![]() 08/18/2013 at 11:46 • Filed to: loud stuff, audi, s8, classic car club | ![]() | ![]() |
I posted a quick exhaust !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! of this car a while ago, and finally got to go for a ride in it last week. It's just a bit less "under the radar" than the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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To be clear; I do not own this car, and was not driving.
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![]() 08/18/2013 at 11:53 |
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Well, it IS the city that never sleeps. And with that noise, I'll be in my bunk...
![]() 08/18/2013 at 12:10 |
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" THE AUDI S8 IS FUCKING AWESOME! "
" WHAT?!"
"I SAID THE AUDI S8 IS FUCKING AWESOME!"
"WHAT?!"
"-SIGH.-"
![]() 08/18/2013 at 12:17 |
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I love it!!!!!!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 12:23 |
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That was....amazing. Oh my god. I've always wanted one of these...damn you for posting this and inevitably sending me to eBay for the rest of the afternoon...
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:21 |
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Cobra parked to the right at 0:06.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:21 |
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I'm sorry, but no Audi is too damn loud.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:23 |
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jesus. so much noise and barely breaking 20 mph. I'd say it's about right.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:23 |
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Those shifts sound like it's got a proper manual transmission... Could it be??
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:25 |
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Is driving a really loud car in a city as fun as it seems? Also on a scale of 1 to 10, how much of an ass did you feel like. I drove my car without mufflers and resonators and felt like quite the asshat, although I had a blast. Disturbing the peace, Ludacris style.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:33 |
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E39 M5 too quiet? Hmph!
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![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:38 |
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I love how he only has light to light to get a good sound out of it. Go out on the open road!!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:38 |
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Don't think so. I think you're hearing the driver lift off the throttle. There's no tell-tale engine rev before the clutch releases (the "VROOMvroooOOOM"). At least that's what I heard
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:41 |
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Anyone else think it sounded like an upscale fart can? That rasp!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:43 |
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Driver's need for attention is inS8iable.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:45 |
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I guess when you're driving a car like that, traffic, turn signals, red lights and pedestrians are really just obstacles for points....
Nice sound, crap driving.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:46 |
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I do not think so. Is a proper dual clutch upshift.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:48 |
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Stock E39 M5. That sounds amazing though.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:49 |
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Its loud, but not a relaxing big cubic inch loud.
Frankly, by 3:00 the novelty was gone for me.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:50 |
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This video is what subwoofer's were made for.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:50 |
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makes me think of the Harly guys on southpark, sad
![]() 08/18/2013 at 13:56 |
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Wow, another person who never made it past the third grade when they learned to make fart noises with a hand and an armpit! Look at me-e-e-e-e! Clue - most of those people looking are wishing you would grow up or shut up...a lot like Harley boyz "potato-potato-potato...blip blip" L-O-O-K. A-T. M-E. A-N-D M-Y C-O-O-L-N-E-S-S! Sure "loud pipes save lives...so would fluorescent hi-vis pink vests. Get your car away from my ear drums...take it to the track. If you need to blip the throttle to keep it running check the timing.
-end of rant-
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:07 |
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Ya know? That really is too damn loud.
And I'm half deaf.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:12 |
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I wonder where he put the microphone. You can hear the exhaust really well without any wind noise.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:13 |
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This would be me at every red light.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:15 |
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That has got the get very tiresome after a while.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:15 |
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No. The ZF 8 speed auto in manual mode and paddle shifters is just REALLY good.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:17 |
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That sounds like glory.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:22 |
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That parked Shelby Cobra in the first turn isn't even jealous, doesn't even turn on.
Its sound would crush it.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:24 |
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Notice no one on the street gave a fuck?
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:32 |
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That's an absolutely horrible sound for this car. It sounds about like he just detached the headers from the motor. If you could figure out how to get this sound on a Civic, tho, you'd make millions!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:32 |
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Love when I'm crawling through parking lots and I shift to second and my car lets out a loud ass pop. But when normally driving it's pretty mellow until I get on it.
I'm catless.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:38 |
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Loud cars are fun. Just have to sound good that's all and not be too obnoxious. It's usually pretty easy to make a turbo'd car sound great. N/a is a completely different story especially on anything less then a 6 cyl.
