RS6 comedy

[Brett Dikeman]

Economy got you down?  Just got a big bill from your mechanic?   
Wondering if your car is worth it?

Well, look on the bright side: you could own a C5 RS6.

For the RS6-deprived, a starter going bust is a relatively minor  
expense.  For the worthy?  It's $4k, because the engine has to come  
out.  Then there are the torque converter failures (so much for that  
BS about the autobox handling torque better than a manual), the timing  
belt adjustments every 10,000 miles, and the fancy DRC suspension  
system failures.

If you had an RS6, this wallet-draining would be beneficial.  See, if  
you had money, then you could afford to buy stuff, which you could try  
to in your RS6's trunk.  Which you can't, because there's a battery in  
the way.  Vorsprung Der Technic apparently consists of a bunch of boys  
from Quattro GMBH bumming around the R&D shop on a weekend with some  
beers, shoehorning two turbochargers into the engine compartment,  
buttoning everything back up, and then realizing it wont start because  
they forgot to put the battery back in.  And then stuffing it in a  
carpeted box in the trunk so they can get home.

Other comedy: rumors of Audi denying warranty claims on RS4 suspension  
failures (they're considered "wear and tear" and only covered to 12k/ 
12months), so clearly there wasn't much work put into DRC between the  
two cars.  If you're thinking about purchasing the fancy suspension in  
a new Audi, you might want to quadruple-rethink it.

Brett