really disapointed in my RS4 today

[geordie jay]

took me mate out today in me RS4 as he hasnt seen it and was waiting at traffic lights before going onto motorway and there was a renault megane sport behind me.and you know when he wants a race so pulled off traffic lights onto motorway and nailed it!! to my suprise he stayed with me all the way for a mile?? wtf !!! think theres summit up coz i expected to leave him in a world of pain! i think they are 250bhp so something deffo not right with car?to say i was dissapointed is a understatement..carbon clean first i think and go from there

[TonyHayers]

They're not slow and your car probably weighs 5 times that plastic margarine box.

Might have been remapped to bits too.

[SuprSi]

edit: beat me to it!

I wouldn't be too worried, firstly he would have got a bit of a slipstream, and also you don't know that it was standard.

Also lighter cars can be pretty damn quick annoying. I had a B7 RS4 (His forum name is R1RS4) sticking to me like glue when i put my foot down on the way to the Box hill meet, was a little annoying considering I had about 100bhp more! lol.

[geordie jay]

When i pulled away from lights i was stuck behind a car and couldnt go till he pulled in..maybe i shud of dropped a gear but 50mph in 3rd you would of thought when reaching 7 and a half on rev counter in 3rd he would of been a little in distance but he wasnt...i seen those meganes on topgear and are fast but still............i have a rs4 for christ sake lol.

[toyneg]

my mate has one of those, not even mapped either and we had a blast on the Autobahn, he stayed on my bumper up until 160! I was probably as shocked as you!

[RIV]

I'm not surprised to be honest, power to weight the Renault is going to give you hassle, it was only last weekend I took a b7 out with my mrs mapped 58 plate s3.unless the b7 is running spot on they are not that fast

[toyneg]

I'm not surprised to be honest, power to weight the Renault is going to give you hassle, it was only last weekend I took a b7 out with my mrs mapped 58 plate s3.unless the b7 is running spot on they are not that fast

+1 there

[toyneg]

took me mate out today in me RS4 as he hasnt seen it and was waiting at traffic lights before going onto motorway and there was a renault megane sport behind me.and you know when he wants a race so pulled off traffic lights onto motorway and nailed it!! to my suprise he stayed with me all the way for a mile?? wtf !!! think theres summit up coz i expected to leave him in a world of pain! i think they are 250bhp so something deffo not right with car?to say i was dissapointed is a understatement..carbon clean first i think and go from there

i would get the MRC Stage 2 if i were you, but not sold on the Carbon Clean for the money if I am honest, they coke up again 5mins later and doesnt make a huge difference. i found that out after paying like £900+ at MRC for it last year. better off just giving it the beans as often as possible.

[Rick_RS4]

Power to weight. Have to be careful those new corsas 1.6 turbo remapped can be a handful too.

Carbon clean unless done yourself imo is a waste of money

[Cecilthesausage]

Hahahaha...Good job i wasnt behind you in my old T Reg S3 Jay.... That,ll show my RS 4 a clean pair of heals...

[toyneg]

RS4 Wins in the noise battle every time though

[RIV]

RS4 Wins in the noise battle every time though

And not looking like a cock in a sweet wrapper

[jaysrs4]

You're forgetting its 10 year old technology now. Cars move on dramatically over a decade!

RS4's are a big old bit of kit compared to a mapped 250/300hp 1000kg motor they are going to struggle back in 2006 there wasn't much of that about.

I had a 300hp VR6 back then and it just about kept up with one in a straight line but bends was a no no!

Saying that I gave an 10 plate S3 a good spanking coming out a 50mph set of road works on z autobahn and it was despatched with relative ease, so don't be too upset - just pick your fights and times with care!!!

[RossDagley]

One of the cars to pass me on the 'ring all the bloody time is the renault megane. They're an incredible car for the money/spec. Well setup from new, and mapped/tuned they are quick.

My peugeot 106 remember would make mincemeat of 99% of RS4's. But I looked like a tw@ in it, and getting your spine smashed 24/7 isn't exactly fun either. The RS4 is a "better" car but it's far from rocket ship fast, especially not mapped/coked up.

Clean and map will see you happy again though

[davers6]

If it's not had a cc in a while that'll kill it mine is like a different car but a 250 meg mapped is a weapon I couldn't stay with one in a 370 BHP evo 9 at the ring