RE: Driven: Audi RS4

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Contigo

3,113 posts

208 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Scuffers said:
that's not a characteristic I recognise, either it had issues or your driving style needs help....

Elise has probably the best braking capabilities of just about any road based car out there by some margin
I guess the lack of ABS and Servo meant that in certain greasy road conditions it was sliding quite a bit hence the pumping required to stop the tyres locking up.

PastorOfMuppets

485 posts

165 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Scuffers said:
would you like me to demonstrate the limitations of the brakes for you?
I'm interested.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Contigo said:
Scuffers said:
that's not a characteristic I recognise, either it had issues or your driving style needs help....

Elise has probably the best braking capabilities of just about any road based car out there by some margin
I guess the lack of ABS and Servo meant that in certain greasy road conditions it was sliding quite a bit hence the pumping required to stop the tyres locking up.
a 700Kg car does not need servo brakes, and I have never missed ABS

https://vimeo.com/33092652

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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PastorOfMuppets said:
Scuffers said:
would you like me to demonstrate the limitations of the brakes for you?
I'm interested.
so long as you realise it;s going to get expensive....

PastorOfMuppets

485 posts

165 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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I'm curious as to your method of demonstration.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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PastorOfMuppets said:
I'm curious as to your method of demonstration.
5 laps of a cct of your choice....

PastorOfMuppets

485 posts

165 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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I reckon I might just manage to do that myself. Was hoping you had an interesting video or intelligent mathmatics - obviously not.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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PastorOfMuppets said:
I reckon I might just manage to do that myself. Was hoping you had an interesting video or intelligent mathmatics - obviously not.
nope, just plain old simple demonstration works for me, hard to argue with warped/cracked disks, crumbling pads and boiled brake fluid.

KM666

1,757 posts

182 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Scuffers said:
a 700Kg car does not need servo brakes, and I have never missed ABS

https://vimeo.com/33092652
Brilliant video. I thought at first, gosh that TT isnt doing badly, and then you pass it and it becomes all too apparent how much it was holding you back.

Scuffers

20,887 posts

273 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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just illustrates the point about the difference between a 'fast' car and a properly fast car.

once you make compromises to make them practical and liveable with as daily family cars, you have to accept that they are not really track cars.

this is probably a better example, this is a road car on road tyres.

https://vimeo.com/11578403

PastorOfMuppets

485 posts

165 months

Tuesday 26th June 2012
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Phone won't play the damn vids so tomorrow morning it is frown

Contigo

3,113 posts

208 months

Wednesday 27th June 2012
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Scuffers said:
just illustrates the point about the difference between a 'fast' car and a properly fast car.

once you make compromises to make them practical and liveable with as daily family cars, you have to accept that they are not really track cars.

this is probably a better example, this is a road car on road tyres.

https://vimeo.com/11578403
To be fair this is a Audi RS4 thread and it's gone way off topic now, an occasional track day (which they are good for) comment has now gone into brake fade etc..


GranCab

2,902 posts

145 months

Thursday 12th June 2014
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lewisf182 said:
Dont think thats a patch on the last rs4 estate, this just looks like a badged up standard a4 s line apart from the exhaust. Previous generation had buldged arches standing it out instantly from the rest of the range. Dissapointed tbh. B7 still the best to look at.
Durrr.. The RS4 Avant has blistered wheel arches - reminiscent of the original Quattro ...