audi rs4 or nismo 370z?
 

there is one for sale here in my country and i am thinking of swapping my z?what do you guys think?:tiphat:

If u can swing it you gotta do it. I love my Z but if I coukdget an RS4 with low miles that I could afford I'd do it, but there's no way I could afford it right now. The RS4 is a beast.

Same here. Love my Z but if I could pull off a low mile RS4 I would be rocking that LOL... What color is the RS4, I love the red and yellow.

Idk about the Philippines but an RS4 costs twice the price of a nismo Z. The RS5 is coming next year. Beautiful and amazing but you can have a gtr for the same price. Or get a used one and throw $10-20k of mods at it

I wouldn't do it. The B7 is a generation old, and the interior for such an expensive car isn't that pretty. It's a great car, but carbon buildup is a widespread plague on the 4.2 in the RS4. Take a look at some dynos of the car, you'll notice they dyno about as much as a 370Z does, because of all the build up. The car's performance begins to notably degrade, and since you're looking at a used one, I wouldn't surprised if its already building up carbon.

Seafoam it!

Doesn't work. Audi takes the motor apart and uses something much, much stronger than seafoam to flush all of the gunk away - especially around the manifolds. A good friend of mine is the master tech at my local Audi, and his advice is to drive any 4.2L V8 Audi makes with some authority. He sees a lot of carbon buildup on S5s driven by women and older men, who admit to driving them really easy. The S5s that are driven hard on occasion don't have the build up.

Due to the rarity of the RS4, he's serviced a handful over time for carbon and once again, the ones running well are driven by younger and more enthusiastic guys, while others with carbon by older types just looking for a nice cruiser.

For whatever it's worth, my Audi A6 4.2L drives beautifully. All 340 ponies gallop proudly when I mash the throttle...and that's because I make sure to give the motor a nice workout sometimes. :tiphat:

its a yellow one.haven't talked to the owner yet so i can't know if he is willing to swap but the price he is asking is the same price here of a brand new nismo.my z is way better on looks but performance wise the rs4 is better am i right :confused:

yea the RS4 is awd 400+hp hi revving v8. take it if u can

I would pick the Z.

all audis look the same and I see them every day all the time.

I would pick the Z just for the fact that its so rare here.

I subscribe to the same 'Italian tuneup' mentality with my Z. It's best to let the horses run free as often as possible :).

The RS class of audi's are much more rare than Z's and they look noticeably different than the standard Audi's or even their S counterparts (RS4 looks a lot differernt from an S4 - lower, wider fenders, different exhaust, different wheels, different front). Depending on location many are special order and it's not often that dealer's have them.

Not really...it is much, much heavier than a 370Z (weights almost 4000lbs), so it handles worse, isn't much faster than a stock 370, it has more drivetrain loss, and because it is AWD it isn't anywhere near as frisky as the 370Z. It'll run a 1/4 mile pass slightly quicker than the 370Z thanks to its traction advantages (very high 12s with a great launch), but trap-speed isn't all that staggering...and that's assuming the car you get doesn't have a motor full of carbon.

This is coming from an Audi owner and lover, btw.

Without a lot of weight reduction, pretty much all the Audi's with the exception of the TT-RS and R8 models can be classified as "touring cars". They are comfortable, luxurious, make good power, and are smooth as silk at high speeds and handle well on the road. When you get them on a track or AutoX the weight really hampers the performance even with full aftermarket suspension. So it's really all about what you're looking for in the car.

Well put.

thanks for all the inputs.Ill just stay with my z for now :)