My turbo Cobalt. Perfect sounding dd. No drone or raspy noise at all. Only mod is a 3" catless downpipe.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:38 |
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I love the way it sounds, but he seems to drive like every other self important new German car owner. Too heavy on the throttle, lots of noise, never gets past 2nd gear, stomping on it only to come to a stop 200 feet later.
-owner of an older, almost as loud audi
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:53 |
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Sounds like absolutely crap.
If your car is going to be LOUD, it at least needs to sound as good as my last mustang did.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 14:56 |
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Agreed. Ricest V8 I've ever heard.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:04 |
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First off, it doesn't even sound good. I want to shove this guys head up his own ass. But then again he wouldn't be able to hear his shitty exhaust.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:05 |
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that sounds like garbage.
it seem to be turning into a trend here to in NYC for the tasteless to buy a hich class sedan (2nd audi i have seen) and straightpipe the whole exhaust system
does not sound good, makes the car sound cheap and haven ued staright pipe system on my car before, i know it sacrifices a lot of low end grunt.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:14 |
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Sounded alright at low RPM's but once he got above what maybe 3k it got raspy as hell.... no thank you sir
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:19 |
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Three things.
Cobra in the beginning looked sexy.
Not letting the Prius over made me happy.
Not stopping before the tunnel at the end so you could go WOT through it made me sad.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:20 |
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Didn't your mother teach you not to accellerate hotly in the city?
People live there.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:20 |
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It sounds like shit.
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Cobra(i think) at 0:18
![]() 08/18/2013 at 15:59 |
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I think it's fun for a while. My old WRX was pretty loud for a bit. However, it was kind of silly that it was loud even at partial throttle when slowly accelerating. I would drive around wondering how many people were looking at me as the annoying guy with the loud slow car.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 16:14 |
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It sounds really good right up until that raspiness kicks in. Some people like that. I don't; it's the equivalent of having a bee buzzing in my ear but much, much louder. Good, clean exhaust sounds are much more ... pleasing.
*Vrrroooo pop pop gurgle* (nice) then ... *vrrrroooooooo BZZZZZZZZZ EEEEAAAHHHH*
Kinda ruins it.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 19:11 |
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If I head that from a block down I would assume it was coming from a civic, no doubt whatsoever.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 19:13 |
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Cheap, that's the word I was looking for. The sound it makes is cheap, something you would hear from some beater civic or something like that. Damn shame that people with more money than sense have to go and distort a fine car like that.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 19:15 |
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its not "that" loud, but I wish it was quieter since it sounds horrible... So much rasp!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 19:20 |
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And noone else noticed the cobra replica at :15 in??? Cmon!!!
![]() 08/18/2013 at 19:47 |
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sometimes, i drive my WRX through downtown dallas just to listen to the echo off the buildings. It's epic. and downtown is usually a ghost town anyway.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 21:37 |
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Looking at the Meisterschaft site, it seems they make an exhaust for the Ghost. The prospect of a Rolls sounding like this is seriously disturbing.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 21:37 |
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It really is fun to drive a loud car in the city, but then again I'm a drummer so my opinions on loud and annoying are skewed.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 21:47 |
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This raspy set up would not be my first choice, but I will admit....I've been shopping for performance exhaust set ups for our Q7 4.2 FSI. I want to make it sound nasty.
Suggestions?
![]() 08/18/2013 at 21:56 |
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Apparently it's a V10 - check the other video under "related"
![]() 08/18/2013 at 22:12 |
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this is a D3 S8 with the V10 its A ZF6 the dew D4 S8 with the 4.0TT V8 has the 8 speed
![]() 08/18/2013 at 23:14 |
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Hey, look. Someone with a very, very tiny penis.
![]() 08/18/2013 at 23:42 |
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"HEY EVERYONE, LOOK AT ME, I DRIVE AN S8 AND IT'S LOUD LOOK LOOK LOOK I'M IMPORTANT!"
