sherlock wrote:

Great call - I bought my RRS because we had a new baby! Really happy, great riding and safe position. Great looks and comfort, great driving ability in terms of power and comfort and lower than expected servicing costs at £400/year.

Only downside os fuel cost.

Enjoy

Nice one Sherlock. I really like that the window sills are low/seats are high so the kids can see or easily. Fuel wise it looks like it will be better the my Subaru liberty spec b 3.0 wagon but it is all about how you drive it

also had one of those Calis and yes the RRS will return better mpg than the spec b

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but WOW what a great engine that 3L H6 is RRS gone
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Yeah nice all round vehicle H6 is great and I was about to supercharge it
H6 just loves the revs hence the fuel.

Off topic a bit myself now Andy lol

hmmm sounds interesting....  RRS gone
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awd I did check out the BAS map you mentioned in the other post. Looks good. I'll need to do something a my wife is use to a 2.0 turbo andbut the weight and take off difference is going to annoy her a bit. I would love a TDV8 not many around and always going for a premium.

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a map of any kind will greatly improves the 2.7 unit

Just be warey of the bolt on fuel rail boxes that fiddle with fuel pressure .... I've seen too many horror stories of things eventually going wrong RRS gone
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Audi A6 Allroad Sport 270 3.0TDI

hmmm car seems gone. seller isnt contactible...bummer....
the search continues...and patience is needed.

So the orignal car I was going to go see seems to be availible after all. Guy contacted me appologising. Test driving it tonight. Interesting thing is hes dropped the price $6k since.

Also drove the Disco 3 which my wifre really liked, particularly the space and 7 seats. Eeek.. but i think its fugly.

The RRS is going to have to impress to beat the DISCO "practicality" I think. I guess it comes down to is the space enough in the RRS?

Interestingly I dont see so many reliability comments on the DISCO 3 compared to the RRS.
Anyone car to comment on that? essentially the guts of the car is the same.

desicions desicions....

Calis wrote:

Hey guys, I've been off this site for a bit because basically I decided against a RRS, not a decision of my own accord, but my lovely wife got wind of the reliability concerns from some friends and after that and some web searches she then saw an RRS broken down and being pushed through a set of lights near our house and she was like "Nup" I dont want that happenign to me with a 15mnth old and new born. Who can blame her hey....lol....but I must admit its the first one I'ev ever seen broken down.

Youve seen a second one now

so drove the car. loved it. great drive. eveything on the car worked. Such a comfortable solid feeling ride. Stiffer then I expected actually.
orginising a pre purcahse inspection before any offers. one owner from new and says never had a problem with the car ever.
he had an X6 sitting in the drive lol

Discos are equally reliable as the RRS

The main difference between the two being RRS's have the dynamic roll bar which is superb and transforms the handling, but equally expensive to change when it wears out.  RRS gone
Audi SQ5...Gone Audi Q7 S-Line 240 3.0TDI Gone
Audi A6 Allroad Sport 270 3.0TDI