62mph time that often....
So a bit of research told me that the Efficiency mode is still there, it's just deactivated on the RS6.
https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/8579...
You need a VCDS tool to change a couple of parameters and my garage made the tweak at a service a couple of weeks ago, but it only takes a couple of minutes.
At a steady cruise on a flat road in 8th gear, it won't make a jot of difference because its all aero drag at that point. And it's not going to suddenly change the car into a Prius. But based on a couple of hundred miles so far, it does appear to change up earlier, drop into 4 cylinder mode earlier and soften the responses, which in London traffic I actually prefer.
No clue what difference it makes, but I will measure it. (This mpg interest comes from having owned a BMW i8).
To date the car has done a (very reasonable) 24.3mpg over 2,800 miles at a 39mph average. That includes a 1,500 mile high speed (140kph) cruise across Europe where it spend a decent amount of time on slower (100kph) roads above 30mpg. That whole trip was around 27mpg which for the performance on offer is pretty good. The i8 was 40mpg if I didn't charge it, and 50mpg if I did. My previous R35 GT-R was 20mpg.
I'll edit this when I've done some like for like journeys to see if it makes any difference at all. If not, it can always be deactivated again.
Edited by badgerracing on Wednesday 19th March 12:50
Milltek Resonated v Non-Resonated Exhaust
So this is me possibly being a bit thick, and paying some idiot tax. Might help someone else not make the same mistake.
With the car came an invoice for a Milltek Exhaust (Non Resonated) fitted by Roadrunner Motorsport who seem to have done a decent job.
The Non-Resonated one is the noisy one, whereas the Resonated one is quieter. This video should give some idea of the difference on a Golf:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJmEEEEHYwc
I live in a terraced street in London, and want to maintain cordial relations with my neighbours. And not receive a brick through the window like Dan Prosser once did. The noise wasn't too antisocial, but for long journeys and the neighbours I did think it would be worth getting the quietest version available. I'm too old (47) to be driving round with shouty exhausts now.
You can reduce the noise by swapping out the centre section for a Resonated version (MSAU570), without replacing the whole system. I got one on order for £470 and asked my garage to swap it out which they kindly did. However the section they swapped out looked remarkably similar to the one I just bought, and it looks like it was already fitted with the (quieter) Resonated version. A check of the part number on the removed one confirmed I've just paid £470 idiot tax. The old one is now on eBay trying to offset that tax.
The non-Resonated version doesn't have a centre box, it's just a straight through pipe (MSAU570REP). Probably obvious, but you live and learn.
Security
So just a short one this. The car came with the standard Audi immobiliser, but nothing else. I live in a reasonably decent part of South London, but a neighbour has had his Alfa Giulia stolen, I've lost a Vespa as well as the headlights on my Porsche 964. So the scrotes are about.
First thing I have is a steering wheel lock. Nice big Thatcham approved one. From what I hear that's usually enough to stop people picking on a car, and looking for an easier target. I've also got an Apple AirTag stashed as a £25 cheap tracker. Probably sod all use, but it'll help when I lose it in Heathrow Long Stay.
14 years no claims, and the insurance is still c.£2k with Admiral. However, I found that's halved if I change to eSure and have a tracker fitted.
Sam Osborn (https://www.instagram.com/ultimatevehicletech/) fitted a Ghost-II immobiliser and Cat5 S5 Tracker for me for less than £1,000, so it pays for itself within a year. The Ghost makes no impact on insurance premiums as far as I can find, but does give peace of mind. I had it on the i8 and it seems to have a good reputation. Sam had already put Apple CarPlay on my i8 - good chap - can't recommend him enough.
Hope that helps someone.
Towbar fitting with DRC (Dynamic Package)
I really wanted a car with a tow bar as I race a Caterham, and it would be a lot more comfortable than nicking the van for a trip to Knockhill.
So technically you can't have a towbar fitted with the DRC pack. I'm told the accumulators for the DRC (the cylinders that act as reservoirs for the hydraulic fluid for the DRC) are located where the tow bar would go. (The Carbon Styling Package also makes a tow bar impossible too). See below:
I got a quote for having a tow bar fitted by a VAG garage to an Air Suspension car, and it was £2661.60 Inc VAT in case that's of use. Annoying given it was an £825 option on new cars.
