eric strauss

Our S4 lease was up and after much searching and driving, my wife decided on a Glacier White A6 3.0T with 20" Sport Package, Beige and Brown interior, LED Headlights...

We are committed canyon folks on the weekend and the S4/RS5 combo worked well. However, the leases on new S4's were horrific, no money on the hood for M3's and the Macan had no backseat room. We came very close on a TTs that was such a great lease and would have been a great canyon car, but it would have left us with no real rear seats in any car. We actually came close to getting a leftover Boxster GTS because it was so capable, fun and had a ton of money on the hood... practicality set in and we ended up with the A6. An AWE cat-back system, plus a few chassis tweaks are in the works and we have a great all-around car. My RS5 is nearing its sell-by date, so the Porsche may yet be on the horizon or a new RS5.

I look forward to enjoying the A6 (our third) and to hearing from you all... I have attached a rather crappy image (read boring) of the A6 outside the garage - we got it tinted before we picked it up. I will post better images from our trip to the mountains this weekend... plus one last parting shot of Erin and her S4 from last Sunday on its final canyon run... a quick 100 miles through the Angeles Crest.

Happy Motoring

Eric

Tinbad

Congrats! Those rims look beautiful... but probably PITA to clean, haha. On the bright side you'll have a good excuse to give her a proper wash once in a while. As much as I love my S6... the A6 paired with the 3.0 supercharged just feels so pleasantly light on its feet, enjoy!

eric strauss

However, the lease for that car was very high and would have curtailed the budget on the RS5 side of the house when the time comes...

Enjoy your S6 - it is a beast :-)

jjsC6

Congrats on the new car. Trust me when I tell you that I get how agonizing it is to decide what to buy next. Not a day....or a few hours probably goes buy that I don't think about what my next car is going to be. I love the Glacier White.

huragantzwo

Congratulations! That's beautiful. Glacier White was my first choice when I was looking, but ended up with my second.

uberwgn

Eric, very nice. Congratulations on that! Interesting wheel design!! Enjoy.

Inyoury

Congrats! I have the same wheels. They have a coating on them that makes it easy to clean.

eric strauss

... I saw a big increase in time cleaning. I use the Griots Speed Shine and do our wheels each evening after the commutes... the recessed parts are dark grey, so likely outer surfaces only - major clean on weekends... damn Audi brake dust - but yahoo Audi for stout brakes with no squeal... my RS5 is literally 20 seconds per wheel.

Happy Motoring

Eric

Inyoury

Hmm, interesting. I use armor all extreme wheel cleaner. Wet the wheels and spray the wheels with the cleaner and then use speed master wheel brush (have both large and jr versions) to clean about 45 secs brushing. I spend more time wiping the water off the wheels than cleaning them.

Enjoy your our new car!

ZCD2.7T

Congrats - sweet car!

I must say that I'm surprised at the choice, given the emphasis you place on canyon-carving. Though the A6 shares that wonderful 3.0T motor, it's nothing like as nimble as the S4, but you know that already. It's always tradeoffs, though, right?

Enjoy!