IPKnightly2 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:03 am
There is nothing more fun than reeling in a hot hatch on a decent country road and seeing the surprised look on there faces as the are unable to get away … especially Golf Rs and Audi S3’s and I’m a lowly MY 23 S on 20’ wheels!
I got into a rolling drag race* with a RS4 on a lovely open, straight and freshly tarmacked bit of dual carriage way a few weeks back - he was very surprised when I not only kept up, but starting creeping past! I think the Porsche PDK made the difference there.
*All well within the law of course, officer.
Same engine and output aren’t they??
If so, I would have thought that the RS4 would have the edge, being lower down and therefore more aerodynamic?
But as they say in Top Gun “It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.”
Simon
Sold: 2016 Rhodium Silver Macan 2.0
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Jon A wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:51 pm
Same engine and output aren’t they??
I imagine you both needed to back down when you got to 70mph…
Yeh same engine, I don't know what difference the gearbox introduces. I think I just got a better run up - I think the RS4 expected to walk into the distance but we were neck and neck!
Neck and neck right up to 70 miles an hour, of course.
SimonH146 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:32 pm
Some good recommendations from Joe Achilles here:
I watched this video when it came out, but never got around to doing any. Thanks to you reminding me, I drove the first route he recommended today (both ways) and popped to the Roastery he suggested for lunch. It was a blast! A great driving road, not busy at all at 11:00am - stuck the car in sport with manual hold so I could control the gearbox - incredible fun! Great little road.
- Macan S, Silver