Small Update + Porsche Experience Day
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The Audi S4 has been really really good in these awful conditions we had. Cant stress enough how impressive this new Quattro system is on the B8. Due to the conditions I am yet to really experience the remap fully so really cant wait till summer!
I did have to do a bit of maintenance on the car recently that wasn’t so positive.
I got my front passenger side wheel refurbed after a little accident with a curb off a roundabout. Another Audi driver decided to show me how fast his car was and zoomed on the outside of me a bit close which forced me to hug the curb a little too tight. I also got an unwanted ding on the right rear door. No idea how that happened however the ding chap is coming this week to repair it!
Side note; on pistonheads I saw that Chris Harris [got to be best Automotive journalist out there] bought an Audi S4 too!
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyId=27381
Interesting to see what Videos he releases when he has fettled with the car! Quite pleasing to hear he has such high praise for the car so shows I made a good choice hehe!
On the 7th April the AMDs RR day is on so the car will get a full detail before then to make sure she is looking crisp. I do have plans for the car [better brake pads, discs, maybe ARBS and APR induction pipe] however it depends what happens after my wedding. I say this because recently I went on a Porsche Experience day and the Mrs is coming round the fact that I want a Porsche.
The day consisted of:
1) Porsche 911 GT3 track driving 45 minutes
2) Porsche 911 GT3 track driving 45 minutes
3) Wet handling circuit /drifting
4) Maz drooling over Porsches.
Without a doubt it was one of the best experiences of my life, a real dream come true!
The instructor was amazing. He let me have the keys to the GT3 straight away to gauge my driving style and teach me the track layout. The amount of information given to me whilst driving was insane and I learned not only
how to handle the GT3 but also
how to driving quickly and smoothly in the pouring rain and mist. There was never any hint of him telling me off to slow down and he encouraged me all the time to really push whilst keeping everything smooth and in check. I never realised just how amazing these cars really are and also how fast you can really go with a properly sorted car in the wet.
GT3 is a totally different beast to the GT2. There is so much to tell so I will keep it real short and sweet!
- GT3 has better feel and handling. Engine sounds miles better than the GT2.
- GT2 is stupidly quick and the brakes are out of this world.
I did have a few hairy moments with the back going a bit twitchy on hard acceleration on a few bends and exiting bends. The instructer was really impressed that I saved the car from spinning out and modulated the throttle accordingly on several occasions. I was just happy I didn’t crash and die lol and it certainly was sh!tting myself during it lol.
After 90 minutes of track driving [YES 90 minutes] I was completely exhausted but still so happy about the day. My Mrs said she never seen me so happy and I said to her I never been so angry at her. Why she asked…cause I want a Porker even more than I did couple of hours back!
I could ramble all day about the Porsche day so feel free to ask any questions