"I hate attracting so much attention...why don't people leave me alone?" :(((((
![]() 08/18/2013 at 23:53 |
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I am a massive fan of all Audi v8s.... but this sounds like absolute shit.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 02:26 |
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Sold. Commencing ebay scour for Audi V10 super-sedans.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 02:52 |
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Wow NY looks like a great place to drive a fast car . I don't think you would ever have to shift past second gear EVER in New York. Think of all the money and effort you would save by not having to shift as much... I bet the mpgs are like 8 mpgs . freaking amazing!
![]() 08/19/2013 at 09:36 |
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Sounds too much like a Ford F650 that had the 370ci Lima 'Boat Anchor' engine. I can't say I enjoy this sounds as much as the owner does.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 09:37 |
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I see what you did there.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 10:04 |
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No 8 speed in the older V10 cars. It's a 5 or 6 speed auto.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 10:09 |
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Loud, but not quite as loud as my buddy's old M6 with headers and a full RPI exhaust. He bought it in Queens and got pulled over LITERALLY 2 blocks after buying it for the exhaust. It was so obnoxiously loud that the car could be heard driving normally a half mile away.
And to anyone asking, it is a SHITLOAD of fun to drive a loud car in NYC.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 12:23 |
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APR is always my first and usually only choice for aftermarket VAG parts. Not sure if they make one for the Q7 but their 4.2 RSC is amazing and not so obnoxious
http://www.goapr.com/products/apr_e…
![]() 08/19/2013 at 12:49 |
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Seems like Jason Statham would get caught in something this loud. Then he'd have to kick someone in the face.
A++++, would watch people gettin' kicked in the face by the transporter.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 14:19 |
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42 Draft Design's products are pretty sexy these days. Great flow and proper exhaust notes for most cars.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 14:25 |
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I mean, this S8 is clearly far from stock....
![]() 08/19/2013 at 14:49 |
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My S4 is pretty loud and not this raspy but, this is what im doing right now watching it.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 15:57 |
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Damnit! I saw that AFTER I posted.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 19:43 |
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That is so motha fuckin cool. You would hear that noise and never in a million years expect to see a large luxury sedan producing it.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 20:07 |
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I'd do it.
S8-found one on Craigslist for $30,000
Full Exhaust-(estimate here) $1000 plus?
Lets round out the total for insurance taxes tags etc at around $38,000
Sleep in the back, go to work grinning freely, leave work, drive until I find a parking lot, spend the night, repeat.
Yeah.
![]() 08/19/2013 at 23:26 |
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Yep, make no mistake....the car is AUDIble. To. Everyone.
![]() 08/20/2013 at 22:11 |
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The S7 is cooler.
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edit: redacted, because I am dumb.
![]() 08/21/2013 at 19:20 |
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Meisterschaft.
![]() 08/21/2013 at 19:22 |
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I wants it badly. R&T said the V10 S8 was the perfect luxury performance car.
![]() 12/02/2013 at 15:47 |
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I'd like to think that you made peoples lives better when you passed by. All those people up in cubicles who are just dying to hear a car rip through the streets. Or the guy in the Prius who instantly regretted his purchase. Or the little children walking along who will never forget what a real car sounds like. So, I commend you for sharing the music with your fellow city dwellers.
![]() 12/02/2013 at 22:28 |
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![]() 12/03/2013 at 04:06 |
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It sounds loud only because the guy is stomping on the throttle, otherwise it doesn't sound that loud. I would need to hear it in person in order to have a better idea, or a video not recording inches from the exhaust. Car sounds good tough.
![]() 12/03/2013 at 08:23 |
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spent alot on car and exhaust, not enough on the microphone. Sounds brutally good though
![]() 12/03/2013 at 10:44 |
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Definitely some needless acceleration going down Spring Street, especially past the Trump Soho and Triumph/Ducati dealer.
![]() 12/07/2013 at 22:22 |
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Anybody else notice the tire warming swerve going on while he tails the tahoe?
heheehee
![]() 12/08/2013 at 12:57 |
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Pure cheese. I'm guessing he probably has personalized "RADBRO" license plates. This sort of stuff was sort of cool when I was 16yo and it probably still is cool if you're 16yo (or have the mentality of a 16yo). I'll take a stealth fighter any day.