{"id":1296,"date":"2015-07-15T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T11:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/?p=1296"},"modified":"2016-11-02T15:49:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T14:49:58","slug":"audi-s4-avant-b8-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/audi-s4-avant-b8-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi S4 Avant B8.5"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a strange situation to be in when I have always strongly voiced the following opinions:<\/p>\n

1) never buy a new car, it’s a waste of money.<\/p>\n

2) never buy an Audi when it doesn’t handle as well as a BMW or ride as well as a Mercedes-Benz. <\/p>\n

Right…<\/p>\n

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So to cover this off, I have purchased a new Audi S4 Avant Black Edition. The reasons are as follows:<\/p>\n

1) CarWow offered some ridiculously discounted prices at 21% off a list price car. This worked out as being the same as an approved used Audi with 20k miles and 3 years old. I have no idea how this deal happened but I highly recommend this route.<\/p>\n

2) I am now a family man. One who detests 4×4’s on anyone but farmers and country folk. This narrows the choice down to a fast estate with 4wd and does not sit in the \u00a3500+ road tax bracket while returning over 30 mpg. The Mercedes-Benz 450 Wagon (AMG Tuned) would be the perfect choice, however this is not out until next year and the S4 in question cost me the same as a new Golf GTI with a few options ticked.<\/p>\n

3) Chris Harris has one and stated ‘this is still the best small, fast estate car around’. With a simple Revo remap it keeps up with a B8 RS4, while having considerably more torque and ‘feeling’ faster in the real world i.e. when will you be at 7k rpm in an RS4 on the road.<\/p>\n