RS6 "Add foot pedal and Houston, we have lift off"

[quattro]

"Make no mistake: this is Instant Car. Add foot pedal and Houston, we have lift off." :MTM:

I guess the RS6 is most suited for the Autobahn compared with the new S4.

The story about the RS6 getting stolen in France, wasn't that the RS4?

Car Connection (http://www.thecarconnection.com/index.asp?article=5771&sid=184&n=157)

:addict:

[Nordschleife]

A terrible review written by a journalist who can't drive. Partly, AOA's fault for demonstrating the car on a very short tightn race track.
Inexperienced drivers have no idea how to drive a front heavy AWD car like the RS6, when the car initially understeers they have no idea how to convert it to oversteer, or how to enter a corner so that understeer does not become a problem. Most of these idiots worsen the situation by applying more lock!

Duh!

R+C

[Erik]

Let me guess:

Entering a corner fast. :incar:

Driver's reaction: :MTM:

Driver's action: remove the foot from the gas pedal - or even braking - which results in the car loosing it's balance even more.
:cry:

[target01]

So how do you correct understerr or prevent it?

[taipan]

Robin,

<< A terrible review written by a journalist who can't drive>>

I can't say about the review but aren't you a bit over-harsh with the lady driving skills ?
Says her bio (link in article) :
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Denise McCluggage

Journalist, author, and racecar driver, Denise has been around long enough to remember running boards, but not gas headlamps. As a driver she has won trophies on three continents in rallying and racing. Chief among her victories: first GT, Sebring (Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta); Copa de Damas, Grand Prix of Venezuela (Porsche 550 RS); 1st in class, Rallye de Monte Carlo (Ford Falcon). Among other cars she has raced are Jaguar, Maserati Lotus, Alfa Romeo, MG, Osca, DeTomaso and Mini Cooper. As a journalist she has won the Ken W. Purdy Award for automotive journalism and the Dean Batchelor Life-Time Achievement Award. She was in at the inception of Competition Press, now AutoWeek (for which she writes a monthly column "Now and Then"). Her weekly syndicated column called "Drive, She Said" appears in some 90 newspaper across the U.S. and Canada. She is the author of a number of books including "The Centered Skier" and "By Brooks Too Broad for Leaping" (a collection of pieces from AutoWeek). She wrote the text to accompany Tom Burnside's photographs for "American Racing: Road Racing in the 50s and 60s." She lives in Santa Fe, N.M. where she tries to find time to contribute to The Car Connection and edit the eZine Roadrunning.com.
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Sounds like she excelled back in the days when ABS/ESP/TCS weren't even in the drawing boards, but I wouldn't dare saying she "can't drive", no ?
:-)

Eric

[Nordschleife]

Eric
Denise McL, a charming lady, but not an experienced AWD pilot, obviously.
If the RS6 understeers, unwind the steering and wait, wait some more and when the rear end starts to come round, wait again, when the rear end is nicely out, feed in counter steer and throttle. Until the wait effect has been demonstrated, most people are too impatient. This is why so many UK journalists give Audis bad reviews, not being able to turn the understeer into oversteer, the photographer complains about the lack of that "Whohoo" shot.

I have noticed that even experienced race drivers are frequently non-plussed when presented with the idiosyncracities of Audis and take a little time to get the technique. They are harder to chuck around than Imprezzas and Mitsi Evos, admittedly.

On a recent fast track trip in an RS6 with a legendary driver, it was noticeable how little wheel movement was used, never more than half a turn and rarely that much. Smoothly on and off the brakes, using trail braking, only the stopwatch showed how fast it had been.

R+C