What cars are RS4 B7 Owners moving to?

Post by **mac4RS** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 11:56 pm

Just ordered a Focus RS in Ultimate Green to blast around in until the new RS4 Avant comes along

Get's my vote Jezzer...

Post by **aidanjaye** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:19 am

I spent weeks/even months on picking a car - I looked though figures and stats, what I needed (4doors), tried all likely cars (including jag) but ended up with the rs4.
(i did think about the focus RS but then remembered it rains in the uk - not many mag test done in the wet yet and I need a all weather car)

Post by **Jezzer** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:26 pm

Drove it in the wet and dry and beyond belief in both situations. The engine noises are something else , the crackles and pops are unbelieveable, I know it hasnt got the V8 rumble but to drive a car like you are on a playstation game is brilliant. I honestly think I will have fun in this car. Already Jam Motorsport do a 360 bhp upgrade for £2,500

Post by **mac4RS** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 3:35 pm

& you're still a child at heart

If I was to buy one - it would certainly be Ultimate Green as well

Let me know when you've got it Jezz & we'll meet up...

I'm not sure about having it chipped tho' - I'd definitely get another set of rims with some semi-slicks - be as quick as the R26R round the Ring then & pass most cars...

Post by **NGS521** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 5:00 pm

I'm looking at

Lambo gallardo
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 612

no kids, no pets and totally tax deductible tells me i should go mental.
Did consider a continental GT but drove it and the salesman said "the steering is really direct isn't it" at which point I thought wow this steering isnt direct at all.

Post by **Housemaster** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:32 pm

Back to a GT3 me thinks, 996 GT3 Mk2 which are the right money at the moment.

Post by **GBrownlow** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 8:37 pm

Porsche 911 Turbo me thinks

Post by **Plodwyn** » Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:52 pm

Jezzer I'm with you

Had mine on order since Dec was promised march, then june now told july

should be fun

Post by **Brooner** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:14 am

Lambo gallardo
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 612

what about the Audi R8 V10

Post by **SwedishRS4** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:34 pm

Well since i have had my car for just about 7 months I am i no hurry to sell/change. But the 997 Turbo is interresting........

Post by **NGS521** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:21 pm

Brooner wrote:
Lambo gallardo
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 612
what about the Audi R8 V10

It's too dull, I think it looks dull and the interior is terminally dull. It's like a half caste supercar. Ive driven the R8 v8 quite a bit and it just doesn't float my boat. I love the idea of a Ferrari but one of the best things about the RS4 is it's sure footedness in the wet which pushes me towards the Lambo or 997T, having said that Lambos & Porsches are like arseholes in Aberdeen - everyone has one. I might just keep The Panther since on the roads round here none of those cars will really put it under pressure, well not 60k worth on top. Usually I know exactly what I want like when I swapped my C4S for the RS but this time nothing is really GRABBING me.

Post by **Gazzer68** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:25 pm

NGS521 wrote:
Brooner wrote:
Lambo gallardo
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 612
what about the Audi R8 V10
It's too dull, I think it looks dull and the interior is terminally dull. It's like a half caste supercar. Ive driven the R8 v8 quite a bit and it just doesn't float my boat. I love the idea of a Ferrari but one of the best things about the RS4 is it's sure footedness in the wet which pushes me towards the Lambo or 997T, having said that Lambos & Porsches are like arseholes in Aberdeen - everyone has one. I might just keep The Panther since on the roads round here none of those cars will really put it under pressure, well not 60k worth on top. Usually I know exactly what I want like when I swapped my C4S for the RS but this time nothing is really GRABBING me.

Have you driven it??

I have and it's sublime.

Post by **tartan_rob** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:04 pm

Jezzer wrote:Drove it in the wet and dry and beyond belief in both situations. The engine noises are something else , the crackles and pops are unbelieveable, I know it hasnt got the V8 rumble but to drive a car like you are on a playstation game is brilliant. I honestly think I will have fun in this car. Already Jam Motorsport do a 360 bhp upgrade for £2,500

The car will be a handful in the wet when driven hard and with 60 extra bhp...forget it...

Lets face it traction = 4wd/# of wheels

In the RS4 that is 100bhp odd

In the std RS focus you are up around 150bhp wheel

But thsat is not the whole story, in the 4wd you have double the footprint to apply that power so in actual fact the actual traction is approx 4 times higher than a 2wd. Is the Focus chassis that good to make up the difference?

Post by **aidanjaye** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:11 pm

Ford might say yes - I reckon no!

Fifthgear tried one and there was various mention of problems getting power down (in the dry) - the Evo they compared it with was much better (RS was still very fast though)

Post by **Brooner** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 7:55 am

Lambos & Porsches are like arseholes in Aberdeen - everyone has one.

LMAO

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