Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Daytona Track Day With The Audi RS4

About a month ago, I received an Invitation to the Daytona Group Track day at Kyalami! Now for those who don't know, who the Daytona Group is Lets side track for a second....
The Daytona Group, own Aston Martin, Rolls Royce, Mclaren, Audi Northcliff and BMW Sandton. They also own Daytona Motors, which is an exotic car dealership!
Okay so i received this invitation for the 12th of September 2010, it was an all expenses paid track day that included all meals on the day breakfast/Lunch and snacks in between, and they didn't disappoint full buffet for all meals as well as any non-alcoholic drink at anytime... No alcohol was permitted for obvious reasons!
We decided to take 2 cars the Rs4 and the TT,as I was allowed to bring a guest and Invited my Father!
The Rs4 had never been on the track before, so was really eager to get it out on the track and see how she felt through the bends at high speeds!
After having fun in the morning session with the TT and getting use to the track once more, decided it was time to have a go in the RS4! The First couple of laps I took it easy, needed to adjust my driving style after stepping out the TT... The TT can be driven quiet hard with out getting into trouble, as it just understeers if pushed to hard in corners! The RS4 must be driven smooth, the RS4 tends to oversteer in corners! However the grip in the Rs4 is really something else, you do have to push quiet hard into the corners to get the back to step out, very little to no tire squeal is heard! Coming out of the corners the car is a dream the quattro system makes it easy for you to step on the power a little bit earlier with out kicking up much of a fuss!



In all the RS4 is a really great car to drive both on the Track and on the road, when that engine Revs to 8000rpm you really feel that you have a makings of a classic sports sedan that will be marveled at for years to come!
More to come....Thanks for reading :-)