- Now, before we even get into this
drop a comment below on what you think
you would rate this car based on the following.
And it's gotta be outta 10, exterior,
interior, performance and modification.
Each one of those gets 10 total points,
drop a comment below what you would rate
each of those categories and gimme a score
as to why you think this 2003 Audi S8 owned by Edgar
with 72,000 keys should get that rating.
Listen, the early 2000s were a little bit of a weird time
for pretty much every car manufacturer,
Japanese car manufacturers
realized that they ran out of money.
You had domestic car manufacturers just trying to keep up
with things like the cavalier.
And then you had Audi just shaving bumpers
and doing weird things
because why would you ever not want to exhaust tailpipes?
That's kind of what we're looking at here
except they didn't screw it up as bad as the other ones.
This is Edgar's 2003 Audi S8,
and today's episode of Behind the Wheel.
We're gonna be taking a look
at if it's actually worth buying nearly a 15 year old Audi.
That's a V8, that is 360 horsepower.
That in all odds probably is not a good purchase by anyone
especially people like you and people like me
because whatever's happening underneath here
is magical wizardry.
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Now, feeling a little bit like a early 2000s,
we've got an early 2000 Audi key,
we have an early 2000s key chain.
I don't understand how a young adult
can have this many keys.
And we also have an early 2000s kitchen floor
which is very similar to what I had in my first house
in 1980, which is very exciting, very smooth, very delicate.
You know, you got the two compressors in the tank,
but we're just really going period correct with this Audi.
The license plate is perfect.
Now the one thing that I really do love
about these early two thousands Audis
is the fact that and this is gonna sound a little weird,
but it's that it's an early 2000s Audi.
Everything about it is so just fricking nice.
The only thing that you end up missing is...
That's not what I want.
Go back in your home.
Where's the cup...
That's not a cup holder.
We're good.
Let go on a drive.
All right, so we're gonna turn it on.
It turned on.
We're already off to a great start.
Another great thing about this
is you never know what buttons may work
and what buttons may not work.
The seat works.
That's great.
Looks like we still have power steering, also good.
Now the real test of if an Audi works is,
how about this button?
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We're just gonna get on the road.
All right.
Let me tell you a couple of things about owning, buying,
modifying an Audi or any sort of larger VIP car
versus like a sports car equivalent.
Okay.
First things first,
you have to change everything that you know
about modifying car because you're not modifying this car
to be sexy and nimble and ultra fast.
Even though these are a little bit quick,
I will say they're pretty darn good, pretty damn flashy,
5 1/2 seconds, zero to 60.
That ain't too shabby.
It's the driving experience that's, oh, so, so very nice.
It is just a peaceful experience of joy.
Like, ah, we're going the speed limit.
So very quickly we were able to get up there, you know,
35 miles an hour is beautiful.
If you are looking to get an Audi 2000s,
great buys right now,
you can pick them up for a pretty good price.
Outside of the B5S4, the B5S4 is kind of like the,
I'd argue, top of the line aftermarket demanded car
right now in that generation of Audi,
you are paying a premium for a car
that will never treat you right, fact.
So the A8 was introduced,
came with 335, for whole horsepower,
came with some good torque,
I think a mid six second quarter zero to 60,
which was awesome.
And then halfway through the D2 generation,
they gave it an extra breath of fresh air
and boy, was it needed
because you got so much more horsepower.
You got much more just control
specifically with the suspension.
A lot of things they just tweaked and turned
just a little bit before they went into the next generation
in 2006, with the Audi S8.
I mean, if you are looking to pick up
this particular platform of car,
the 2003, best year to go with,
like try to stick to that year, if you can.
For my Audi fans, the 12 of 'em that are out there
that are waiting for me to mention, yes,
this is a rare spec combination car.
The exterior is a rare collar combination
paired with the interior.
I think they call it ox blood
which is essentially dark, dark maroonish, red leather.
You got the good old leather dash.
You got predominantly no cracks.
You still got the good old early 2000s wood-ish interior
and above all else,
you still get that classic Audi scratches everywhere,
handle bars, you got it over here on the buttons
because that's just how Audi do.
I broke mine one time.
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It has a sport mode,
keyword, it has a sport mode.
Come on, Ford Escape, it's me versus you baby.
He looked,
it just goes, oh, that's a cop.
How do you do?
Speed limit sign, man.
See, it's just how fast can I get up to the speed limit?
The downshifting though is a little weak
which I would expect from an automatic car.
If you are so keen on owning a manual car
because you don't want to get made fun of
cause you're a junior or senior in high school
and everybody thinks that a manual car
is just what you need in life.
Don't buy this car.
However, when you get to like 23, 24
and you show up to a car show in this
while everybody else is showing up to car shows
in 350Zs and some funky G35s,
they're gonna think that you have the best taste
in the whole wide world.
Don't let the auto fool you,
you're getting this car for everything else
that the car gives you.
It's the same turn.
If you don't think I'm gonna bomb this turn
as hard as humanly possible, you're outta your mind.
More than you can afford, pal.
You son of a bitch traverse
You are supposed to go into the right lane
when you make a right hand turn, you don't cross over lanes.
You don't go across to the lane that you wanna be in,
you go in the lane that you're supposed to be in
and then you put your turn signal on,
I glitched there for a second,
and then you get an to the left line.
All right.
People like you, I don't like, okay.
And I hope your coffee is cold.
I hope that email that you are supposed to send
you forgot about.
Okay, we'll see you later
Loser.
If you're actually wondering what powers
this nearly two ton,
actually I think it's almost if not over
two tons of curb weight for an Audi S8 is a V8 4.2 liter
which is actually a pretty good engine
on the Audi side of the fence because if you take a look,
all of the wizardry that you actually need to work on
in terms of reliability and the things that keep the car
from exploding are in the front of the engine.
Now, this is super important
because Audi decided to drink some kool-aid
a couple of years later
and moved everything to the back of the engine
which made it nearly impossible to work on.
It's still a Ford too.
So you're gonna get this one with 360 horsepower.
Now some of the early ones came with like 335s.
So it was a little bit more sluggish.
This one's coming in a little bit at 360,
it's gonna get you zero to 60 and 5 1/2 seconds
which means you should be able to humiliate and embarrass
just about anything on the road,
especially for those kids
that don't know what they're racing.
So while Edgar's 2003 Audi S8
is one of 100 in this color spec
and it's got the ox blood interior,
at the end of the day,
it's still an early 2000s Audi.
And for what it is, it's pretty well put together
outside of some random noise we found
while we were driving the car.
For our ratings, we give the interior an eight
and exterior a six, modification is definitely a four,
but the performance is still a six.
You still get 360 horsepower
and you get everything that you need
to still have a good time.
And if I were to tag this car as a movie line,
it would be like the wish app of transporters
or like I still think blackberries are cool,
but it is a cool car.
All right.
It's just makes a little bit of weird noise,
but let us know what you think about the 2003 Audi S8
and what you think of Edgar's build.
And, of course,
if you're looking for aftermarket wheels tires
or suspension, be sure to check us out
over at fitmentindustries.com.
If you'd like us to review a car next
and you're willing to put up with my terrible, terrible,
terrible jokes, drop a comment.
We'll see you later.
Peace.
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