I find it funny how many audi fanatics that post here live in the O.C., as i do. Good to see though.

 

i say RS4

 

a word of advice, get your infant car seat along with the nice large base they come with, take it to the dealership and see how your wife likes riding with her chin on the dashboard. We bought an A4 and should have stepped up to the 6. The car seats won't fit in the middle and if you're taller than 5', it won't fit behind you!

 

The commute to work is about 15 miles one way. Thanks for the advice on the infant seat, I will need to check that out. Is the RS more "high maintence" than the S? My 911 is kind of quirky, and the service is extremely expensive. However, it is not a daily driver, so I really do not care that much if it sits a the shop for a week. I am looking for a car that I can drive every day, and that will still be fun. I need four doors, and I like AWD. I drove a 335iX the other day...great car, but almost too refined. The new M3 will be 2 door...so that is out. Plus, living in Indiana, the RWD of the M3 will not work in the winter.

 

icommute inmy RS4 every day and other than the fuel economy, i have no complaints as a daily driver. the car is comfortable, can haul 4 people and has abig trunk. so long as you're ok with having a real manual transmission, i don't think there's another car on the road that can do everything the RS4 can do from a performanceAND practicality standpoint(with the exception of a RS4 Avant, which we don't get in the US so moot point).

just be prepared for crap dealer and corporate customer service from audi compared to what you're used to from porsche(meaning they're fine if everything is ok with your car but when something goes wrong, it's a disaster trying to get things done). so long as you can live with that, you'll be happy with the audi cars as the cars themselves are fantastic.

 

Go with the RS4!!!!!

 

you gotta get the RS.... cant have the baby seein you lose to no m3's

 

If you have the money to consider either then go with the RS4! That car is an awsome piece of modern art and speed. that is one of the only cars i would even consider trading my car for.

 

One thing to also consider...the RS4 DOES NOT come with a spare tire...

 

^ really? run flats? .... what did they do with the room in the trunk?