Made a mistake and drove a stage III b5 S4...

[djdiplomat]

Originally Posted by Singletrack

LOL...dude, those are SOLID aluminum CNC'ed and polished to a mirror finish. They are absolutely stunning in person : )

Thank you

[djdiplomat]

S4 is not the best track car but by no means to be compared to a mustang or GN....it handles pretty good actually with a proper suspension and some brakes. The one I mentioned I drove has an Ohlin suspension and Alcon BBK setup... for a 1996 chasis, I think it does pretty well (especially for 10k). I did not want to start a war here just curious how one would do against a SC M3, both cars are great cars IMO.

[DARK_M3]

Originally Posted by Singletrack

LOL...dude, those are SOLID aluminum CNC'ed and polished to a mirror finish. They are absolutely stunning in person : )

Well I stand corrected good sir! Alright, I guess they aren't so bad after all

[CarbonFoot]

I had an '01 S4 with AWE stage III and was putting down 460 hp and 455 ft lbs of twist. It was a hard decision to sell it, but I wanted to switch to a RWD car and got the M3. I had to test drive the M3 a lot before getting it and somewhat reluctantly pulled the trigger. You hear a lot of people talking about the lack of torque from the S65 and you really have 2 groups of people - the ones who had it and crave it and the people that never had it and therefore will never miss it.

The S4 had crazy lazy power. It didn't matter what gear you were in, just tip the throttle and you'd feel the thrush of power and pass people all day long without calling attention to yourself by wringing out the engine. As a daily driver, it was an effortless killer.

No it wasn't the best handling car, but it was easy to drive fast and confidently. As the OP stated, when properly setup, it can do some damage at a track. The evidence is easy to find as it was a 3 time series champ car of the Speed TV GT Challenge series in the early 2000's.

I'm currently in line for my SC in the hope that I can find some of that missing power, although there's nothing I can do to the S65 to replace the torque of the S4. I really miss that car...

[djdiplomat]

Originally Posted by CarbonFoot

I had an '01 S4 with AWE stage III and was putting down 460 hp and 455 ft lbs of twist. It was a hard decision to sell it, but I wanted to switch to a RWD car and got the M3. I had to test drive the M3 a lot before getting it and somewhat reluctantly pulled the trigger. You hear a lot of people talking about the lack of torque from the S65 and you really have 2 groups of people - the ones who had it and crave it and the people that never had it and therefore will never miss it.

The S4 had crazy lazy power. It didn't matter what gear you were in, just tip the throttle and you'd feel the thrush of power and pass people all day long without calling attention to yourself by wringing out the engine. As a daily driver, it was an effortless killer.

No it wasn't the best handling car, but it was easy to drive fast and confidently. As the OP stated, when properly setup, it can do some damage at a track. The evidence is easy to find as it was a 3 time series champ car of the Speed TV GT Challenge series in the early 2000's.

I'm currently in line for my SC in the hope that I can find some of that missing power, although there's nothing I can do to the S65 to replace the torque of the S4. I really miss that car...

Well said...long time ago I had the same setup...never got over that car...

[MMMorish]

Originally Posted by DARK_M3

Looks alright but those chrome mirrors gotta goooooooooooooo!

That's an Audi Sx trademark. I personally love them.