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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

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

Might have been remapped to bits too.

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.

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.

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!

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

RIV wrote: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

geordie jay wrote: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.

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

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...

RS4 Wins in the noise battle every time though

RS4 Wins in the noise battle every time though

And not looking like a cock in a sweet wrapper

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!!!

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

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