john hulbrock
April 4th, 2003, 03:04
Any RS6 owners in Europe have any snowy- icy weather driving experience with the RS 6?? I currently have an A8 and an A6 and they are great in the slippery weather but I am concerned that the RS6 with all it's torque will not be as good. Any personal feedback would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Erik
April 4th, 2003, 08:18
I say don't worry, the torque will not make the difference.
I took my chipped A6 2.7T (312 bhp / 450 Nm) for a drive on a frozen lake with a race track.
I use studded tyres of course which improves the bite, it's amazing how fast you can accelerate.
Depending on how you drive the quattro can change from understeer to oversteer. Usually you get a lot of understeer entering a bend with too high speed. Action is to go slower and steer back until you get grip again (the more you steer in the direction your brain is telling you the more you loose grip, so you have to start winding the wheel in the wrong direction, takes some getting use to) but as you exit you can easily get that nice BMW-oversteer if you like.
I hope you understood what I wrote. I can highly recommend the Audi (winter) quattro driving experience.
Pics from Auto Motos Sport.
http://www.rs6.com/pics/RS6/Scanned/RS6-AMS-Extreme-1.jpg
http://www.rs6.com/pics/RS6/Scanned/RS6-AMS-Extreme-2.jpg