"soto" (soto)
10/08/2013 at 17:09 • Filed to: None
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"soto" (soto)
10/08/2013 at 17:09 • Filed to: None | 3
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I love me an Audi, and when Ben Collins did an AMA on reddit, he was asked about Audi, this is his response, and the question.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment…
ddavidn
> soto
10/08/2013 at 17:13 |
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Nice!
Bruno Martini
> soto
10/08/2013 at 17:14 |
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Love this answer. Absolutly love it.
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My race mechanic had the original 1991 spec Quattro when i started racing in 1995 and the things he could do with it on a country lane were unreal. More recently when i was racing in Formula 3 my engineer took me out in an A3 and after seeing the way it gripped i got rid of my Toyota Supra and bought the A3, then proceeded to put 250,000 miles on the clock. It refused to die!
In the end that car had leaks everywhere, dents from being parked in London and i had ragged it every second of its life. But it still clung to the road like shit to a rug. I eventually scrapped it, being heartless and needing the cash, but there some love there. Kind of.
Many journalists can't drive very well so i don't believe what i read. And most people should judge a car from their own test drive i reckon. I've never driven an Audi that understeered - the only model that might be over-engineered is the TTRS, but the standard TT is wicked, i drove one last week.
As for heritage.. the rallying pedigree is mega but look at Le Mans. They don't just win - they destroy the competition and having seen up close the attention to detail and the preparation, the skill and the passion that goes into that racing program it makes it hard not to admire them."
HMMMA
> soto
10/08/2013 at 17:16 |
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"I've never driven an Audi that understeered" that is definitely bullshit. I don't hate the guy but c'mon, obvious PR crap is obvious.
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soto
> Bruno Martini
10/08/2013 at 17:27 |
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"Many journalists can't drive very well so i don't believe what i read"
That is one of my favorite. So true, why would you trust a journalist to tell you how good a car is? How many journalists have crashed cars during test drives in the past two years?
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soto
> HMMMA
10/08/2013 at 17:28 |
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Really? Never had understeer in my S4, nor have I felt it in my fathers 2013 A6.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> HMMMA
10/08/2013 at 17:32 |
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They are set up for some natural understeer but the quattro system is designed to help kill it. Knowing how to drive a quattro is key to avoiding the understeer much like knowing how to drive a 911 is key to limiting the oversteer. Both come from having the weight of the engine past the drive wheels instead of between the axles. Get it wrong - you end up in a tree. Get it right - you win. I highly doubt that Audi winning 2 WRC championships, the 1987 SCCA trans-am series, the 1989 IMSA GTO series, the 1990 DTM series, and others was a fluke. The design is great, you just need to learn how to drive them to get the most out of them.
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themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Bruno Martini
10/08/2013 at 17:33 |
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I too own a 1991 audi but mine is the 200 quattro. In the snow and dirt, you can ALWAYS save it and make it look like you meant it.
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HMMMA
> themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
10/08/2013 at 17:41 |
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I'm sure you're right just basing my knowledge of reviews I've read and a particular review of the old RS6 (the V10 twin turbo one) where Tiff Needell was complaining of the annoying understeer not allowing him to have fun. I've only driven a friends S4 but it was nowhere near the limit so I didn't feel any understeer.