I almost looked to sell the car, but I'm a stubborn b******* and the spec is really good. A bit of searching told me that it is possible, but may need a little bodging. This forum has the background: https://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=1... A chap called b7rs4saloon has figured out how to do it.
Now this company in Holland will do it, but the price is quite punchy: http://www.autopartsveghel.nl/ And Holland is a little way from South London.
And this chap in France has done it as well: https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/426548/
So I'm going to try and fit one, and play around with the mounting of the accumulators. For a post-2014 car, the kit I believe is a Westfalia ?305439900113. Seems to be out of stock everywhere, but I've ordered on through Amazon with a 6 month lead time. Seems to be direct from Westfalia, so if a few more people order one it might speed them up. £525 seems reasonable enough.
Whether it actually works is another question.....
I really wanted a car with a tow bar as I race a Caterham, and it would be a lot more comfortable than nicking the van for a trip to Knockhill.
So technically you can't have a towbar fitted with the DRC pack. I'm told the accumulators for the DRC (the cylinders that act as reservoirs for the hydraulic fluid for the DRC) are located where the tow bar would go. (The Carbon Styling Package also makes a tow bar impossible too). See below:
I got a quote for having a tow bar fitted by a VAG garage to an Air Suspension car, and it was £2661.60 Inc VAT in case that's of use. Annoying given it was an £825 option on new cars.
I almost looked to sell the car, but I'm a stubborn b******* and the spec is really good. A bit of searching told me that it is possible, but may need a little bodging. This forum has the background: https://forum.rs246.com/viewtopic.php?f=76&t=1... A chap called b7rs4saloon has figured out how to do it.
Now this company in Holland will do it, but the price is quite punchy: http://www.autopartsveghel.nl/ And Holland is a little way from South London.
And this chap in France has done it as well: https://www.audi-sport.net/xf/threads/426548/
So I'm going to try and fit one, and play around with the mounting of the accumulators. For a post-2014 car, the kit I believe is a Westfalia ?305439900113. Seems to be out of stock everywhere, but I've ordered on through Amazon with a 6 month lead time. Seems to be direct from Westfalia, so if a few more people order one it might speed them up. £525 seems reasonable enough.
Whether it actually works is another question.....
ADAS Calibration / Alignment
I use the adaptive cruise for a lot of my driving, and apparently with bumps / dodgy alignment / bumper replacement it can go a bit off. It certainly was a little slow witted when I first got the car.
I was recommended Renn Automotive Renn Automotive near Slough as a really good specialist. No affiliation, but Luke has been brilliant so far. They do an ADAS calibration service, and it feels to be an improvement so far.
I also got the alignment checked as it didn't feel quite right and it was twitchy under full bore acceleration. A few owners have mentioned this on the forums, and I suspect its iffy alignment. I had it checked at Halfords (don't judge, it was the only local place) and mine was a way off - for example: FL Camber -0.5 / FR Camber -2
Halfords (you're still judging aren't you?) can't adjust the key bits as its a bit fiddly with top mount adjustment so Luke had it sorted at his place. I've not had a chance to check full bore acceleration in Central London without being a yob, but the steering feels much cleaner and more accurate.
Tuning & Performance
It was only a matter of time right? I've managed to not discuss BHP yet, but given my well documented addiction to speed I should probably talk about it a bit.
This replaced a BMW i8 which was fast (felt somewhere between a 991 Carrera and Carrera S due to the hybrid torque), and before that was a Nissan R35 GT-R (tuned to 630bhp by Litchfield). Both were brilliant, but I did get to the stage where I could only put my foot down in the GT-R a couple of times on my journey to Bicester, and even then within 3 seconds I was doing over the motorway speed limit. Is there such a thing as too much? I guess the moment I think that I should get myself a nice pair of carpet slippers.
Anyhoo, back to the RS6. She's a chunky monkey at 1,950 kg so isn't as quick as a GT-R. And doesn't have launch control, but who uses that more than a few times to show their mates anyway right?
