Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Cefiro was officially imported in to the as the QX. Luxo barge and with a few dents worth little, also rusted quite well.

6 wheel G-Wagon, or normal and a spare?

Makes me laugh either way - I wonder what the point is of paying for power and handling when the bit of the car that is actually connected to the road is dogshit.

SLK55 AMG - my pal Mo spotted the tyres but the whole thing would’ve needed anything between £5-10k to get it tidied up. We walked away...

On this note I wonder how bad the fabled chain and tensioners issue is on the Audi B6 S4. If it's overblown that's a lot of cheap power. An estate too!

Fairly certain those drink oil and snack on rear suspension bushes as an amuse-bouche

Just keep a 2L bottle of oil and an Aldi carrier bag of bushes in the boot, easy

I’m not convinced...

Easily fixed with improved parts and the suspension can be upgraded. Yes it'll cost a few grand, but you end up with a still solid car, still good interior and a hefty shove of power. Which can also be easily increased.

Haha I'm probably buying a b6 s4 in a couple months. They will have yanked the motor and replaced everything back there. Hope the finished product is impressive and clean because won't be buying it otherwise. I have my doubts.

It's not that easy to increase the power though, is it? It's a NA v8. You'd have to add some kind of forced induction to get anywhere without increasing displacement, wouldn't you?

Anyway I'm getting either that or a Golf R with coilovers and wheels.

Inclined to go with the Golf.

Seat? Better styled imo.

Squints eyes, Ah crap, I'm thinking of the twin turbo V6 2.7... whatever series that is. Oops

You can increase NA power but it’s orders of magnitude more expensive than with a forced induction motor. Cams, intake, exhaust, valve size, porting the head, ITB’s vs single throttle, increase the rev ceiling and yes- boost the displacement. We’ve done all of these on the M96 motor.

Fitting a bigger turbo and injectors would have taken a couple of hours and been maybe a couple of % of the NA cost.

Remap and a new airbox for a few hundred quid and a golf r will be at 350ish bhp.

I don't understand the perception of Audi interiors.
My old S60 (which was just concurrent with the B6) had a much nicer interior than this.

Have to say. My elcheapo Qashqai has a v nice interior on a par with my old A4. All the mod cons too. For a spezial price. 😎

Just needs a bit a JDM tuch loik.

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Needs Sunnies and lift kit... Does it come in black?

It does! I am surprised there are not more after market options for such a common familam suv.

Remap and a new airbox for a few hundred quid and a golf r will be at 350ish bhp.

Exactly - my estate is a remap away from 700bhp.

Cheese and crackers! 800bhp Datsun 1600!

Wasn't there a supercharger (twin) one?

I think it was an S4 Chris Harris had chipped to match the RS4 for about £300

Edit: he did it to a later supercharged V6

And blew the transmission up!

Awesome. !

Reminds me of a late 70s Honda Accord CVCC I had for a bit. This exact colour but in much better shape.

Not the exact car, but the pic represents the "Gold" colour option we had. Great fun to learn to drive stick with.