Sports Package Vs. S Line
10-13-2010, 05:44 PM
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I wonder how the Prestige with 18" wheels drives compared to the 17" wheels. That might be a nice set up for urban use. Or ADS if you can afford it.
10-13-2010, 11:20 PM
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The difference between the interior of a sport pack equipped A4 and an S-Line is night and day. Bear with me. I mean that quite literally. I was looking at a Prestige with sport pack and then I sat in an S-Line and I knew that that was what I wanted.... You probably think I was seduced by the Alcantara S-Line seats...nope, they aren't really that much different from the normal sport seats in daily use. They do make a huge difference at the track where sliding around is a non issue. But that isn't what I mean by night and day...
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
10-14-2010, 07:54 AM
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I got the SLine, mostly because I was already getting the Prestige and I wanted the Sline wheels and body kit. I'm very happy I got the Sline as you just don't see many on the road and the look is noticable, but not overly glaring...
As for the other sports packages... I'm sure they are nice too.
As for the other sports packages... I'm sure they are nice too.
10-14-2010, 10:02 AM
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The difference between the interior of a sport pack equipped A4 and an S-Line is night and day. Bear with me. I mean that quite literally. I was looking at a Prestige with sport pack and then I sat in an S-Line and I knew that that was what I wanted.... You probably think I was seduced by the Alcantara S-Line seats...nope, they aren't really that much different from the normal sport seats in daily use. They do make a huge difference at the track where sliding around is a non issue. But that isn't what I mean by night and day...
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
10-14-2010, 11:25 AM
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titanium sport package comes with black headliner, according to website, but I still would go with the S-line first, if it came on the P+ models. New A4 is due in 2013, so typcial Audi practice has been to S-line the crap out of a model run in it's last year.
10-14-2010, 12:52 PM
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The difference between the interior of a sport pack equipped A4 and an S-Line is night and day. Bear with me. I mean that quite literally. I was looking at a Prestige with sport pack and then I sat in an S-Line and I knew that that was what I wanted.... You probably think I was seduced by the Alcantara S-Line seats...nope, they aren't really that much different from the normal sport seats in daily use. They do make a huge difference at the track where sliding around is a non issue. But that isn't what I mean by night and day...
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
It was all about how completely different the S-Line with black A/B/C pillars and headliner makes the car feel inside compared to the standard headliner. The car feels smaller, more sporty and I feel like I'm in the cockpit of a nice jet as opposed to the cabin of a nice car. The Audi Club members that I've talked to about it, that have standard A4's, don't get it until they sit inside. It's not something that translates well to description.... S4 owners know exactly what I mean as they have the same black headliners. I'm pretty sure that all "S" cars have the black headliners.
For years, VW has done a similar thing. For example a golf/rabbit has a gray/tan headliner and a GTI has a Black headliner. A Jetta has a gray/tan headliner and the Jetta GLI has a black headliner. My AMG has a black headliner and my friends in their standard Mercedes' have a gray headliner. I'm not sure if it's a German thing or what....but the black headliner and pillars impart a much more sporting feel to the car.
I could discuss other benefits besides the "indescribable" but I'm sure most of you are rolling your eyes wondering, "what is this guy on?" If you see my car at an Audi Event come on up and introduce yourself. I'd be glad to meet you and happy to show you what I mean.
My wife drove my SLine to work today (her car battery died) and she said that a bunch of the guys came out and were all about it.
One guy was knowledgeable about the SLine trim and was comparing it to a BMW level price-wise. He was gobsmacked that we had such a nice car.
I'm glad that there aren't that many SLine cars around
I just wish I had been able to get it in Monza Silver
10-14-2010, 03:52 PM
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I agree 100%
My wife drove my SLine to work today (her car battery died) and she said that a bunch of the guys came out and were all about it.
One guy was knowledgeable about the SLine trim and was comparing it to a BMW level price-wise. He was gobsmacked that we had such a nice car.
I'm glad that there aren't that many SLine cars around
I just wish I had been able to get it in Monza Silver
My wife drove my SLine to work today (her car battery died) and she said that a bunch of the guys came out and were all about it.
One guy was knowledgeable about the SLine trim and was comparing it to a BMW level price-wise. He was gobsmacked that we had such a nice car.
I'm glad that there aren't that many SLine cars around
I just wish I had been able to get it in Monza Silver
My wife says the same thing. She will come back from a grocery run and say, " I came out of "shop X" and there were people gathered around it. They started asking all about it? I didn't know what to tell them other than that it's an S-Line and it's kinda rare."It gets alot of attention that's for sure. Heck just earlier today I was invited to bring it to the SEMA show. Not sure if that will work. I think that its the same weekend as Audi Nationals and I know I have a conflict for that. But was nice to be invited to show it nonetheless.
The Monza silver is very nice. If I was to go with another color though, I'd probably have gone with the Quartz Gray. Beautiful color. But for a dual purpose car, the Ibis White made way more sense. Easier to maintain/repair and sponsors like high contrast cars...
10-15-2010, 10:13 AM
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a stripped down 5 maybe... I think you'll find once you add the features in you'd want... you'd be in the mid 50's with a 5 series (528 small engine, big car, no fun!). Step up to the 535 and you're talking high 50's.