flew66

There are two S4s on my short list at my local dealership.

1) Premium / 6 MT / Ibis White / Black-Mustang Brown / Sport Diff / B&O / Carbon

2) Premium / S-Tronic / Quartz Grey / Black-Spectral Silver / Sport Diff

The Ibis white sits in the show room and the Quartz Grey is a demo with 500km.

I personally think the S4 looks better in darker metallic color. However, the Ibis has a better package, even though it is a bit boy-racer-ish. Which one would you pick?

afretes

Number 1.

A4Avanti

I second that!!!! Love the Ibis White

mikeh

Ditto........ #1

Mof

IMO,
#1 because it has the 6 MT.
#1 Ibis White
#2 has the better interior colour scheme.
#1 for the B&O... If you're a music lover, bring a few discs/SD card or ipod to the dealer with your favourite music and give both sound systems a thorough workout.
#1 because it is not a demo.

Survey Says: #1

I assume you can't (don't want to?) wait a few months and order exactly what you want?

flew66

Looks like the consensus is the Ibis White with 6MT...

We didn't want to wait for factory order as I need to store my summer car very soon. Besides, the dealer wants to move their stock so they are only willing to discount the ones on their lot.

We were at the Dealership today again and looked at all the S4s. The dealer actually has quite a few more S4s. We got all the keys from the sale person and sat in every one.

My "must have" option is the Sport Diff as I think it would change the whole driving dynamics of the car. The other S4s with the Sport Diff are (all are Premiums with 6MT):

3) Phantom Black / Black - Black / B&O / Carbon
4) Phantom Black / Magma Red - Black / Carbon
5) Brilliant Black / Spectral-Silver - Black / B&O
6) Ibis White / Black - Black / B&O / Carbon / NAV

My wife and I ruled out #2 and #5 quite quickly. We like the carbon altas trim a lot. The Magma Red - Black interior in #4 was too "busy" for us (even my 13 years old said so). The #6 was nice but the NAV was quite a bit more money IMO. The back up camera is nice to have but it is a bit redundant since the Premium has parking sensor already.

So we were down to #1 and #3. The two cars are identically equipped with the exception of metallic paint option on the Phantom Black. We quite like the triple black as it is very classy and stealth. However, we think the S4 should be a bit more sporty. If we were shopping for an A6, the triple black would be our No.1 choice!

So after evaluating all the choices, we came back to #1 - Ibis White with Mustang Brown. I did have a white car in the past. It was an Acura Integra Type-R (Yes, White was the only color when they first brought it to N.A., LOL).

IMHO there is really no clear winner here as all the S4 are very nice. At the end, I think we are very happy with our choice. We are going to pick it up in 5 days! Now I am busy shopping for winter tires package...

Thanks for your input. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!.

Frank

mikeh

Congratulations on your purchase. You will really enjoy the car. As for winter packages use the search button above..There is plenty of information contained in this forum on that subject.

afretes

Congrats!

TSRgeneral

Your car is going to be amazing. Congratulations on a good purchase .

'11 S4

Let us know what you decide on the Winter Tire Package.

I'm starting to look at that, too but I'm not too sure if I want to get separate wheels with snow tires or just the tires.