[s-cars] Fwd: An exclusive invitation from Audi - and BMW - and an E55 - and a...

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

Tom invited:

<<<Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:45:26 -0400
From: Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net>
Subject: [s-cars] Fwd: An exclusive invitation from Audi

No other comment is necessary for this invite to drive the Q7 on the  
streets, track and teflon
skid pad.  If the HTML email won't  post , the info is at  
<www.audistreetsof tomorrow.com> and
my invite # 06ST10621391.  Wear it out. :-)
I added Darin just in case part of this is an attachment or some  
other reason it won't post as
I suspect.>>>





Man, 2 of these in a day?  Spring must be here!!!  

I just reg'd for the annual BMW Tit Event here in Hartford Tue. 5/9, got
me a 550i and 650Ci lined up for um SHENANIGANS.  Now this?  Q7's and
RS4's and bears oh my?  Platt invited me yest. along with Domo Oregato
Mr. Rossato to the 4/29 NYC event, I'm checking for Clearance from the
Tower as we speak.  Timed RS4 runs?  SUCKERS.

Neat, thanks for sharing.  Anyone else up for it?

Poor BMW.  Poor Audi.  Poor Bastids.

Muwahahahahaha, pardon.

On a similarly ohsopointless note...  

I had a Friday Gathering of Fools here Friday, first of '06.  Featured a
Rover Sport S/C ,a few //S doods, a Pizzo, and, ahem, my buddy and his
new '05 E55.  Still saving the Rover jaunt for another time, but, hmmmm,
E55 eh???...  Er um oh that's 476neeiiggggggggh /
516(arse)pound(lead)foot torque...  Five Hundred Sixteen... @ 2,650...
no, better yet...  @ my disposal.  Gotta love good friends.  Good
friends with toys.

So you haven't had your fill of Dukes of Hazzard, Smokey & The Bandit,
or Hardcastle & McCormack in awhile?  Well then you neeeeeeed 516lb/ft
through RWD unbridled without pesky traction control.  I prefer to
control my 'traction' (er lack thereof) with my size 10 thanks.  

Click traction control off, grab the wheel paddle shifter down to 1st
and prepare to launch into distant atmosphere.  Domo Oregato Mr. Rossato
had jumped in shotgun, immediately exlclamating "WTF?!!" as I sawed at
the wheel trying to keep it straight as it roasted off the rears despite
judicious throttle feathering.  His "WTF" referring to what the F was
jabbing him in the ribs, back, forth, back, forth?  Oh...  that's MB's
"Dynamic Seats".  Dynamic frickin seats.  Frickin side bolsters press
into you to counter imposing G forces - neato.  After realizing this we
totally serpentined down the rest of the *2 mile straight road*...  why
not heh heh?  Tho silly me, all I kept thinking is "gee there's
something that won't be working in 6 years / another thing to fix".
Sad.

Funny thing about that much power in an MB, you just don't feel the
brutality.  One moment you're stopped, the next you're going.  There's
no inbetween.  It's like piloting the asphalt itself, like the road is a
conveyor belt beneath you.  You're stopped - you're hauling @$$ - you're
stopped.  There's no drama, plenty of action just that you don't realize
it.  Not for a lack of tactile feel or isolation, it's hard to quantify.
It's like invoking the Power Gods who Divinely reach down and Transport
you suddenly.  And them 14.2" binders do a tremendous job of taming the
stupidity, again without drama - Invoke the Stopping Gods.

I suggest you run out and try one to see heh heh.  Point - squirt -
shoot - stop.  Repeat.  MB suggests like 13 mpg for the thing, methinks
you need to shave the "1" off that figure, as I'd likely struggle to
average more with this much temptation underfoot.  So easy.

While the four absolute BOMBS out the rear are a bit overt for my taste,
a peek beneath reveals they're fed by a no joke 3" pipe per side.  Holy
crap does that supercharged 5.4L move a serious volume of air.  It's
muted out the back under WOT going up the road, a notable burble and
lots of rushing air, but not loud.  More heard are them defenseless
265's struggling hopelessly for survival.  

Roads were misty and traction was minimal so we kept the flogsession
brief.  Not without the obligatory U-turn induced hole shot - oh my is
that fun.  And addictive.  Budget in for at least 3 sets of rear 265's
per season.  

Who needs a 454 Chevelle SS when you can have a smokeyholeshot uberBenz
with a panoramic roof???  Me looks forward to some highway passing power
time in that thing yes.

-Paul muwhahahahaha K.


ps.  we *did* fingerbangVIOLATE the SLR yesterday (wonder if stains come
out of Alcantara headliners???), with round 2 scheduled for Friday -
pics to follow next week...   2 silver SLR's in CT at same time - go
figure?