New RS5 Road Trip

[OzcarMeyer]

^ Wow. Gearing and mileage is significantly different than RS4.

Best I ever got on a full tank of gas (long road trip) was 20.2 mpg. And this was all highway miles, creeping at ~65 to 70 mph.

http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-us/222772.png

60 vs 70 is pretty significant

I test that once in a while (60 vs. 70 vs. 80) to see where it really ramps up. It’s interesting.

Best I ever had on an RS4 trip was 350 miles for 61 litres, and that included some town driving as well as a bunch of highway (90% highway). That’s 350/16.1 = 21.7 MPG. That’s actual like your fuelly calcs. I think skywagon is using the on board computer.

On teh RS4 80 mph = 3200 RPM or so in 6th. I love to bitch about that. I’d rather see it more like 2200-2400.

This! My commute changed from mostly in town to now only highway driving, and I’ve noticed this as well.

Been eyeing this on JHM’s page;

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/21/f7b916e47d7d0b49e0ede974ce6fa62e.jpg

https://jhmotorsports.com/shop/catalog/transmission-upgraded-or-economy-6th-gear-oem-for-b6-b7-s4-rs4-p-1192.html?cPath=21_56_310_311

[Datadatum]

JimmyB put that on his supercharged S4, and found it to be very annoying on his long distance cross-country road trip. IIRC, it was too low in the rpm range to climb the mountain passes (i.e., cruising only), and for cruising it was right in the drone range of his exhaust system.

I’ll take the low mileage. LOL

[Skywagon]

Not much of a discovery but I noticed why Saki called the RS5 a true wide body. There was a S5 in the same parking lot as me yesterday and they don’t have the slightly expanded wheel wells for the wider tires. I’m at my destination and still learning the car. The more I drive it the more I love it. With the windows up the car is remarkably quite, even with the sport exhaust selected.
Euroswager, thanks for those gear ratios. Interesting numbers.

[sakimano]

JimmyB put that on his supercharged S4, and found it to be very annoying on his long distance cross-country road trip. IIRC, it was too low in the rpm range to climb the mountain passes (i.e., cruising only), and for cruising it was right in the drone range of his exhaust system.

I’ll take the low mileage. LOL

mountain passes ? In Florida?

To be honest that’s why you have a clutch and a shift lever though. You drop it to 5th. Or 4th. Or 3rd for 2 minutes.

As for the drone, drone is between 1400-1900 RPMs in an RS4, and having a gear in 6th that at 70 mph is at 2400 RPM or so, that is a non-issue. Maybe Jimmy was cruising at 50 MPH?

[PsYkHoTiK]

Not much of a discovery but I noticed why Saki called the RS5 a true wide body. There was a S5 in the same parking lot as me yesterday and they don’t have the slightly expanded wheel wells for the wider tires.

I think the RS5 only shares the doors and roof with the other 5s. All of the other panels are different.

Did you have a DSG on the S4? I noticed the transmission on the RS5 felt different (for the better). Almost like it had a slightly different programming.

Glad you’re enjoying the car!

[Datadatum]

mountain passes ? In Florida?

They are called landfills in the rest of the country.

I went back to find JimmyB’s exact quote…

I would rather go back to the stock sixth gear. It is really annoying when going up steep hills/mountains like the rockies.

The TDI gear is worthless below 50 mph. Yes you can drive the car at 40 mph and around 1K rpms but it is a total slug. That gear is meant for 65mph+. Where I live it is mostly 55 mph zones on the highways unless I go forty five minutes away on a major highway so I am speeding everywhere I go almost. Then when I was driving through hills the engine bogs so bad that I had to either floor it or downshift to fifth gear to get up the hill. Finally the TDI gear drops the rpms right into the drone zone (1200-1900 rpms) for the FI exhaust. You can’t hear a damn thing when driving up a steep hill around 60 mph. I actually had to buy noise dampening headphones in Barcroft CA so that people could hear me over the phone.

[Skywagon]

Not much of a discovery but I noticed why Saki called the RS5 a true wide body. There was a S5 in the same parking lot as me yesterday and they don’t have the slightly expanded wheel wells for the wider tires.

