Picked up the S4 on Monday...
Originally Posted by EVO Enthusiast
Major upgrade in luxury (every category, fit, finish, interiors, etc). Major downgrade in performance (every category, 0-60, slalom, breaking, 1/4 mile, etc).
To each his own I suppose.
It is a beautiful car... but you are gonna miss the performance of the EVO.
To each his own I suppose.
It is a beautiful car... but you are gonna miss the performance of the EVO.
it's far from a major downgrade in performance... and if i met an Evo on the highway, i'd walk away from it without even breaking a sweat...
Originally Posted by loj68
????? Don't S4's have a 340hp V8??? That's some pretty damn good performance if you ask me. I know with the added weight of the S4 the EVO would probably have an edge but surely nothing to sneeze at about the S4.......that's one sweet powerplant.
definitely nothing to sneeze at...
Evo is still faster around a track, and probably a 1/4 mile, but after that, the S4 just walks on the Evo...
Originally Posted by Arithmetic
DOPE!!!
your missing the enterior shots, please tell me you car came with an enterior and not just an exterior?
POST EM'
your missing the enterior shots, please tell me you car came with an enterior and not just an exterior?
POST EM'
Walks away from a stock Evo. Even an eVo putting down 330 or so HP at the crank is going to do ok against an S4...no matter what the conditions, uo to about 140+...believe me, it's been done.
Percy
Percy
Originally Posted by rentaslut
why is the paint mismatched, was it in a huge crash and then got fixed, is that why your getting it (for cheap $$) ??
it's apparent in the pics, but in person it's almost unnoticeable...
any car company usually has a hard time getting the plastic bumper to match the bosy exactly...
i know, i had a silver Galant and that really showed in the pics as well...
Originally Posted by hagakure
Walks away from a stock Evo. Even an eVo putting down 330 or so HP at the crank is going to do ok against an S4...no matter what the conditions, uo to about 140+...believe me, it's been done.
Percy
Percy
are you sure you really want to start this...?
Originally Posted by rentaslut
So thats an aftermarket plastic bumper thats not painted yet?
it's factory...
it's near unnoticeable in person...
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From: Sacramento
Originally Posted by Diesel
you were right in the beginning, and then you went off course...
it's far from a major downgrade in performance... and if i met an Evo on the highway, i'd walk away from it without even breaking a sweat...
it's far from a major downgrade in performance... and if i met an Evo on the highway, i'd walk away from it without even breaking a sweat...
EVO
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0-60: 4.6s
Slalom: 71.4mph
1/4 mile: 13.1sec
S4 with slushbox:
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0-60: 5.5sec (4.99 with manual and slush box is ~.5 second slower)
Slalom: 68mph
1/4 mile: ~14.4sec (13.4 sec with manual, the slushy is gonna add .5 to 1 sec).
So I repeat... MAJOR downgrade in performance.
Mod for mod.. the story gets worse for the S4, so we won't even go there. You have a very pretty luxury car.. that costs TONS and TONS to get any more performance out of it. <-- Audi's and BMWs are very similar in this regard.
Your car is great for what it is.. a beautiful luxurious sports car.
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Joined: Jun 2004
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From: Sacramento
Originally Posted by Diesel
so, now you're going to compare a modded Evo against a stock S4...?
are you sure you really want to start this...?
are you sure you really want to start this...?
Originally Posted by Diesel
and while the Evo has a good look of it's own, it can come off as very juvenille, boy racerish, where the S4 looks grown up and sophisticated...
Originally Posted by Diesel
so, now you're going to compare a modded Evo against a stock S4...?
are you sure you really want to start this...?
are you sure you really want to start this...?
I'm not looking to "start" anything. At the end of the day, they are only cars, and individual choices, make no change in our character, real status, economic standing, or spiritual integrity...so no, I don't want to start anything. Peace to you, and enjoy your new S4.
Percy