I learned more from watching Jay and Donald shoot the breeze driving the RS6, than from watching three complete RS6 review videos. It is their honest and relaxed reaction to the car that communicates so much information.
Indeed, I made similar comments in review videos but extended the sentiment to include the RS6 C8 as possibly one of the best _overall_ cars of all time.
You can debate the value of spending over $100,000 on a car like that, but like Jay said it is a Lamborghini at half the price and it is your family daily driver. When you consider buying two cars, enduring the taxes, insurance, and maintenance of two cars, with one being a sports car at that level of performance, the price of the Audi starts to look like a great value.
@@ThunderAppeal after seeing your amazingly witty response, I can tell you that my life is completely complete now! I am in awe of your magnificent towering intellect, how do you find these wonderful one liners? Please do tell! Such sophistication!
@@JamesCairney You are a no one. I wasnt talking to you. YOu interjected yourself in to the conversation trying to make yourself a 'someone'. You are a sad little person.
I don’t know why but even though these guys are 20 or 30 years older then me I truly enjoyed there review together they complimented each other well and there styles are so different is cool too one guy in a bow tie and one in a members only jacket lol hopefully this is one of many to come
Jay and Donald debating the latest vs. the greatest of what the Brits call estate cars (for the same reason they prefer "lavatories") and battery tech. Another incomparable Car Guy Geek-Out. Thx for inviting us along!
+1. .. Luv the combo Leno & Osborne perspective. . These guys are automotive encyclopedia .. Two killer station wagons! .. The Chevy "woody" is a run to the beach ...
The RS6 is the best all round car on the road. It has been, for quite a few years now. Can't afford one but I'm very happy with my A6 Avant. 210bhp. Blasts off the line in Sport mode. Good enuf for me.
love watching Leno talk cars over here in uk. I just got an RS7 C8 same car basically but stuck a stage two tune on it as didnt feel fast enough now its 750bhp lol
At 17.17: "Vorsprung durch Technik" actually translates to "Advantage by technology" ... not progress ... great brand, great car. And again a great video.
48 Volts is about the most a person can touch without feeling it. Anything above that and you'll start to feel a tingle or worse. Also, the voltage doesn't knock you out. It's the current that gets you. You can touch hundreds of thousands of volts at very low current and suffer no ill effects.
Not sure how you quantify "very low current," but well under a tenth of an amp through the torso is all it takes to stop the heart. This is why household GFCI outlets trip at a mere 5mA (5 thousandths of a amp) of leakage current. That ain't much; barely enough to light an LED. The danger of higher voltages is that they overcome the skin's electrical resistance, allowing potentially hazardous current to flow through the body IN DIRECT PROPORTION to the voltage. In other words, the higher the voltage, the higher the current. So, unless something else in the circuit limits the current before your own tissue does, it's both the voltage AND THEREFORE the current that will kill you. (In other words: don't try this at home, kids...)
@@the1maxb We're only talking about voltage and at voltages below roughly 40~50 volts, you're not going to feel anything with your hands - regardless of how much current is present. That is what this indicator is for. Just like you can touch a car battery's terminals even though there's 1000 amps avail. I've touched 20,000+ volts from a Tesla coil without any problem because it was at very low current levels.
@@ScottDLR Tesla coils typically produce such high frequency AC that the nerve cells are not "triggered" during the brief half-cycle, therefore no pain is felt. This presents a particular risk, because injuries such as deep-tissue RF burns can be sustained without the warning of sensation. Also: "Even a small Tesla coil produces many times the electrical energy necessary to stop the heart, if the frequency happens to be low enough to cause ventricular fibrillation"
@@the1maxb Not sure why you're trying to argue with me but you keep trying to add aspects to the conversation that aren't part of the orig discussion; why meters like Fluke and others choose ~40V as the tirgger for showing HV. They do it because that's where you start to feel it and it starts to get dangerous. As a final post I will just say that everything I've written is established scientific fact. Good luck to you.
