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No FSI on the M3 engine, but the VANOS does advance the timing a bit which liberates an extra 1 or 2 % power over most N/A cars.

Took it to K.A.R. last week, made 191kW ATW up here at altitude,...

Know exactly what you mean, flew down to East London to collect the M3, man it pulls like a steamtrain down there. Up here it's still decently fast but lacks that extra bit of oomph :nana:

Haven't...

Leadfoot, in all honesty I rate wildman is a good oke, would love to meet him and talk some kak (Afrikaans for crap) Awesome chatting to likeminded guys who are as car smitten as I am.

I just...

So your RS4 vs my E46 M3, when? Already raced the new E92 M3 with two stock E46's and it pulled big gaps.

ROFL. Cars in Action, their times are never accurate. New M3 doing the exact same 1/4 mile as the E46 M3. They test at Wesbank which is currently being demolished, there is so much dust there that...

Maybe the RS4 guys were just to scared to enter into Ultimate Street Car...

There sure were a lot of M cars.

Have you ever considered that getting the car sideways is fun? It's VERY addictive...

Because it wasn't? M3s come with special tyres yes, but they are hardly cups or semi-slicks. They are set up to induce mild understeer at the limit for "safer" handling for the masses. Those seeking...

Maybe Autocar's test included a driver? Who knows, I know the Auto Mag test doesn't include driver though.

Hardly surprising that the M3 runs similar times to the RS4, they aren't very far apart...

It's not heavier. A fully specced M3 with all the options and a full tank of fuel was just tested by Auto Magazine to be exactly 1.6 tons.

Just for wild rs4 dude:

E92 M3 tested by Auto magazine

Performance M3:

0-400m 12.65
0-100km-h 4.50
0-120km-h 5.95
0-140km-h 7.81

Go read again, that's what I said.

Learn to read before you have a fanny wobble.

Wiel is simply the Afrikaans version of Car Magazine. 70% of their articles are shared with Car, I know because I subscribe to both. Both are owned by...

Car Magazine (which owns Wiel) and is a MUCH bigger mag rates the M3 is the new King. What now? At least the tested the car themselves, the Wiel review isn't even from a Wiel journo, it was Steve...

So much theory. You'd swear RWD cars fall off the road daily too. Pity practice > theory then eh? ;)

No use arguiging with the indoctrined :)

At the coast the RS4 is faster, up here it can't run away from an E46 M3. FACT. Random street encounters don't count, I've beaten many a M3 in my lowly 130i.

Care to disprove me?

Doesn't make sense. BMW can produce the M3/M5/M6/Z4 M all AT THE SAME TIME. OMG! Imagine that. RS4 stopped being produced, yet you can still buy EVERY other B7 A4 car here? Get real dude, the pulling...

After I spank you in the 335i I'll show you how to drive the RS4. Keep it mature punk.

Got stats to back up the M3s being binned? Thought not. Smoke and mirrors. IF AND WHEN an M3, just like any...

For pure drag racing yes, can't beat the tehbohs. An M3/RS4 N/A will always be more fun to drive though and you can't beat the throttle response on a twisty road.

True the Audi loses the same power at the flywheel, but it now has less power to overcome the parasitic losses of AWD and the extra weight afforded by it. In a country like SA where we never have...

+1 from Afrique du Sud

In Cape Town or Durban the RS4 is king, E46 M3 is taken care of and the 335i is even further behind.

Turbo's rule up here! Stock 335's are doing over 200kW ATW :bigeyes: Stock M3's and RS4's only...

See my reply to Erik regarding the straight arms :p

Traction control was switched off entirely, did a 7500rpm clutch dump. The piece of tar I was launching on was on Kingsway in Auckland Park, roads there have a lot of grip so the car bogs. On an...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqdgTg3PrS8

Fear the bog! And yes, this is the fastest way to launch it, launching from lower revs simply sees it bogging at lower revs and slipping the clutch only...