Last night, I was at a stop light and really did not notice the car next to me. The light turns green and I take off at a brisk pace (not fast) and I see the car to my right accelerate pretty quickly. It was late and the roads were clear, so I thought WTH. I get on it and I recognize the car as being an Audi (he is slightly ahead of me) then I think 'damn that thing is fast'. I get more even with him and then I notice the silver polished side view mirror, so now I know that I am not dealing with a "regular" Audi. We go for about a quarter mile (maybe a bit more) and neither one of us could really pull on the other. i let up as I could hear my wife on my should saying "you got a ticket doing ?!" I felt pretty good about the run (although only one). I always thought the 535 felt about the same as far as accleration goes with the S4 and now I know it is true. A little further up the road, the yellow Audi S4 pulls into the gas station and I follow. We chat for a bit. Really cool guy. He has had the S4 for about 4 months and loves it. He said he was shocked by how fast the 5 series was although he did admit not knowing that much about the BMW line-up. He also stated that he has some track experience (I have none), so I am certain that his shifting skills were as good if not better than mine. Finally, I run into another performance car on the road, the roads are clear, and my wife and daughter are not with me!!! A real rarity for me.... lots of fun. Just thought I'd share.

 

Thanks for sharing! I've always been a fan of audi's S line up. Always fun to see what the cars can do head to head. Glad your enjoying your 535. I love mine too!

 

WOW - when I saw your username and "Run-in" in the post title ... I thought I was going to read about another kind of run in.

How's the car behaving for you?

Have a great 4th of July Weekend - watch out for the idiots on the road!

 

love the Audi S5s...

 

Hi RJH

You'd love our garage at work my business partner just got his S5 sits nicely beside the 545!

Cheers
stu

 

Sorry... thankfully not the same kind of "run in"!!! The car seems perfect (knock on wood).

 

I actually thought he saw his old car that he sold while driving when I read the title. That's would be funny.

 

Thanks for sharing. Coming back from Angeles Crest I wanted to raced the S4, but too much traffic.