Duke
Duke UltimaDork
3/16/14 7:56 p.m.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Audi-S4-Avant-Wagon-4-Door-NO-RESERVE-2005-Audi-S4-Avant-Wagon-6-speed-Nagoro-Blue-/271422407875

Best color, best configuration, best body style, best trans. Epic want.

mndsm
mndsm MegaDork
3/16/14 7:58 p.m.

That is the holy grail for me as well. It's a beautiful car.

Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
3/16/14 8:10 p.m.

I was excited right up til I remembered that this isnt a turbo car.

Still super classy.

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
3/16/14 8:23 p.m.

Still very expensive to repair.

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
3/16/14 8:35 p.m.

Nice. 4.2 V8. 6-speed manual. You sir, have very good taste.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
3/16/14 9:31 p.m.

I approve.

mw
mw Dork
3/16/14 9:33 p.m.

I am an admitted hater of Audis, but I like that one.

Maroon92
Maroon92 MegaDork
3/16/14 9:46 p.m.

I think I like my C4 S6 well enough that I don't need the hassle of a B6 S4...

It sure is pretty, though...

1988RedT2
1988RedT2 PowerDork
3/17/14 11:20 a.m.

The only bad thing about Audi's is fixing them, or so I hear. I love their cars, and unfortunately my wife's A6 2.7T was rock solid reliable for 100k miles. So I could easily be seduced into buying another one.

turboswede
turboswede GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
3/17/14 12:56 p.m.
Swank Force One wrote: I was excited right up til I remembered that this isnt a turbo car. Still super classy.

Swank = Boostwhore

motomoron
motomoron SuperDork
3/17/14 1:43 p.m.

If there's one Audi I covet it's a Nogaro blue B5/B6 S4 avant. That said, Mrs. Motomoron's B5 A4Q 2.8 30V is so odious to work on - at least anything underhood - that we've sworn off Volkswagen-Audi Group products forever more.

The A4 is looking like it's going to need cats in addition to a clutch in the foreseeable. When I told her what a new Focus or Fiesta ST would cost w/ the A4 traded in to unload it, she was very interested. An hour later as I banged through the gears in the Fiesta ST 2 blocks from the dealer she was sold.

trigun7469
trigun7469 HalfDork
3/17/14 3:21 p.m.

I have a similar one on GT6, I remember seeing this run fast on that short lived show, "Are you faster then a redneck". It was wicked fast.

xflowgolf
xflowgolf Dork
3/17/14 3:50 p.m.

Everytime I see these pop up I'm reminded of the complexity of the 4.2 V8 used in these and their timing chain setup... on the REAR of the motor facing the firewall.

You can read more here: http://www.euroaddiction.net/forum/b6-b7-platform/5527-b6-b7-s4-timing-chain-faq-information-discussion-thread.html

Matt B
Matt B SuperDork
3/17/14 3:59 p.m.

In reply to xflowgolf:

codrus
codrus GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
3/17/14 8:13 p.m.

Hm. To be perfect it needs the blue alcantara interior, not the gray leather one. Still, looks awfully familiar -- here's mine. :)

The gas milage sucks and, yeah, parts are a bit spendy, but I love the car.

Blue Alcantara interior:

Knurled
Knurled GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
3/18/14 12:47 p.m.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: Still very expensive to repair.

Not nearly as expensive as the 2.7T S4.

waaait... is this 4.2 the anvil drive it forever as long as you change the oil so the cylinder liners don't dissolve cam belt 4.2, or is it the 5 miles of timing chain that likes to fail 4.2?

KyAllroad
KyAllroad New Reader
3/18/14 1:12 p.m.

I had a 2001 Allroad with that delightful 2.7T motor, followed by a 2005 Phaeton with the 4.2. I miss them both,maintenance did suck but German motoring is a whole different experience than American or Japanese cars.

codrus
codrus GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
3/18/14 6:27 p.m.
Knurled wrote:
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: Still very expensive to repair.
Not nearly as expensive as the 2.7T S4. waaait... is this 4.2 the anvil drive it forever as long as you change the oil so the cylinder liners don't dissolve cam belt 4.2, or is it the 5 miles of timing chain that likes to fail 4.2?

It's the 5 miles of timing chain 4.2, but the failure rates are massively overstated on the internet. It is massively expensive to repair if it does fail, though.

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