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09-27-2010, 05:34 PM
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Relocating to a snowy state. It's gonna be different. Planning on getting me some snow tires and still using my RS4 as daily driver. I was wondering if anyone chose to hibernate his car for the winter and use another daily driver instead?
09-27-2010, 06:08 PM
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Yea, I used to hibernate my M5 and bought a 330xi for winter. Then the RS4 came out and I realized that one car could do everything those two cars did just as good or better 
I wouldn't hibernate a quattro Audi though, not even a V10 R8 
I wouldn't hibernate a quattro Audi though, not even a V10 R8
09-29-2010, 11:07 AM
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Where exactly are you moving? Will they be using salt, sand, or nothing on the roads?
Whether your RS4 will be a good winter driver is as much a question as if you want to put it through the harsh environment. Salt, freezing and thawing, etc are all extremely hard on any vehicle. It's harder to wash/wax your vehicle when its zero degrees outside, so that's something to think about as well. Here in Ohio (the rust belt) I would personally rather put a fine vehicle like an RS4 in the garage and have a different AWD car for winter.
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09-29-2010, 11:41 AM
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yeah go for it. that's something i really like about the rs4. it's sort of a rugged supercar you can offroad in. i traded a quattroporte for mine though, so my perception might be skewed. lol. the first thing i did when i started driving was light a cig.
09-29-2010, 01:06 PM
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^^ This.
Where exactly are you moving? Will they be using salt, sand, or nothing on the roads?
Whether your RS4 will be a good winter driver is as much a question as if you want to put it through the harsh environment. Salt, freezing and thawing, etc are all extremely hard on any vehicle. It's harder to wash/wax your vehicle when its zero degrees outside, so that's something to think about as well. Here in Ohio (the rust belt) I would personally rather put a fine vehicle like an RS4 in the garage and have a different AWD car for winter.
Where exactly are you moving? Will they be using salt, sand, or nothing on the roads?
Whether your RS4 will be a good winter driver is as much a question as if you want to put it through the harsh environment. Salt, freezing and thawing, etc are all extremely hard on any vehicle. It's harder to wash/wax your vehicle when its zero degrees outside, so that's something to think about as well. Here in Ohio (the rust belt) I would personally rather put a fine vehicle like an RS4 in the garage and have a different AWD car for winter.
10-02-2010, 06:39 AM
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^^ This.
Where exactly are you moving? Will they be using salt, sand, or nothing on the roads?
Whether your RS4 will be a good winter driver is as much a question as if you want to put it through the harsh environment. Salt, freezing and thawing, etc are all extremely hard on any vehicle. It's harder to wash/wax your vehicle when its zero degrees outside, so that's something to think about as well. Here in Ohio (the rust belt) I would personally rather put a fine vehicle like an RS4 in the garage and have a different AWD car for winter.
Where exactly are you moving? Will they be using salt, sand, or nothing on the roads?
Whether your RS4 will be a good winter driver is as much a question as if you want to put it through the harsh environment. Salt, freezing and thawing, etc are all extremely hard on any vehicle. It's harder to wash/wax your vehicle when its zero degrees outside, so that's something to think about as well. Here in Ohio (the rust belt) I would personally rather put a fine vehicle like an RS4 in the garage and have a different AWD car for winter.
Any opinions about alternatives? Suzuki SX4 :-) Subaru Outback ?
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On a plus note, it lets me appreciate my Rs4 that much more after a week of commuting in the Impreza
10-06-2010, 07:38 PM
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And commuting in an Impreza knowing the RS4 is just sitting in the garage for 6 months...hellz no!
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10-07-2010, 11:53 AM
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I still drive the Rs year round... Only on nice days though. I basically use the Impreza to keep some miles off the Rs4...
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