I think the RS5 only shares the doors and roof with the other 5s. All of the other panels are different.

Did you have a DSG on the S4? I noticed the transmission on the RS5 felt different (for the better). Almost like it had a slightly different programming.

Glad you’re enjoying the car!

My S4 was a DSG car. Definite difference in transmissions. Started car this morning and had a CEL. Took it nearest dealer and they found my gas cap gasket had somehow become twisted. Car does a self test intermittently and pressurizes the gas tank checking for leaks, it found one. Quick scan found problem, out of dealer in 15 minutes.

[sakimano]

My man… You need a vagcom cable

[sakimano]

And where… The fuck… Are the pictures of this thing?

[sakimano]

mountain passes ? In Florida?

They are called landfills in the rest of the country.

I went back to find JimmyB’s exact quote…

I would rather go back to the stock sixth gear. It is really annoying when going up steep hills/mountains like the rockies.

The TDI gear is worthless below 50 mph. Yes you can drive the car at 40 mph and around 1K rpms but it is a total slug. That gear is meant for 65mph+. Where I live it is mostly 55 mph zones on the highways unless I go forty five minutes away on a major highway so I am speeding everywhere I go almost. Then when I was driving through hills the engine bogs so bad that I had to either floor it or downshift to fifth gear to get up the hill. Finally the TDI gear drops the rpms right into the drone zone (1200-1900 rpms) for the FI exhaust. You can’t hear a damn thing when driving up a steep hill around 60 mph. I actually had to buy noise dampening headphones in Barcroft CA so that people could hear me over the phone.

ah there you go. Sounds very specific to his situation

Interestingly I drove the JHM car that was the first B67 S4 to do this (they test everything on their own cars) and they echoed some of the same concerns as Jimmy. That is evident in that the car no longer has the diesel 6th and has a standard transmission gear set currently.

[thenewbruno]

And where… The fuck… Are the pictures of this thing?

+1 we’re approaching pics or GTFO territory here

[Skywagon]

Gents, I’ll write it again. I’m on the road. Took delivery of car last Friday, rained all day Sat. and left on road trip Sun. Saki, I have a Vagcom at home, not with me. I’ll get pictures on here when I get home. I’m visiting a 92 year old uncle, pictures not my top priority. CT weather sucks. Thanks for your patience.

[thenewbruno]

We’re not looking for “Pulitzer prize for photography” stuff…look how easy it is to get a pic up
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/23/7a6568b7ecf1d137624281ee5bf2a32a.jpg

[Skywagon]

Ever since I went to an iPhone 6 I’ve had problems uploading pictures to my desk top. Now I’m on an Apple Mac and don’t even know how to do it. I’ll take a couple today and e-mail them to anyone willing to post them How’s that? In fact I just sent you a test e-mail, you’ll have some pictures within the hour…OK?

[Datadatum]

Sky - follow these steps:

1. Go to app store
2. search and download tapatalk
3. load tapatalk
4. search for audi revolution
5. load your user information
6. enjoy posting and loading pictures DIRECTLY from your phone’s photo library

[thenewbruno]

Here’s the pics he emailed me
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/23/955a2f894f5ad073d22263d934c1886f.jpg

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/04/23/7bef2e3888da8356372cc02641fd80d7.jpg

[PsYkHoTiK]

Nice color!

And watch the curb…

[Skywagon]

Nice color!

And watch the curb…

Daytona grey, thanks. Fortunately those curbs are low but have already scraped the under nose twice. Good news is car has front sensors so I’m learning.

[sakimano]

Ever since I went to an iPhone 6 I’ve had problems uploading pictures to my desk top. Now I’m on an Apple Mac and don’t even know how to do it. I’ll take a couple today and e-mail them to anyone willing to post them How’s that? In fact I just sent you a test e-mail, you’ll have some pictures within the hour…OK?

desktop? just get a photobucket app on your phone, and upload them there. When you are in the app, click the photo and they have a little thing for the forum link code. You just click it and it automatically copies, and you can post it in the thread with the img tags already on it.

we’re just breaking your balls. Daytona Grey RS5s are heaven sent, so everyone wants to see it.

[euroswagr]

Who parked that? A women?

Great color, I really like Daytona.