The newest (B9) S4 does not come with a stick, but if you can do a slightly used one, the B8 generation did. I have a 2014, with the supercharged 3.0L  V6 and a 6-speed, and it’s a blast. Stage 1 APR tune puts it just over 400hp which is icing on the cake. Other than the S4 or 335/340i xDrive though, when I bought my…

I had the same itch a few months ago. I wanted the four-figure sports car life, and looked mostly at 986 Boxsters, Miatas, MR2s, and BMW Z3s. I ended up finding a 2001 Boxster S with only 63k miles at a buy-here pay-here lot 6 hours from my house and made the journey one Saturday morning. I ignored the red lights and…

I assure you that you would not be filling up every 200 miles. In real world driving, which is still quite aggressive, I get closer to 350 miles between fillups in my ‘14 S4 (6MT). If anything, the turbocharged engine would be more efficient than my supercharged engine.

Audi RS4. You can say that you have the Audi R8 engine, which also had that Lamborghini V10, so you *kind of* drive a V10 by association? Regardless, you keep your 400+ hp V8 and manual transmission, gain a back seat and a lot more comfort for your wife/kids/self. Plus quattro AWD for year round hooning regardless of…