Nothing against you Scott. I'm hoping to prevent others from doing themselves harm through misinformation. Luck will only get one so far. Apologies if I was unclear.
It’s a fantastic vehicle, I don’t understand the SUB or crossover thing when you can have a Station wagon sow capable, I have a Golf Sportwagen and it’s amazing, I put sport suspension, a set of great 18” VW original wheels and it drives fantastic. My next one will be an Audi allroad for sure.
I’m watching these late, but I wonder if Audi might be the answer to Donald’s question from the Marmon 16 video about a modern car with restrained elegance.
Sadly cannot afford an RS6 Avant. When I trade in A4 getting an A4 Allroad. I don't want an SUV. That RS6 is amazing. Love one in black as perfect sleeper car.
Porsche Taycan HV battery costs $70,000AU to replace . Nuts. I have an Audi A6 Biturbo. 650nm, 0 to 100kmh in 5 seconds, and 47MPG imperial on the highway. They are fantastic cars. I wish I could afford an RS6. They cost a fortune in Australia.
Tbh, this car is not at all under the radar in Europe, car guys know exactly what's under the hood the minute they see a wide Audi with the hexagon pattern in it's grill
07:00 It is not that voltage hurts people. It is Ampers. If 48 V is this maximum, than how do people survive thunder struck where voltage is in kV? 0,0125mA can kill human.
Huh? Leno hasn't heard of the RS6 prior to dropoff? One of the more anticipated cars of 2020. No mention of the RS6 4600lb curb weight! ('18 Mercedes c63 wagon was under 4000lb). Sad that Leno/Osborne seem clueless about Audi's smaller RS3 sportwagon & RS4 Avant (european) offerings. Bring those to the US!
Lol must be nice to be Leno.. Audi "drops off" a highly sought after Tribute RS6 ( limited to 25 production examples ) and he doesnt even "know what it is". .. jesus..
A man with a duck under his arm decides to have a race with a man in a car. The man in the car is thinking "is this guy crazy? He thinks he can race me with a duck?" They both line up on the start line, the flag waves and they're off, the car tears off into the distance and before long the car roars over the finish line, only to see the man, with his duck under his arm is already there on the finish line. "How is this possible? You have a duck, I have a car, how did you beat me?" The winner answers "four sprung duck technique my friend, four sprung duck technique" Yeah, I know, I shouldn't have bothered. (Sorry)
That's true but Audi calls it an Avant and they have for the past 30 years +. No mention by Jay of it being Audi's very first production RS Avant intended for US soil.
@@PKmode Which is not true, the Audi RS2 Avant released in1993 (manufactured at Porsche) was also available in the US. In Germany the Audi ad states: “Beautiful Kombis are called Avant”.
@@heindaddel2531 What are you talking about in regards to the RS2 being available in the US? That isn't true unless imported and federalized and that was a multi year process at an astounding cost. They are just available to come through now due tot he 25 year rule and to find a good example and then get it in the US is going to cost you a pretty penny. That's cool about the Kombi quote though. I've never seen that ad. I'll try and find it.
A terrific car no doubt but a flaw of audis (As well as other European luxury brands) is reliability. Porsche seems to stand out from a reliability and use standpoint. If your the first owner and have factory warranty and sell it before it runs out no worries. But after that have a chunk set aside for maintenance. Somebody I knew had a audio tt and bragged about the deal her got and how fast and wonderful it drove. And than stuff started happening...expensive stuff and parked. Thanks for the video!
I only buy second hand cars, I have owned an S3 (most fun car?), S5 (V8, 6 speed, lovely) and an S4 Avant w a 3.0 Supercharged V6 (what an engine). The S3 had a broken clutch pedal .... that’s it! If the S4 was a manual box, I would still own it! Great cars all of them. Thinking a TTS or RS or even an R8 is next. And, I own mostly Porsches so there you go.
