**Update on post #22. 12.1 still spinning.
Been trying to get there and I finally had a free weekend and they were open. Temp was 30 degrees when I first got there and they had to thaw the track for 2 hours.
DA was -1200 with a steady head wind. Car is a 2015 DSG Stage 2. Factory showroom weight (with exception of the wheels).
I am on summer tires and figured with the prep they were doing, I would have no issues with traction. Boy was I wrong. First time with an AWD car at the strip so I never took into account that I couldn't heat the tires up....which obviously I knew, but it never dawned on me that I would have 4 hockey pucks in the cold weather, despite how warm the track might be.
Needless to say, my 60's were 2.0 on average, which included spinning and sliding sideways at the launch. I managed one 1.8 miraculously, even though it still spun. I tried launching anywhere from 2-4K rpms. Wheel hop ensued on 4K launches. After the spin, it would sit on the rev limiter or shift early into second and back down to first.
I got about 10 runs in and called it a day. Talked to a few guys and they all said they weren't far off their normal times. RWD cars had no trouble hitting 1.7s after heating the tires up. I went out expecting 11.9s or better, and could only muster a 12.38 @ 113 on a 2.0. My two best runs of the day. The MPH says it should be in the 11s, but my 60's wouldn't allow it. On the street, on warm days, she hooks and goes.
Not sure the plans for the car. Heavily looking at RS3 for a change up and selling the R. They trap 113 stock, so not far off where I am currently.
The R has more in it, just not yesterday. Oddly enough, my fastest run of the day was manually working it to try and keep the shifting right. I shifted at 6K vs the 6500 it's set to normally. Seemed to like shifting earlier vs running it out.
Been trying to get there and I finally had a free weekend and they were open. Temp was 30 degrees when I first got there and they had to thaw the track for 2 hours.
DA was -1200 with a steady head wind. Car is a 2015 DSG Stage 2. Factory showroom weight (with exception of the wheels).
I am on summer tires and figured with the prep they were doing, I would have no issues with traction. Boy was I wrong. First time with an AWD car at the strip so I never took into account that I couldn't heat the tires up....which obviously I knew, but it never dawned on me that I would have 4 hockey pucks in the cold weather, despite how warm the track might be.
Needless to say, my 60's were 2.0 on average, which included spinning and sliding sideways at the launch. I managed one 1.8 miraculously, even though it still spun. I tried launching anywhere from 2-4K rpms. Wheel hop ensued on 4K launches. After the spin, it would sit on the rev limiter or shift early into second and back down to first.
I got about 10 runs in and called it a day. Talked to a few guys and they all said they weren't far off their normal times. RWD cars had no trouble hitting 1.7s after heating the tires up. I went out expecting 11.9s or better, and could only muster a 12.38 @ 113 on a 2.0. My two best runs of the day. The MPH says it should be in the 11s, but my 60's wouldn't allow it. On the street, on warm days, she hooks and goes.
Not sure the plans for the car. Heavily looking at RS3 for a change up and selling the R. They trap 113 stock, so not far off where I am currently.
The R has more in it, just not yesterday. Oddly enough, my fastest run of the day was manually working it to try and keep the shifting right. I shifted at 6K vs the 6500 it's set to normally. Seemed to like shifting earlier vs running it out.
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