New RS4 - is it 414BHP or not!

[audijohn]

I did give him a little headstart and did not abuse the clutch. Still... The RS4 just doesn't "feel" fast, which for me is more important then numbers in magazines from track testing. Most of the time I feel like I am driving an a4 3.2. Tall gearing doesn't help.

One could be forgiven for thinking you might actually not have an RS4 at all given the comments you make, or maybe the cars imported into Russia have had a bank of cylinders removed. certainly know my car would and has blitzed a 330. The power delivery of UK cars is crushing and the speed in which it opens a gap to other cars including porsches is just amazing.

Seconded, My car would eat the 330 without breaking sweat.

[Casper]

Is it a joke??....mine is 35000kms, and race like the M3 csl of a friend of mine from 100km/h to 250km/h, so i think you should learn how to drive...

Was the rs4 faster?[/quote]

[Robbo66]

Had mine for 3 months....2500 miles and have to say that though a well acomplished car.....it just does not feel that quick. For over 400 bhp, I must admit I'm a tad disappointed. We'll see how it goes,

[alex_123_fra]

Give it time. Mine is at 20k miles currently and it feels completely unleashed. It would eat my 400bhp (lighter) Evo alive, especially past 100 mph.

[RussianM3_dude]

I did give him a little headstart and did not abuse the clutch. Still... The RS4 just doesn't "feel" fast, which for me is more important then numbers in magazines from track testing. Most of the time I feel like I am driving an a4 3.2. Tall gearing doesn't help.

One could be forgiven for thinking you might actually not have an RS4 at all given the comments you make, or maybe the cars imported into Russia have had a bank of cylinders removed. certainly know my car would and has blitzed a 330. The power delivery of UK cars is crushing and the speed in which it opens a gap to other cars including porsches is just amazing.

I live in Switzerland and I regularly drive fast cars, so I am not a noob. I didn't say that the other car was faster, only that the RS4 is not that fast and for 420 hp, I expected a heck of a lot more.

[RussianM3_dude]

Some Russian people often have an inferiority complex and they get tricked into thinking all the get is inferior to what's available in the western countries. been there seen that and his posts don't surprise me at all...

What the heck are you talking about??? I haven't even been to Russia in like 12 years. I am actually at a point where I don't even care what the badge on my car say. I would take a Nissan GTR over an M3 anyday.

[ChrisRS4]

Had mine for 3 months....2500 miles and have to say that though a well acomplished car.....it just does not feel that quick. For over 400 bhp, I must admit I'm a tad disappointed. We'll see how it goes,

Would have to agree though I'm not really dissapointed. It understeers like an Audi but it sounds fantastic. My little S3 has more feeling of speed and its faster through the corners.

[KurgenRS4]

The Porsche engines for the GT3 and GT3 RS are identical spec, but generally the RS engines dyno at higher bhp outputs. It is a known fact that all the GT3/RS engines are bench run and dyno'd before they go in the cars.. Porsche then take the engines with the higher figs and stick them in the RS cars, the standard GT3 get the lower bhp engines.

We are talking margins here, but GT3s normally dyno at 415- 425.. GT3 RS between 425-435. We did a big Porsche dyno day this year at Weltmeister at Silverstone, and the figs I have quoted were average for both cars.

I know Audi bench run and dyno all their engines, this ensures they are partially run in, before they are installed.

Would not surprise me, if the avant and cab get the lower powered engines, leaving the high output engines for the saloon..

[rs4v8]

What the heck are you talking about??? I haven't even been to Russia in like 12 years. I am actually at a point where I don't even care what the badge on my car say. I would take a Nissan GTR over an M3 anyday.[/quote]

Really? maybe that's why you talk so much p@sh!

[RussianM3_dude]

At least I am not bamboozled by all the hype.

[rs4v8]

no hype chief, actual ownership. world of a difference....

[rs4v8]

ChrisRS4, never driven an S3 do you think it'll be quicker cross country?

[KurgenRS4]

Your first post on the forum, was this........

Hey everybody. Just got my first Audi about a month ago. It's Daytona Grey, 19s, Recaros, sunroof, Nav, TV, Btooth etc.

Will probably try to swap it for the new M3 though when it comes out.

Think we all recognise a troll, when we see one!

[rs4v8]

yeah, a troll who speaks p@sh!

[RussianM3_dude]

I ain't no troll, I own an RS4, this makes me a disgruntled customer.