10 Jan 2013  Audi S4 diary - Speedmonkey Fleet  Another 2 weeks
and another 1,000 miles into life with the Audi S4 and I've
started to learn more about the character and nature of the
beast.  I recently posted an article entitled "What car would
you want to own for the rest of your life" which asked people to
state what car they would want to own if it was gifted to them
and they had to use it, and no other car, forever.  Out of 63
respondents 7 chose an Audi Avant with Quattro - either an RS6
or RS4.  The rest of the list was a scatter of all sorts of
dream cars, but those who chose the Audi had thought about the
question.  It's fast, commodious and can get you across a muddy
field or out of a snowbound driveway.  I bought the car because
it fulfils all my requirements - and, due to it's thirst, prices
of used S4s are low. It really is thirsty.  The official
combined fuel consumption figure is 20.9mpg, and that's pretty
much spot on.  The average is always around 20mpg.  Since the
problems I last reported (d