Another dissapointing tear up

[sonny]

A can of worms springs to mind now buddy lol

[Ice_Coffee]

A can of worms springs to mind now buddy lol

An expensive can at that, as I am also looking at getting the limitation removed.

[adsgreen]

Won't make a huge amount of difference if you're still starting in 3rd at 50mph. At 4k rpm you're well off the power band.
In 2nd it's over 5 so not a problem as the throttle limit doesn't come into play..

[lengster1]

It does make a very big difference if youve had the lot done,power is in much earlier and much stronger,torque increase is substantial on a car that had the lot done,any doubters should pop to mrc and ask doug nicely for a demo drive of his own b7,its that kind of situation were the mods a very noticeable and the standard car was very poor

[yorkie]

Interesting thread this. Many times I have struggled to keep up or leave cars which I would have expected to overcome easily (not a boy racer incidently) but have always realised after the event I was in the wrong gear. With fuel prices as they are I would guess the majority tend to drive in a higher gear than the optimum for performance which leaves this car at a disadvantage. With peak power at nearly 8k I doubt if there are many who drive it as it was designed most of the time, I know I don't and that is how you get caught out.

[neckarsulm]

I don't think the RS4 was built to have 50mph "tear ups", it's got bigger fish to fry.
Bit like going London to Glasgow on the space shuttle, a Cesna would prob be quicker.

[HYFR]

i was blasting round some B roads in my S4 today

it was fast

but the RS 4 would have been just as fast, and sounded better

[neckarsulm]

..and got better MPG

sorry DK, I just can't get over how bad the S4 3.0T mpg is when it was designed to replace the 'inefficient' V8, how do you find it?

[HYFR]

LOL

U takin the piss!

If not, iv got 40mpg out of it, twice, over 45miles each time

[Golfather]

iv got 40mpg out of it...

You would struggle to get that out of a VAG 1.4 TFSI lump, so you must be doing something wrong !

[guffy]

If not, iv got 40mpg out of it, twice, over 45miles each time

Downhill?

[HYFR]

iv got 40mpg out of it...

You would struggle to get that out of a VAG 1.4 TFSI lump, so you must be doing something wrong !

[HYFR]

when pushing on, the S4 is just as economical as the V8 S4

but its when cruising, the car is miles ahead of the V8

If I avoid city driving, or twisty B roads , I see north of 30mpg EVERY single journey

so far over 5k, 28.5MPG

[PJC]

That is very impressive considering the performance, pity it doesn't handle too.

[P_G]

It's 5mpg in trade off for V8 sound.....