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Old 02-05-2006, 06:58 AM
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Default RS4 road test from the French TV show "Turbo" (in French)...

They said "Nothing short of extraordinary" Everything is positive not one negative remark.

They love it. "Grocery getter during the week and race car on the weekend."

But be ready to pay for it (expensive to buy) but it is still 14,000 Euros cheaper than a Carrera S.

Also during their testing they could not get the fuel consumption below the <b>30L/100KM mark, yikes!</b>

<b>FYI, 30L/100 KM = 7.85 MPG</B><ul><li><a href="http://media.putfile.com/Audi-RS4--Turbofr">http://media.putfile.com/Audi-RS4--Turbofr</a</li></ul>
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Merci. C'est beau - je pense. .
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Good video, I see a lot of understeer though. :-(
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Default 7.8 MPG: My S4 only gets about 6 MPG on a race track.

So it all depends on their mix of driving. If much of it was as in the video, then 8 MPG isn't that bad.
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Default not nearly as much as the S4 in your sig video, though.

and you were probably moving at half the speed.
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Default That's called oversteer Bob.

and the RS4 doesn't have enough power to do it at parking lot speeds. I tried.
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Explain that one to me.
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Default I took the RS4 (with street tires, not track tires) to a large open parking area...

Circled it like a skidpad with about a 200 ft radius. At any reasonable speed it would push at the limit and I could not get the tail out. The car didn't have enough torque. I tried a variety of different speeds and circle radii.

The only way I could get the tail out was with the e-brake or using a "scandinavian flick".

I'm not drawing a comparison to my car because it's far from stock. Obviously the stock B5/B6/B7 S4 cars understeer much worse at the limit than the RS4.

The RS4 is more neutral, but nowhere near the RWD competition.
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That touches on my biggest complaint of the RS4. The torque virtually the same as the S4.
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Not bad, good attempt at French but perhaps "C'est fantastique" would have been better in this case.


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