Old Man Sedan: 2003 RS6

[davej]

The stars aligned the other week and I tagged along for run up 33 with the kids. This might have been the first sustained flogging I'd given the car in a year (as sad as that is) but oh man was it fun! Perfect day and although the car was still on the skinny snow tires, it was a champ. Audi really engineered the physics out of the car and it didn't feel nearly its 2 ton weight being thrown around turns; not e30 light by any sense, but effortless to whip. The brakes would probably stop a runaway 18 wheeler; they were just phenomenal and didn't show a sign of fade. 

I did notice the oil temp climbed way up, usually it sits about 175 but it was holding steady around 250, 350 is in the red on the gauge, so it may just be normal spirited temps that I rarely get to. There is a mod you can do to the under tray to pull more air/keep temps lower, but I doubt I'll ever get that serious about it. 

I unintentionally hogged the spot behind the cameraman on the way up, but Jackson got a bunch of great photos out of Brandon's car. (Which sounds really, really good... for a hair dresser's ride) There was one guy visiting a friend that needed a ride so he hopped in with me, but I felt bad for his friends having to breath in all the catless fumes in their Miata the whole way up. 




This might be my favorite photo Jackson got capturing a $hitEating grin, and my poor passenger's Oh$hit look.


It really needs to be driven more like this.