... earned my first "Audi" decall for under the hood today ... he was no match, with his 5 cyl 2.2l engine, but ...
At the show in Fulda, they had the runway open, and there were maybe three or four runs made by different people in the afternoon. Had a Golf GTI run the Audi, beat him by maybe two or three car lengths (Golf @ 107HP w/~1600 pounds, don't know the HP of the Audi, but a weight of around 2400 pounds).
A little while later, I checked with the Golf driver, he didn't want to run again, so when I saw the Audi heading for the runway, I went after him and set myself up. He wanted to warm his engine up a bit, so I let him ... he was revving a bit, I guess somewhere in the 3k area, but gave me a look when I punched it once up to 5k or so ... (remember - me = stock V6 3.8l, no exhaust mods or nothing)
Well, when he was satisfied with his warm up, we got ready, and I kepp it around 2k. We both started pretty much the same time ... but I pulled from the very first moment; plus I think I didn't even put it to the metal, maybe 2/3rds or so ... drove 1st and 2nd to around 5k5 or so, and when I stopped accelerating when I hit 60, he must have been a good 50 meters back, maybe even more ...
Sure got to say - it may not be a V8, and it may not have 300+ hp, but I sure think I could have beaten most of the german crap cars at the meeting today off the line ... maybe not in top speed (d*mn governing), but not too many came close to the torque of that car ... would have liked to try the Golf, but I think with the reserves I had left, he should have been a goner ...
(see other post for quick report on the show)