Two versions:
C7: 560 PS (412 kW / 553 bhp) at 5700-6600 rpm and 700 N?m (516 lbft) of torque at 1750-5500 rpm
C7 Performance (605 PS (445 kW / 597 bhp) at 6100-6800 rpm, and torque to 750 N?m (553 lbft) at 2500-5500 rpm
Mine is the later performance. Despite some sources claiming that the performance model shipped with revised mechanical components such as a re-worked cylinder head, exhaust valves, fuel pumps and intercooler, there is no supporting evidence from Audi to back these claims up.
Mine had been to Litchfield (Stage 1) before I bought it, and they have various stages:
- Stage 1 - 675 PS (666 bhp) - £500 + VAT
Improved boost control, revised ignition control, Variable Valve timing and Fuel maps
- Stage 2 - 730 PS (720 bhp) - £2,785 + VAT
Stage 1 + ECU remap, K&N replacement air filter, Milltek or Akrapovic exhaust systems and Labour to fit
- Stage 3 - 750 PS (740 bhp) / 950 Nm - £5,006 + VAT
Stage 2 + DE-CAT pipes is for Motorsport use only as the car will not be emissions compliant for road use (cough).
Here is a video they've made
Here is Top Gear's Review
And you can spend more (+£5k) if you add Titanium Akrapovic Evolution exhaust systems.
By the way, having met Iain a few times, he's a really good bloke.
It was only a matter of time right? I've managed to not discuss BHP yet, but given my well documented addiction to speed I should probably talk about it a bit.
This replaced a BMW i8 which was fast (felt somewhere between a 991 Carrera and Carrera S due to the hybrid torque), and before that was a Nissan R35 GT-R (tuned to 630bhp by Litchfield). Both were brilliant, but I did get to the stage where I could only put my foot down in the GT-R a couple of times on my journey to Bicester, and even then within 3 seconds I was doing over the motorway speed limit. Is there such a thing as too much? I guess the moment I think that I should get myself a nice pair of carpet slippers.
Anyhoo, back to the RS6. She's a chunky monkey at 1,950 kg so isn't as quick as a GT-R. And doesn't have launch control, but who uses that more than a few times to show their mates anyway right?
Two versions:
C7: 560 PS (412 kW / 553 bhp) at 5700-6600 rpm and 700 N?m (516 lbft) of torque at 1750-5500 rpm
C7 Performance (605 PS (445 kW / 597 bhp) at 6100-6800 rpm, and torque to 750 N?m (553 lbft) at 2500-5500 rpm
Mine is the later performance. Despite some sources claiming that the performance model shipped with revised mechanical components such as a re-worked cylinder head, exhaust valves, fuel pumps and intercooler, there is no supporting evidence from Audi to back these claims up.
Mine had been to Litchfield (Stage 1) before I bought it, and they have various stages:
- Stage 1 - 675 PS (666 bhp) - £500 + VAT
Improved boost control, revised ignition control, Variable Valve timing and Fuel maps
- Stage 2 - 730 PS (720 bhp) - £2,785 + VAT
Stage 1 + ECU remap, K&N replacement air filter, Milltek or Akrapovic exhaust systems and Labour to fit
- Stage 3 - 750 PS (740 bhp) / 950 Nm - £5,006 + VAT
Stage 2 + DE-CAT pipes is for Motorsport use only as the car will not be emissions compliant for road use (cough).
Here is a video they've made
Here is Top Gear's Review
And you can spend more (+£5k) if you add Titanium Akrapovic Evolution exhaust systems.
By the way, having met Iain a few times, he's a really good bloke.
Edited by badgerracing on Tuesday 1st April 16:18
Worth noting that the end results are the same whether you start with a standard car or a Performance. So the Performance does just sound like a different map.
Another highly regarded tuning company for these is MRC Tuning in Banbury.
For all their stages, they recommend that the old coilpacks can fail when running more power, causing a misfire, and recommend the latest newest revision coilpacks (£43.56+vat per coilpack). They also say that the fuel pump housing can fail/ leak internally, meaning they will need to be replaced (£254.58+ vat per housing, plus fitting.
- Stage 1 - 650-690ps / 950nm - £1112.50 +VAT (2 hours)
- Stage 2 - 700-740ps / 990-1080nm - £4258 + VAT (2 working days)
- Stage 2+ - 750ps / 1050nm with pump fuel / 800-820ps / 1000-1200nm with race fuel - £14,620 (5-10 working days)
Intercooler + Map Switching Gains
Not a massive amount of detail what each stage involves, but I'd guess 1 is a standard map, and 2 is a car-specific rolling road set up.
