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Originally Posted by Anger
Rob a mate has a RS4 pushing out 570bhp and i leave him all the time on the road and drag strip.... they weigh about 1900kg dont they and when i drove it i thought it was very boring to drive, no feel in the steering and you just didnt know how fast you was travelling... how does the S4 compare ?
I tried quite a few cars before i went for another scoob after the RA
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Bench marking it aginst my S4 - A 570bhp RS4 should be a beast and would need some serious machinery to beat it so there can be no mistaking you must have a serious beasty scoob on your hands.
The S4 felt really quick and way quicker than the 2.1 stoker STI8, but in truth that was more due to the torque and the spool of the twin K04 turbos. As a lazy car to drive and a road car that doesn't make a fuss is was great. But altough the S4 felt quick and suited my driving style, I'm very sure the 2.1 stoker in the right gear and with the extra revs would probably beat it due the better handling and higher revs. But the S4 still Felt quicker, because you could exploit the power more often in half way sensible day to day driving.
For me the S4 was also more fun because it was less shouty, it done it so easily without fuss and without waiting for the turbo to kick in. In any other car the lack of drama would make it dull, but at that kind of power level it was still undeniably proper quick and just made me grin every time I squirted it. It just felt like it shouldn't be doing what it did, and a freak of science and nature.
On a motorway with the S4 you could plant it in 6th at 80mph and it would accelerate as if you were doing a 2nd gear pull. But yes the S4 was lardy and was let down in the corners and top end power. It didn't like to rev and was akin to driving a turbo diesal. Just with shed loads more power and some more revs, but when you really wanted to press on and pitched it against other machinery the lack of revs and top end power would let it down.
This was proved during my trip to le-man. Even my Mates E46 M3 was all over me during a blast back during the early hours of the morning from the Euro tunnel to Hastings. But on the french motorway roads, I could just squirt it in 6th and take off whilst most things were still fishing for gears having realised I'm off.
Both great cars for different reasons and definately both at a different level in the power stakes.