[s-cars] S4 sighting

[Taka Mizutani]

It's the first Audi in a while that is interesting, although I'd want to
get one after a few years to make sure that 3L supercharged engine doesn't
have any fatal flaws like the rear timing chain 4.2 V8.

Taka


On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:

>
> I'll assume you're right, Taka.  Yes, I clearly saw the S-badge on the
> black sedan - from a distance of perhaps 10 feet.  Close enough to read S4
> on it rather than S6 or other marking.  I passed him and he passed me
> several times in our nearly 100 miles of our little game of tag.  Like I
> say, the model is a whole lot newer than my '95.5 S6.  What year?  I have
> no real idea.  Platform?  Uh...  Isn't that what the politicos are trying
> to come up with these days?  ;-)
>
> Bob
>
>
> At 11:00 AM 12/29/2011, Taka Mizutani wrote:
>
> If they were factory DRLs with that pattern, you're talking about a
> current, '11 C7 platform A6 or a B8 platform ('09-) A4/S4. If you clearly
> saw the S badge, that would make it a '09 or newer S4 most likely. Sedan,
> right?
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM, Robert Myers <bob at chips-ur-s.com> wrote:
>
> Tom,
>
> The car was a later model than '95.  The plates were from NC and the DRLs
> had the "eyebrow" lamp pattern.  I'd guess '04-'07 or so but it definitely
> was not a '95 or 95.5 S6 or earlier S4.  It had the S-car emblem on the
> trunk lid.  I'm pretty sure it wasn't the product of badge engineering.  ;-)
>
> Bob
>
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