http://www.caranddriver.com/roadtest...4-quattro.html

 

So far I have actually been able to get my RS up to 135 (with ease)-once-and it was very stable and secure. The only reason I didn't go to 155 was b/c of traffic. The review was right on when describing the brakes when slowing quickly from high speeds. The car does tend to do the "shimmy" and I wondered if anyone else had noticed this? Glad to know I am not the only one. Like the article, thanks!

 

i used to be a public relations guy for several car companies and i used to shiver when i saw a review of a car start out the way barry wrote this article for CandD. negative and nit picky. it undermines anything positive he says in the remainder of the story. if this issue was burried somewhere in the article itself, it's not so bad, because it's something they're experiencing and it's certainly something they should report as any fair journalist. but when something like that is front and center and the opening foundation of an article, it pretty much kills the car from that point foward.

no matter how many good things they said in the remainder of the story, because they opened up with a minor issue which turned into the basis for the story, CandD has made it clear that they do not like the RS4. look at all the editors side notes too: all complain about weight, price and they pretty much say the 6 year old M3 is a better car at $20K less. CandD likes BMW over Audi and they always will...

 

i regularly drive 120-150mph and never thought of this. when i got my new wheels, the balance was bad and i would get a shimmy at around 55-60. i got that fixed and thought nothing of it until i read this article. now, i was coming back from mainz to bitburg on the a63, a6, a62 (i like to go retarded routes, but they all offer high or no limit) and i seemed to pick up this wobble or sway around 120-130 and i usually do get "tuned in" when somthing is supposedly really wrong. anyway, i used to travel the a63 from mainz to kaiserslautern regularly in my 730i and it used to sway a bit around 120, but this was only the third or fourth time in the s4 and it seemed really out of control at times. then i snapped out of it, the road wasn't in bad repair (none of them were really bad) but you are traveling at roughly twice the recomended speed limit (130km). this paragraph, and especially the middle sentence should explain it to these retards.
There are relatively few circumstances that remind you of the car’s underlying high-performance calibrations when you’re cruising suburbia on a shopping expedition. Okay, road undulations with wavelengths about the same as the car’s wheelbase will confound the diagonal shock system somewhat when front and rear wheels deflect at the same time. You can get occasional freeway hop that will bounce you in the seat hard enough to make your speech go disjointed. But mainly, it’s a smooth ride.

no, my s4 doesn't have the suspension of the rs, but it has a pretty decent suspension package, and it does have the top end. face it, there is no perfect driving surface and with tight suspension, you will get the princess and the pea sensations. i have to say, the "wobble" is less obvious if not nonexistent on certain autobahns. remember, this is c/d we are talking about. a magazine in love with bmw (rightfully so) but no one else and anything to dismiss the hype so the new m3 can come roaring in is their forte'

 

i got to open mine up this weekend on a completely empty and straight highway (professional driver on closed road. do not attempt. buckle up for safety. tread lightly and don't drink and drive...) and mine did not have this shake at speed or under braking. granted i wasn't braking hard into turn 1 at willow springs like the car and driver writer was.

my tires were set at 42psi cold all around for this high speed trip. other than the wind noise above the doors, the car was rock solid and comfortable at sustained speeds. kudos to ze germans for yet another wonderful high speed cruiser.

 

Couldn't have put it better myself. C&D Screwed the RS4 and anyone who doesn't see it just isn't reading between the lines. Even guys on AW who own the car did not pick up on this, I don't get it. To me it's OBVIOUS they don't like Audi and they don't like the RS4 encroaching (and punishing) anything BMW currently offers.

LAME. I know I won't be buying their mag anymore, because their opinion is quite predictable. What's the point. And the fact that their alternative opinions only reinforced their disdain? Screw em...

 

Yes I already am reading magazines claering the decks for BMW. It makes me sick.