"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
06/02/2019 at 11:05 • Filed to: None
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
06/02/2019 at 11:05 • Filed to: None | 5
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A friend of mine was able to borrow the first e-tron allocation in Wichita for a day to review and he let me have a go in it. I had been somewhat removed from the news the past couple of weeks so I knew basically nothing about it going in other than “Audi Crossover But Electric”. My instructions were “Make sure it’s in dynamic and to a few pulls from 40, and whip it through corners”.
And so I did.
The biggest thing with the e-tron is it feels and works like a normal car. Everything was logical, everything was where I expected it to be. The shifter made sense, the HVAC made sense (though I’m not a fan of it having its own touch screen, give me a knob please!), the radio made sense (and had a physical volume knob in the center console, a move that should garner Audi praise because knobs are the king), and the gauge cluster is fantastic with a regen meter to the left, speedo to the right, and the middle is a map of where you are which made a quick spin in an unfamiliar area of town a breeze to find some roads worth beating the car up on.
The driving dynamics and acceleration are really the least interesting part of this car. Does it go? Yeah it go. Does it turn? Yeah it turn. It feels like a crossover and drives like a crossover with typical electric car dynamics. It felt virtually identical to a Tesla to drive, but the experience of the car itself was far different because it felt like a fully fledged product. I could never shake the feeling driving Teslas that they’re still in beta, and a bit of a gimmick car.
What excites me is the possibilities that arise from VAG coming up with a competent electric car platform. I absolutely cannot wait to see this sort of powertrain in, say, an R8 or TT successor. Or maybe a Golf eTron R.
Nibby
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/02/2019 at 11:50 |
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but does it make you feel entitled?
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Nibby
06/02/2019 at 12:07 |
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I ma y or may not have flashed the brights at a dude in a model 3 to show my superiority
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Nibby
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/02/2019 at 12:12 |
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perfect
average user
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/02/2019 at 13:53 |
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My question for this car is why the range is so low. 201 is ok, but not when a Model S can do 310 or more plus real world range is likely lower in some places where air con and other systems would need a lot of power (here in Florida for example where AC is a necessity). The car looks big enough and should have enough room for more batteries.
MiniGTI - now with XJ6
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/02/2019 at 23:04 |
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I saw one in the wild here in Chicago the other day.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/03/2019 at 07:07 |
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with your luck, you’d probably set fire to your house
:P
BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/03/2019 at 22:14 |
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You lucky person, you.
Despite wanting to own one, I have yet still had the chance to drive any sort of EV or PHEV.
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Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> BaconSandwich is tasty.
06/04/2019 at 00:43 |
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Go drive a Volt! Your local CarMax or chevy dealership should have a used one kicking around you can take on a test drive, and they’re plenty of fun in EV mode
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BaconSandwich is tasty.
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
06/04/2019 at 08:18 |
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Only problem is that I'm up in Canada, in oil country. They are pretty rare up here. I have a friend who is trying to buy one, though. Maybe once he gets his, he will let me take it for a spin.