My new Daytona RS4
06-13-2006, 08:59 PM
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My new Daytona RS4
<center><img src="http://static.flickr.com/78/166901374_f32473cfee_b.jpg"></center><p>After a 10 month wait, it's finally here. I picked up my Daytona/black/CF/premium RS4 today. I'm as thrilled with it as everyone else here. I'm trading up from a TT so the boost in power is quite impressive. The car accelerates so smoothly and eagerly, I almost doubt my speedometer. "Am I really going that fast??" It seems to jump to 100-110mph on the highway with basically no thought.
The car handles beautifully, too, but my TT was already incredible in that area. I've already noticed the back end has a slight urge to come unstuck on the bendies, something the TT would never do. I need to get used to that but I enjoy the challenge.
Finally, the experience of driving is wonderful all around. I love the technical doo-dads, like the Bluetooth telephone system, XM satellite, navigation, etc. And it's a much nicer ride than my TT, which delights my wife.
I gather the car's too heavy, it's not as fast as a Z06, it will get beat in the 1/4 mile by the M5, and the A8L is classier. But I'm a very happy camper. I think you will be, too, if you place an order. :-)
The car handles beautifully, too, but my TT was already incredible in that area. I've already noticed the back end has a slight urge to come unstuck on the bendies, something the TT would never do. I need to get used to that but I enjoy the challenge.
Finally, the experience of driving is wonderful all around. I love the technical doo-dads, like the Bluetooth telephone system, XM satellite, navigation, etc. And it's a much nicer ride than my TT, which delights my wife.
I gather the car's too heavy, it's not as fast as a Z06, it will get beat in the 1/4 mile by the M5, and the A8L is classier. But I'm a very happy camper. I think you will be, too, if you place an order. :-)
06-13-2006, 10:18 PM
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Yeah, actually...
It's funny. I picked up my car last Monday and left on a 5 day trip on Tuesday. Obviously I was thinking about my car a lot during the trip, and the picture in mind had a car that was slightly green looking. I was actually surprised how grey the car looked today, when I had a mental image of a kind of olive/grey. I think it catches the greenish hue in low light or something.
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06-14-2006, 10:43 AM
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Re: My new Daytona RS4
I'm curious about your comment that it gets a bit unstuck on the bendies.. How fast were you going when this happened?
Do you think this is the result of the 60/40 split? I never have had this happen in my B7S4, so I'm wondering if this is the added sportiness factor that the RS4 is touting.
Do you think this is the result of the 60/40 split? I never have had this happen in my B7S4, so I'm wondering if this is the added sportiness factor that the RS4 is touting.
