performance goodies for the '09 A3?

[Hayes Myers]

It was my bud driving (he has his bike race license etc)... local audi
dealer rents Mosport each year so there we were basically split the time in
the car.  I left the ESP on (rainy day which is perferct track condition for
quattro..less tire wear) while he would turn it off...after a couple of laps
neither of us would ride with the other anymore as things started getting a
little bit too fun.  I already solicited an invite for this year.  Guys at
Owasco are a lot of fun... it was the owner of Owasco driving the S4 he was
chasin.  I hope to get to the track a bit this year ... regardless of how
fast your car is the track is a great place to drive.

-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Dikeman [mailto:brett.dikeman at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:05 PM
To: Hayes Myers
Cc: Louis-Alain Richard; DynoDoc; quattro
Subject: Re: performance goodies for the '09 A3?

On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Hayes Myers <hayesmyers at gmail.com> wrote:

> My 2.0T gave an S4 fits at Mosport... dude could not begin to shake the
2.0T
> ...and didn't have a chip.  That motor is simply amazing... the 1.8t is a
> dud in comparison.

I watched an instructor (with a decade plus of experience in SCCA,
rallying and track) in a '83 4000 with R-rated rubber lap cars at
NHIS, including an RS4 (driven by a green student.)  I believe
everything was stock, save maybe some better shocks/springs.

Then the guy driving the RS4 handed the keys to his instructor- and
the instructor nearly set the track on fire.  I think the only car
that came close was probably the supercharged Miata.

That V8 sounded amazing.  Not as amazing as a AMG Merc (with the 6.3l
engine) that drove by the bus stop a few days ago, though.  When the
guy gave it some boot, the ground shook...

Brett