duncs500 wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:05 pm
In my head (having never driven either), I think I've made the switch from M5 to RS6 if I was in the market.
In my head, C7 RS6 look like great value starting at 35k
Anyone else heard about problems of a non-service turbo filter hidden beneath the turbos in the 'hot vee' disintegrating and causing all sorts of problems on them ?
Wonder where these cars will bottom out as they must all be the last non hybrid v8 super saloons available. Future collectors car or even more rapidly depreciating dinosaur?
duncs500 wrote: Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:05 pm
In my head (having never driven either), I think I've made the switch from M5 to RS6 if I was in the market.
In my head, C7 RS6 look like great value starting at 35k
Anyone else heard about problems of a non-service turbo filter hidden beneath the turbos in the 'hot vee' disintegrating and causing all sorts of problems on them ?
Similar problems with the TDV8 in the Range Rover, these parts have been service items on hard working engines for years, it surprises me that car manufacturers have not caught up.
Is that M5 not just symptomatic of many of the problems with the direction car design has taken over the last 10 years or so? The absolute pinnacle of technology & motoring, but lacking on the feel/emotion/interaction side of things?
Part of the reason why I've gone for the Mini JCW and 'something for the weekend' to accompany it, and not something like a nearly new M5 or in that vein is because I'm starting to think it's all a bit pointless. I know that previous reasons for selling my M5s of years gone by are the stuff of mirth and ridicule, but the bottom line for me still applies - if I cannot use all that a car has, deploy its capabilities or at least a fair proportion of them, without risking losing my licence, I fail to see the point. BMW offered me a non-Comp M5 (unregistered) for £60k a few months back which was an epic deal but after a year or so I couldn't help thinking it was 'just' going to be another mega-power BMW with reserves of power never to be exploited.
Will still get into trouble with the JCW of course, but I'll be able to use all it has a lot more often whilst still making good progress, and that to me now at least is far more appealing. I cannot afford to have 4 cars on the go, so the car I use most of the time needs to be most suitable most of the time.
The price doesn't surprise me. I saw one on the M74 a few weeks ago and while it's not offensive, it didn't wow me much. If I had the money, I think I'd buy a nice Range Rover instead and save the £100k.
I really like the DBX, and I wasn't expecting to. It looks like a cross between a Macan and a Ford Puma but it works. I could almost see myself having one in a few years.
Looks fantastic to me. Yes, it's obviously not the cost of the fuel that would annoy but the limited range. I'm guessing of the others it might be the Cayenne GTS that's up there dynamically, at something over half the price?
I like that Aston way more than I expected to. Looks like they really put some thought into it. Only thing I don’t like is the straight on rear view. Also the awkward shutline between the rear door and c pillar would drive me mad .
Feel like it would’ve been a good way for them to bring back the Lagonda name.
That is the only Aston that I would actually like to own from the current range. Regarding the fuel range, is it possible it's tuned differently being a US spec car?
