What are your initial thoughts on it?
Does it feel that much faster etc and has it had some decent suspension uprating over OE fitment.
All very positive Rob...
I've had a few B6 A4s (and an S4) in the past. They have a smell don't they, its like a new car smell that never goes away.
My very first feeling when I opened the door and that smell hit me, it just took me back and reminded me of all the good times in those cars. The condition is immaculate, it felt like sitting in a new car along with the smell.
The 2 fastest cars I've had would be my 2+ S3 at 380bhp and my B6 S4 which had headers and a few mods at simar power, maybe a bit less.
This thing at 440 feels leagues above those.
I should imagine vs the S3 0-60 would be similar as the s3 has less weight, and less drivetrain power loss, it does feel kind of similarish in time, but this feels like it pulls harder, hard to explain.
However 60+ (I wont say any more) is biblical. It just pulls harder and harder. Much faster than the s3 was.
Thanks to its various mods Inc the lightweight pullies and lightweight aluminium SMFW it revs a lot more freely. I also struggle to explain this, but even before boost it builds the revs easier than other engines.
I can't wait to get a syvecs on it! ~650 is going to be immense. (42% increase over what it is now)
The brakes are immense. I had b7 RS4 brakes on my S4, these are much better. I can drive it hard with confidence I can easily and quickly stop.
The AP coils are wound down low right now, speed humps are a very slow crawl, curbs are a hazard with such lows and such low profile tyres.
My mother in law with her bad knee wouldn't be able to get in it.... some people would say that's a negative......
However the ride is perfect, stiff with no roll, but not bone shaking, its really nice, even over a rough road covered in shallow pot holes it's smooth.
Everything about the car feels tight and precise. Like a new car but performance oriented.
I didn't pay 10k. It was a long trip for me and I did my negotiating before I set off.
If it was more local and I turned up to see it and negotiate i think I would've just handed over 10k. So I got lucky there.
So yeh... pretty happy over all.