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  • Colesy
    S2Forum Fiend
    • Feb 2009
    • 2980
    • Country: England

    #1

    Red or Black?

    I'm having real trouble deciding which coupe to keep, so I thought I'd put it to a poll.

    I've thought about getting one of them fully resprayed in a completely different colour but the cost of this is just too high.

    They are both N reg and will require similar amounts of paint work to get mint. The black one has AC, cruise and leather, the leather can easily be swapped but not the AC & cruise. The black one has 20k more miles on the clock. The black one has a couple of rust spots, bubbling above windscreen, rear quarter above wheel & needs new wings. The red one needs the underside refurbishing, the tailgate painting and flashing in places to get a good match.

    Otherwise it's basically a choice of colour: Volcano Black or Red.

    I've never much liked red cars apart from Ferraris of course but the coupe does look quite stunning in red, even in the state it's in!

    So hopefully a poll will help me choose!

    Any pictures of red or Volcano Black coupes to help swaw me would be much appreciated too.

    A few pics:







    70
    Red
    44.29%
    31
    Volcano Black
    55.71%
    39

    The poll is expired.

  • Cottis
    S2Forum Extremist
    • Feb 2011
    • 1448
    • Country: England

    #2
    Black everytime. Having said that, your red coupe does at least look red rather than pink. I have struggled to keep both red Audi's I owned from going pink after a few weeks.

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    • Rikki Kitto
      S2Forum Zealot
      • Feb 2010
      • 6276
      • Country: England

      #3
      Byzance Purple

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      • Error404
        Super Moderator
        • Mar 2007
        • 19789
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #4
        I'd keep the Volcano one Will, but I am partial to dark coloured coupes
        Panthero Coupé quattro 20vt
        Indigo ABY coupé
        Imola B6 S4 Avant

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        • piotr
          S2Forum Extremist
          • Jul 2012
          • 1470
          • Home: Poland Current: England

          #5
          I would put that IC on black one and keep it

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          • CoupeWannabeS2
            S2Forum Addict
            • Nov 2004
            • 403
            • Country: United Kingdom

            #6
            Red cars go faster - decision made.

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            • Colesy
              S2Forum Fiend
              • Feb 2009
              • 2980
              • Country: England

              #7
              Originally posted by Cottis
              Black everytime. Having said that, your red coupe does at least look red rather than pink. I have struggled to keep both red Audi's I owned from going pink after a few weeks.
              It is quite pink in places already! That is one of the big negatives with the red, I don't want to have it painted and then have to polish it all the time to keep it red! It's hard enough washing cars!

              Originally posted by piotr
              I would put that IC on black one and keep it
              All the performance gear will definitely end up on whichever car I keep!

              Originally posted by Error404
              I'd keep the Volcano one Will, but I am partial to dark coloured coupes
              The Volcano is a great colour, have had a few comments over the years.

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              • macspring
                S2Forum Zealot
                • Mar 2005
                • 6371
                • Home: Ireland Current: Wallis & Futuna

                #8
                Sell both and buy an RS2 ???

                In silver, black, or ragusa green, will be worth more in the long run, and more practical.

                Admittedly it is the dearer option, and more effort, but much greater reward in the long run.

                This post is probably no help, but it is the truth.








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                • Colesy
                  S2Forum Fiend
                  • Feb 2009
                  • 2980
                  • Country: England

                  #9
                  Originally posted by macspring
                  Sell both and buy an RS2 ???

                  In silver, black, or ragusa green, will be worth more in the long run, and more practical.

                  Admittedly it is the dearer option, and more effort, but much greater reward in the long run.

                  This post is probably no help, but it is the truth.








                  I have this thought every day!!

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                  • Error404
                    Super Moderator
                    • Mar 2007
                    • 19789
                    • Country: United Kingdom

                    #10
                    To be fair I think I might be tempted to do just that
                    Panthero Coupé quattro 20vt
                    Indigo ABY coupé
                    Imola B6 S4 Avant

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                    • Colesy
                      S2Forum Fiend
                      • Feb 2009
                      • 2980
                      • Country: England

                      #11
                      The trouble is the one thing the coupe has over the RS2 is the shape. Which is brilliant IMO, such a classic look now. Whereas the RS2 is just an estate car!! A very rare estate car I know... And to afford an RS2 I'd have to break both these coupes which would be quite upsetting!!

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                      • macspring
                        S2Forum Zealot
                        • Mar 2005
                        • 6371
                        • Home: Ireland Current: Wallis & Futuna

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Colesy

                        The trouble is the one thing the coupe has over the RS2 is the shape.
                        Your should go to Specsavers.





                        See posts 266. 277, 299.

                        Sorry I can't post the individual posts. possibly some one else can.

                        Clean the Coupes, do a decent two decent ads, and take out a small loan, buy a decent RS2 and it will be the cheaper option in the long run.

                        Sorry to be a whine, but at 53 years old - BTDT, and so I post from experience.

                        A chipped RS2 is no joke, and is 'savage', and a 'looker'.

                        Kind regards.



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                        • anthonys2
                          S2Forum Possessed
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 3512
                          • Country: England

                          #13
                          Black everytime mate!!! lol

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                          • Colesy
                            S2Forum Fiend
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 2980
                            • Country: England

                            #14
                            Originally posted by macspring
                            Your should go to Specsavers.





                            See posts 266. 277, 299.

                            Sorry I can't post the individual posts. possibly some one else can.

                            Clean the Coupes, do a decent two decent ads, and take out a small loan, buy a decent RS2 and it will be the cheaper option in the long run.

                            Sorry to be a whine, but at 53 years old - BTDT, and so I post from experience.

                            A chipped RS2 is no joke, and is 'savage', and a 'looker'.

                            Kind regards.



                            Haha, they do look good in those pics. It's a bit late to take the cheaper option unfortunately, I bought the black coupe completely standard and it's currently on it's 3rd turbo now - RS2, just about everything has been RS2'd! It definitely would have been cheaper to buy a good RS2 back in the day...

                            Choices, choices!

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                            • newsh
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                              • Aug 2003
                              • 16226
                              • Country: United Kingdom

                              #15
                              Got to be the black one!

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