AWD dont do well at the dragstrip ??????????????

[JShadzi at aol.com]

Buddy, you are barking up the wrong list here, most of us are not too concerned with what Hondas are doing at stop lights...or drag stips for that matter.  Like others have said, straight line acceleration is maybe one of 5 or 6 really good qualities of the S4, or any turbo quattro for that matter.  Am I surprised by anything you have said about the S4tt?  No.

So here, I will say it, and agree with you:  "Audi Quattros are not the most competitive cars at the drag strip."

Are we done with this yet??
Javad

In a message dated Thu, 19 Jul 2001  6:03:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Identiles at aol.com writes:

> WHAT ? Thats funny the Mitsubishi Eclipses didnt seem to be having a problem 
> last night??????  I have even been in one when someone has dropped the clutch 
> at 6,000rpm's. ( he didnt own it) and he won that race while the other car 
> was spinning.
> I know what everyones going to write you'll blow your transmission. Save it.
> 
>     On speedvision a month ago I watched the audi s4 and a acura nsx race 
> around the track. Both cars were up front at the start at pole position. The 
> guy in the NSX said that if he can some how get the Audi off the line he 
> could win "but its all wheel drive" hence the S4 won the race. Now what did 
> the driver say at the end "Quattro"
> "quattro" 
> 
>     Is someone going to tell me that a RWD Buick Regal grand national GNX is 
> going to take a AWD GMC Syclone?????????
> 
> THIS ONE I LOVE - (Listen, there may be a horsepower war out there, but 
> Audi's last priority should be trying to show up Hondas at a local drag 
> strip, should it?? )
> 
> You want to know what those Honda's were running - 15s, 16s, and 17s. Those 
> Audis are 40 thousand dollar cars they should be kicking ass. S4s are 
> supposed to be a car that competes with the SAAB vigen, Bmw M3 and what a 
> Benz C36.
> Let me ask you - If some nerd pulled up in a Honda Civic with his mega phone 
> exhaust and stickers and you got blown away would you feel like an idiot????
> Your sitting in your blue S4 with polished aluminum mirrors and dash saying 
> darn it I just spend 41 thousand on this A4. I know you would nt waste your 
> time or race me on some turns WHATEVER. So why did you buy the car ? You 
> could have just bought the A4 1.8t if you didnt want to go fast.
> 
>      You guys can say what you will BUT last night I was embarrassed. I could 
> not believe the cars were so slow. I saw a Maxima SE pull a 14.9. O and as 
> for the WRX and S4 on the highway I dont know from what I saw last night I 
> think the WRX will take it. I have been in the car and it moves. In the city 
> its light to light around here.
> 
> As for yes Le mans yes they are representing in the racing world but not on 
> the street. Unless, for some reason I have not seen the R8 on the street 
> yeat?????