Marcus Frost

I am a still recovering B5 S4 owner... loved that car to absolute death. I have a Silver 2001. Full AWE StageIII + intercoolers, 993TT brakes, the whole meal deal. Car had over $20k in mods and was just such a fantastic vehicle. You could throw any weather at it and it would just beg for more. I did not have any huge reliability problems just mostly maintenance. Sold it with 85k, still regret it.

-m

tommy25000

Any pics!?!?!? sounds sick!

eliteamg

I'm regreting I sold my 00 S4 Definitely go w. APR chip great gains and very reliable. I had mine chiped for 4yrs and never gave me any problems. Also look into getting the extra function where you can run it chiped or valet mode for stock mode.

eliteamg

If your interested I still have my stock s4 rims w. brand new tires. It's sitting in my warehouse at work. Willing to let it go real cheap.

tommy25000

whats cheap?

CWW

Relative term, especially on an AMG board...

55wagon

I had a 2001 S4 Avant Imola Yellow. It had full AWE Stage3 and Full Stasis brake and suspension. I loved it to death. I was force to sell last month. I was trying to keep both S4 and E55. But i guess the E55 won me over. and I have not driven S4 since I purchase the E55 eraly this year.
. I never had any problem and I was the orginal owner.

eliteamg

I meant a good deal 4 stock S4 rims w. brand new tires not even mounted for $400.

tommy25000

shipping cost?

eliteamg

I'd like to keep it local where u located? You would have to cover shipping.

zapco98

Heh - My winter beater is the same car, except its an MTM STG4 car Nice find.

SRT6

How about that Minnesota snow the other day lol sucked I wish I had the luxury of all wheel drive I am romping around in a PT Loser and the heat just went man it had to be the worst driving in awhile just the other night. Say that wasn't you that tried to cross the lake on his sled was it? lol only in Minnesota

2005E55AMGLOL

used to have an 01.5 Audi S4 as well. built it for euro turner. APR stg3+, 5 sets of wheels, over 40k in mods. sold in 05 for my M3 =(

that car was meannnnnnn. almost 500hp and over 500ftlbs of torque. 11.69 1/4 mile with the heavy quattro and about 200-300 lbs worth of aftermarket sound system

E55 RUSS

Nice...but I prefer SUV in winter...bought FX35 and looking into new Land Cruiser 4.5 TT diesel

red60R

I should of thought of an S4 before I got my landcruiser this fall for the winter. Oh well, my kids and dog love the size but it sure is slow as heck. The E55 has not seen rain, sleet, snow since :-)

tommy25000

nice, i know it is suppose to be a winter beater, but i have found my self making an appointment for the apr stage 3+... I can not believe
I am about to spend 10k on a 10k car

I should add I have already put 3 piece wheels on it and brembo gran turismo brkae kit... I hate cars... Every one I own cleans out my pockets. I promised my self NO mods to this one and now look at me

Raudi-S4

Take a look at ASP's kit as well. It should smoke your E55 afterwards.

tommy25000

smoke my E55?! I would be very surprised...

but... I would not complain

silence

don't do it! mod the benz

you don't want my winter beater kicking your butt for 1/10th the investment AND my daily doing the same... you better pick a battle

jk (well mostly), but please do be careful modding the audi... contrary to how this thread has gone, they REALLY aren't all that reliable when modded or otherwise. Look at how many S4s are for sale that have slight issues with the mods- "it's just a vac leak" or "needs tune" etc., you just know the owners have given up. I know keeping my non-turbo audi running cost more than mods for the benz this year. Obviously, they are a blast to drive and far more civilized (i doubt you'd want to drive my cloth interiored skunk2 coilover equipped subie for long( but it can get out of hand fast keeping it running right.

silence

are you really ripping on the explorer? ouch! Honestly, i'll sell my benz long before i'll sell my explorer project. That thing is my heart and soul. Plus a 1996 Explorer with 8-10k in performance mods would beat up on your car even with the SC. It's scary what you can do with american cars so far as cheap tuning.

adean1979

No, he's right. There's actually a video of him destroying a stock E55 at some Dallas airfield event Don't go with APR. Way too expensive for what you get. Go with VAST, ASP, EPL, or AWE. All cheaper and perform as well or better than APR. There's a guy in California who recently ran an 11.1 with his full weight K04 S4. Dave at EPL has installed some RS6 hybrid turbos on his S4 and is putting down around 550 horsepower to the wheels. The S4 is a 3600 lb. car so a lot lighter than the E55. The B5 S4 scene is getting exciting b/c new tuning/turbo packages are making them faster and faster.

Quadcammer

the reason those cars are that cheap around that mileage is that most will need new turbos (cracked exhaust housings on most all of them) and the timing belt hasn't been done.

I was considering one, but got my e class instead.

silence

that and they will likely need all sorts or random electrical (cruise control stalk for an example)/cosmetic (door strips falling off lol) fixes as well-

I wouldn't go with ANY of the above btw- why not build your own package and have it tuned on a dyno... ? Save yourself literally a TON of funding and be faster in the end.

Raudi-S4

I'm sure you guys are getting tired of this vid...

adean1979

I've had mine for 15K miles and have not had one problem. Do I take care of the car? Absolutley. I wouldn't recommend this car for someone unless they have a lot of $ to pay for stuff (if it does break) or if they can do the work themselves. I do all my own work. Electrical problems don't exist like they used to in Audis. I've also never heard of trim falling off of a B5 S4. Are you thinking of Audis from the 80s?

What turbos are you talking about tuning on this car? I'll personally throw on K04s/42 lb injectors on my car and use Revo's Lemmiwinks program to alter my GIAC Stage I file to homebrew my own fueling file. If I had a lot of extra $, I probably wouldn't go this route. I'd get the block rebuilt and get GT28s or RS6 turbos put on there. You really can't tune your own car unless you're using K04 turbos. Lemmiwinks only allows you to change fueling parameters so much. If you go with anything bigger than a K04, you'd have to pay one of the few tuners in the country (that have cracked the ECU) to customize your tune. That is a lot of $ right there for a custom tune, not to mention the transport costs to get the car across the country. That's like saying, just do your own tuning for the W211 E55. I was personally recommending those tuners to Tommy25000 because from his posts, it doesn't sound like he does his own wrenching. He just wants to pay someone to install a known kit that will be safe and work great.