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PostPosted: Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:29 
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Fucking *hell* giphy, you suck!


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You say it was a bloody Merc, but I think it's my favourite car that I've never owned as I did find it most amusing to hear your updates on it.


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Gah. That's pretty crap. :(

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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If you do 100,000 miles in that Audi, you'll spend £1,873 on oil.

That's... That's a lot.

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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Plus, let's be honest, most people are too lazy and/or disorganised (very much including me) to organise some internet bulk buy of cheap oil or whatever, we'd just reach for the (£20) litre of Helix ultra or whatever in the Shell garage. In which case, I guess that figure goes up considerably - and it doesn't include actual scheduled oil change costs either? :S

Still say this sounds well excessive to me, and if it were me having to fork out/constantly fill the oil, I'd be a bit miffed.

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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Nah, I based on this stuff, which is £28: https://www.amazon.co.uk/FUCHS-TITAN-5W ... ag=beex-21

I'm not sure I'd ever change the oil if it ate it at that rate.

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Has your new Porsche arrived yet, Cavester?


Had it yonks. :)
Going to the Ring and F1 Spa in September with Porsche, with all the GT3-RS big boys. :)
Should be fun getting 200 mph on the clock on the Autobahn, too.

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Has your new Porsche arrived yet, Cavester?


Had it yonks. :)
Going to the Ring and F1 Spa in September with Porsche, with all the GT3-RS big boys. :)
Should be fun getting 200 mph on the clock on the Autobahn, too.


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Has your new Porsche arrived yet, Cavester?


Had it yonks. :)
Going to the Ring and F1 Spa in September with Porsche, with all the GT3-RS big boys. :)
Should be fun getting 200 mph on the clock on the Autobahn, too.


Wait, you know people that aren't us?!?!

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Surprising though that may well seem: yes. :D

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Has your new Porsche arrived yet, Cavester?


Had it yonks. :)
Going to the Ring and F1 Spa in September with Porsche, with all the GT3-RS big boys. :)
Should be fun getting 200 mph on the clock on the Autobahn, too.

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Grim... wrote:
Has your new Porsche arrived yet, Cavester?


Had it yonks. :)
Going to the Ring and F1 Spa in September with Porsche, with all the GT3-RS big boys. :)
Should be fun getting 200 mph on the clock on the Autobahn, too.

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 Post subject: Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits
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Sorry Myp, Mrs C is already booked :luv:

Assuming you're not mucking about, though, sure we could get some Silverstone or Oulton action sorted at some point?

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Sorry Myp, Mrs C is already booked :luv:

Assuming you're not mucking about, though, sure we could get some Silverstone or Oulton action sorted at some point?

I'd be well up for that. :)

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I might have myself a "sports car" soon, so that's easily solved.

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I might have myself a "sports car" soon, so that's easily solved.

What's wrong with the Puma? :D

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You sounds like Mrs Grim...!

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So what "sports car" will you have?

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It's a secret.

But I'll give you a clue - it'll have a wankel engine ;)

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It's a secret.

But I'll give you a clue - it'll have a wankel engine ;)

Then I know what it is. Probably. :D

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Rx8?

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RX7?
Ooh I hope so. Awesome, rare and bloody fast.

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Either that or some NSU rarity lol. :D

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... Looks like Kissyfur has me and Mali on ignore. :D

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RX-8.

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Nah, just a dodgy mobile!

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Ooo hang on, is the Wankel going in as a replacement?

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Not sure what's more unreliable tbh, the RX8 or the RX7 :P

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It certainly will have a wankel in it.

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Bloody autocorrect...

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It's a secret.

But I'll give you a clue - it'll have a wankel engine ;)


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No! Fucking things. They destroy your paintwork!

What does he care? It's a company car, if he wants them he should have them.


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No! Fucking things. They destroy your paintwork!

What does he care? It's a company car, if he wants them he should have them.

And they go "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR" when you drive above about 40mph.

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From the motorbike thread as it doesn't really belong in there - viewtopic.php?p=954723#p954723

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Yeah, whoever ran the engine in on your car was a fucking bellend and ragged it way past safe limits during the run-in period.

So instead of your piston rings making a proper seal in the cylinders, there's little bits that oil can seep through into the combustion chamber. I suppose if anything it should increase power slightly (more energy in the combustion?) but it's not good for the engine.

Similar fault on the early 140bhp 7th gen Celicas, although in that instance it was a manufacturing fault that made the piston rings weaken over time and become misshapen, allowing the oil to leak through. Worst case I ever heard of on that car was burning a litre of oil for every 200 miles.


I've done a fair bit of reading on this and opinion is divided on why the engine in the B8 S4 uses oil, (note the B8.5 (facelift) S4 doesn't, so Audi changed something but didn't tell anyone what it was), one school of thought is that Audi's 'gentle run-in' policy is actually the problem, and ones that were given a bit more beans from new don't exhibit the problem. (The rings harden better and quicker, or something?)

There is consensus however that once your S4's 'loss rate' has been established it won't get any worse or better, that's just how much oil your car is going to use, and certainly mine has been absolutely steady at 1400-1500 miles per litre top-up required.

Don't get me wrong, I'd much rather I didn't have to keep putting a litre of oil in it that regularly, even using the Fuch's oil off Amazon it's not exactly super-cheap (as you have to use oil that meets the VW/Audi spec, and aren't supposed to just chuck any 5W/30 oil in there), but it's not that much of a faff and it's not detracting from my overall enjoyment of the car (unlike the Merc and its various problems, which I was somewhat fucked off with after the same duration of ownership).

I went into S4 ownership with my eyes open, it was never going to be cheap car to own overall, if I'd wanted that I'd just buy a ten year old Ford Focus, so the oil 'situation' doesn't particularly bother me.

EDIT - Plus, I'll only have it for another 12 months or so anyway, like all cars in my life, it's just passing through really :D


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