One thing I have seen mentioned is that MRC do a gearbox map as well. No mention on the site, but I've definitely read it somewhere. And on that note, the car comes with the highly regarded ZF 8HP 90 gearbox. According to Wikipedia this is rated for a max torque of 900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft) in petrol cars, and 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft) in diesels so you might be stretching it a bit beyond Stage 1. But you takes your chances and all that....
I should point out no affiliation to either company, so can't compare. And I'm sure there are lots of others out there who do a good job too.
What am I going to do? Stick with the Litchfield Stage 1? Or try MRC? One to ponder.
Do I actually need more power? Probably not, but.....
Another highly regarded tuning company for these is MRC Tuning in Banbury.
For all their stages, they recommend that the old coilpacks can fail when running more power, causing a misfire, and recommend the latest newest revision coilpacks (£43.56+vat per coilpack). They also say that the fuel pump housing can fail/ leak internally, meaning they will need to be replaced (£254.58+ vat per housing, plus fitting.
- Stage 1 - 650-690ps / 950nm - £1112.50 +VAT (2 hours)
- Stage 2 - 700-740ps / 990-1080nm - £4258 + VAT (2 working days)
- Stage 2+ - 750ps / 1050nm with pump fuel / 800-820ps / 1000-1200nm with race fuel - £14,620 (5-10 working days)
Intercooler + Map Switching Gains
Not a massive amount of detail what each stage involves, but I'd guess 1 is a standard map, and 2 is a car-specific rolling road set up.
One thing I have seen mentioned is that MRC do a gearbox map as well. No mention on the site, but I've definitely read it somewhere. And on that note, the car comes with the highly regarded ZF 8HP 90 gearbox. According to Wikipedia this is rated for a max torque of 900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft) in petrol cars, and 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft) in diesels so you might be stretching it a bit beyond Stage 1. But you takes your chances and all that....
I should point out no affiliation to either company, so can't compare. And I'm sure there are lots of others out there who do a good job too.
What am I going to do? Stick with the Litchfield Stage 1? Or try MRC? One to ponder.
Do I actually need more power? Probably not, but.....
Great write up, thanks for taking the time to document!
I’ve been looking at C7 RS6s a lot this past few weeks. I used my girlfriend’s teenage kids as an excuse to finally buy a B7 RS4 Avant, knowing full well they wouldn’t fit behind the Recaros, which they don’t !
The C7 seems like a better solution but I love the B7 so much that I think I’ll just let them continue to suffer!!
Dogs comfy in the boot though and that’s the main thing
I’ve been looking at C7 RS6s a lot this past few weeks. I used my girlfriend’s teenage kids as an excuse to finally buy a B7 RS4 Avant, knowing full well they wouldn’t fit behind the Recaros, which they don’t !
The C7 seems like a better solution but I love the B7 so much that I think I’ll just let them continue to suffer!!
Dogs comfy in the boot though and that’s the main thing
I did test drive a B8 RS4 Avant alongside the C7 RS6 and it was great. For London driving I need an auto, and it revved like a banshee, something the C7 doesn’t do.
It’s also a better size - the C7 is very close to the limit on width restrictors - each one is a nervy experience and my alloys will be toast by the time I sell.
Very different cars though - the B8 you rev to make progress whereas the C7 is just ballistic everywhere with the torque. Not subtle but effective.
Odd story - a friend had his B7 convertible (fast response hairdressers car we called it) written off when the seats were nicked after the roof was slashed. Apparently you couldn’t buy the seats, just all the individual parts, so it became uneconomic to repair.
It’s also a better size - the C7 is very close to the limit on width restrictors - each one is a nervy experience and my alloys will be toast by the time I sell.
Very different cars though - the B8 you rev to make progress whereas the C7 is just ballistic everywhere with the torque. Not subtle but effective.
Odd story - a friend had his B7 convertible (fast response hairdressers car we called it) written off when the seats were nicked after the roof was slashed. Apparently you couldn’t buy the seats, just all the individual parts, so it became uneconomic to repair.
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