Fun driving! WAS->Rt. 17 Strikes Again (What a Drive!)

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I recently had the pleasure of riding with a really nice red hooked up A4 (i
think it was an A4, it was debadged though).  He was riding through North
Caroling towards Michigan (i assume, from the plates).  We stayed within
sight of eachother for well over an hour.  Alot of the time we were in heavy
boring traffic, but every now and then we'd hit a clear patch and we'd fly.
He passed me while my speedo was buried, I was very impressed - that was the
highlight of my week.  :-)
There are very few Audi's in NC, and none of them that I've met have done
any "spirited" driving.  It was so much fun that I almost wanted to keep on
going towards Michigan.

In case the driver is a lister, i just gotta tell you that i am SO jealous
of your car.  Also, you must have big brakes right?  ;)
I like your driving style... I bet you're never late for anything.

-Dan R
'85 4KQ (and yes, a 4k can bury its speedometer, it was slightly downhill
and with very free exhaust)


----- Original Message -----
From: Nick Stuart <thecolony at gagames.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: Fun driving! WAS->Rt. 17 Strikes Again (What a Drive!)


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> Heh...sounds like you had some fun. I (we) have the same problem around
> here with the lack of, as we call it "spirited" drivers. I usually have
> a tough time finding another Audi around here that will go 5 over the
> speed limit let alone have while doing it. The closing thing I've
> encountered to another Audi actually driving for fun was coming home on
> I-95 from NH. Met up with an A6 owner and we played "who could stay
> ahead for the longest". Was quite fun as I would pass him then a few
> seconds later I would get stuck behind some traffic and then he would go
> zipping by two lanes over "grrr".
>       The fun was broken up when the A6 passed some jack ass in a truck
> on the right, the truck was driving in the middle and wouldn't move
> over. After the A6 passed him the truck decided to get about 5feet from
> his tail. After that the A6 slowed down and I lost site of him. Again
> this was at night so the driver of the A6 prolly had a tough time seeing
> with the truck lights being the perfect height to blind sedan drivers.
>       Anyways, besides that all we have to play with in these parts are
> riced up Honda's and Eclipses, and none in this area have proved to be
> any sort of challenge, or the driver just wasn't "spirited" enough.
>       Of course this problem is all solved when me and my brother go out
> and about. We've made some fairly speedy runs on our back roads here
> that have been a blast. It really is better driving with someone else
> then by your self.
>
> Nick Stuart
>       '87 5K CS TQ
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> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
> Behalf Of Alexander van Gerbig
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 5:58 PM
> To: Ti Kan; Audi_80 at msn.com
> Cc: audi20v at rennlist.org; Quattro
> Subject: Re: Rt. 17 Strikes Again (What a Drive!)
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>     Well it looked like he had a lowered suspension setup, but on stock
> 16". I have the 90q20v on 225/40 16" which are about the same size as
> the stock stuff, but I have a very tight stock suspension.  He was
> beating me out of corners for sure, but once I got the 20v rev'd up to
> 4k rpm I was banging right back up to his tail.  Handling wise I'd say
> we were on par, but he was going into corners a little faster than I
> usually do, but perfectly do-able if not taken too early.  I'd say his
> torque down low was getting me out of corners, but my top end bhp was
> letting me catch him.  Was truly a fun driving experience!
>
> Alexander van Gerbig -- '90 90q20v -- '88 80t (R.I.P)
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