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Track day

Post by copperband » Fri Jan 09, 2015 4:46 pm

I know there is a specific area for Track days but this is more of a specific few questions to the RS4 owners.

1. Have you taken your car on track yet?
2. If no, is that because you are not interested or don't want to "risk it"?
3. If yes, did you enjoy it and would you do it again?

I'm really keen to book up for a day in a few month's time, which should give the car a good chance to have properly bedded in and the icy,frosty track conditions will be behind us.
Would anyone else be interested (Graeme I know has done a few days before) would be cool to get a few of us together.

That said I would want it to go like this: http://youtu.be/XT6XGQrZc90
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Re: Track day

Post by smudge » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:32 pm

I have no desire what so ever to track my RS. In my opinion, it's not a track car. Capable yes, but not a track car.
It's all torque talk.

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Re: Track day

Post by copperband » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:39 pm

Point taken Smudge.
Just as a point though, a car doesn't have to be a "track car" per se to be enjoyed on the track.
It's a great way to enjoy the car in a legal way and learning a lot more about car control and dynamics.
Not sure if you've done a track day before but they're not all about just tearing around, thrashing it to it's limits. In fact, taking a session of tuition, I realised that it's all about smooth driving style, correct gear changes and car position :-)

Each to their own though :-)
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Re: Track day

Post by BlueIn2Red » Fri Jan 09, 2015 7:55 pm

I think the RS4 would be quite fun on a dry track (4WD, wide sticky tyres), a lot of fun on a wet one. A dry track day will also be much more wearing (and so potentially very expensive) on your tyres and brakes. So try and schedule it on a miserable day weather wise!

(If you have ceramic brakes I'd forget it, bearing in mind the potential replacement cost.)

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Track day

Post by HYFR » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:09 pm

AndyGarton wrote: (If you have ceramic brakes I'd forget it, bearing in mind the potential replacement cost.)
One of the most ridiculous quotes I've seen in a while

What the point on having ceramics if your scared to track with them! That's what they are made for !

You'll never run out of steel brakes on the road

Not much point leaving the house in case you get run over !

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Re: Track day

Post by RIV » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:14 pm

Not much point leaving the house in case you get run over by some without ramics suffering brake fade !
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Re: Track day

Post by 535dboy » Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:55 pm

I think it will be a disappointment on track, heavy lump, and will destroy tyres and brakes


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Re: Track day

Post by HYFR » Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:33 pm

It's great on track actually ... Esp the ring

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Re: Track day

Post by RIV » Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:47 pm

It's great on track actually ... Esp the ring
I bet it's a laugh!! I can see the attraction
It's like saying the cars too heavy for fast RD driving, it's not, so why not the track??

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Re: Track day

Post by Graeme4130 » Sat Jan 10, 2015 12:07 am

It's not exactly what you'd call a track car (think hammer rather than scalpel), but an RS4 is still a fun car on the right circuit
In the absence of a weekend car, I'll be up for doing a few track days in mine this summer

Not sure where the earlier concern about ceramics came from though. That's exactiy what theyre designed for
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Re: Track day

Post by smudge » Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:22 pm

copperband wrote:Not sure if you've done a track day before but they're not all about just tearing around, thrashing it to it's limits. In fact, taking a session of tuition, I realised that it's all about smooth driving style, correct gear changes and car position :-)

Yep, done plenty, but only with cars that I would call true track day cars. The best being a full day of tuition at Bedford. I've also never wanted to do it with my own car, I don't see the point to be honest. I didn't buy my RS to drive like a loon on public roads & I don't have that much of a desire to fully exploit it on the roads.

To clarify, I can't drive for toffee & I have a small penis, thats why I bought the RS.

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Re: Track day

Post by RIV » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:07 am

didn't buy my RS to drive like a loon on public roads & I don't have that much of a desire to fully exploit it on the roads.
Ha ha I've seen you drive past me on the way to Dunsfold racing a 63
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Re: Track day

Post by smudge » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:24 am

I had the kids in the car, so i had to drive carefully.......


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Re: Track day

Post by Shinobi675 » Sun Jan 11, 2015 12:25 am

First thing I did when I bought the c6 rs6 was drive it to the ring and thrash it! First lap was about 9:15 all straight line speed and bugger all corner speed, still loved it!

As far as I can tell it doesn't handle even close to the rs4, so I can't imagine the rs4 being anything other than great fun on track!

If you want to be the fastest on a track, you're going to smash something up. A mates a bsb rider and when I talk to him about being fast he talks about pushing so hard you fall off 15 times on te first day. The second day you only fall off 14 times....

I'm not prepared to be the fastest, I'll take the happiest! And that's easy with any car, doesn't need to be track focused. I quite fancy an old mx5.
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Re: Track day

Post by carsarecool » Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:27 am

I am planning a trip to the 'ring this spring. It's on the bucket list. Gonna do it in the RS but will take it easy......having watched a load of YouTube videos, it would be fun to have track car to do it in where it wouldn't be the end of the world of you spanked it.

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