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Old 04-27-2009, 08:20 PM
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My S600 at VIR road course

I took my S600 to the road course at VIR for the second straight year and enjoyed myself. It is such a great track and my car is such a pig on the tight turns. That doesn't matter because nothing could come close on the long straights as I could catch a lot of cars there. Here is a video link of some of the action as I mounted a small HD camera in my car behind the headrest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZi7PIemmds If you get a chance to do something like this, take the opportunity as it will teach you a lot about car control and vehicle dynamics. The instructors we had were great and they knew their stuff.
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Good Stuff!! thanks for sharing (I like the lil' caption Here comes an S600!)
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Was this marque madness? I hope I didn't miss that! I really wanna go. Looks like you had some fun and didalot better than I expected! Next time you go out let me know, I'll tag along. I've never been to VIR but wanna run there. I've gone to Summit Point a few times
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So was that a M5? in the twisties??????
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VERY nice my friend

Does your S600 have the ABC?

I promissed the wife I wouldn't road race my S600, but after seeing your vid

I think she is going to be mad

See yeah

Thanks again!!!
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Very nice. Never driven the full course, that back straight stretches out very nicely.
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Thanks for taping the run and posting it!
I really want to get out there or to Summit Point.
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Stephen, do not temp me..............

I allways liked big sedans on the road track.
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Nice runs Bro. Nothing like a 4500+lbs sedan on the road course.
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Nice runs Bro. Nothing like a 4500+lbs sedan on the road course.
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Was this marque madness? I hope I didn't miss that! I really wanna go. Looks like you had some fun and didalot better than I expected! Next time you go out let me know, I'll tag along. I've never been to VIR but wanna run there. I've gone to Summit Point a few times
Marque madness is in June. This was the spring VIR event with the Audi club. It was awesome. It takes a while to learn the track as many of the turns are blind.
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VERY nice my friend

Does your S600 have the ABC?

I promissed the wife I wouldn't road race my S600, but after seeing your vid

I think she is going to be mad

See yeah

Thanks again!!!
I believe all S600's have ABC. I run the car in sport mode. It really helps prevent body roll and brake dive as a car this heavy should roll more. Impressive for 4800lbs.
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Stephen, do not temp me..............

I allways liked big sedans on the road track.
Vandim,

You changed companies again?
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Very Neat! Think if you had a 500lbs diet!!! Then you could really corner.....

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Originally Posted by Stephen04E55
Marque madness is in June. This was the spring VIR event with the Audi club. It was awesome. It takes a while to learn the track as many of the turns are blind.
I just looked it up, are you going to go?
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I just looked it up, are you going to go?

Marque madness is at a bad time for my work/vacation schedule. I would love to go but I will hold off for the audi event in November. Love to see that CLK there as it would be much better in the turns than my big pig S class.
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great to see u bring the Luxo Beast on the road track. Thx for sharing! I bet the ride back home was just as nice..
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Looks like alot of fun man.
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Vandim,

You changed companies again?
Yes, VADIM is working for himself........

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