I wish car mags would disclose the disparity in their testings

"BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather" (bugeyedacura) 11/26/2014 at 09:39 • Filed to: None

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Was reading through a CTS comparo with the V6, and was confused how it was both the slowest and got the worst gas mileage. By all accounts, it should have done better. Then I read through the actual test sheets, and it's the only car to have gotten filled with 87. Fucking REALLY C&D? No shit it's not going to do well then. At least it came in second, and that was with a handicap!

Party-vi > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 09:51

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On looks alone, I'd take a CTS over the 5-Series or E-Class. I'd choose it over the A6 too, if I was sure I was comparing it to an A6 and not the A4, or A8, or any number of other Audi clone cars.

Axel-Ripper > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 09:57

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Well they probably filled them with the "Minimum recommended octane" as labeled on the gas cap. If I remember right, the euro companies recommend 91 min, even though the cars will still run on 87 because idiot customers. I think GM does the 87 thing because idiot customer "I can't buy this because it only takes premium" will then chose this over the others because of it, despite losing power and fuel economy because of it.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Party-vi 11/26/2014 at 10:05

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I know right? I have real problems telling the 4 from the 6 and the 6 from the 8...

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Axel-Ripper 11/26/2014 at 10:06

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I mean I get that its recommended, but C&D has to be smart enough to know that handicapped it. I'm not completely sure that's not why they did it...

Party-vi > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 10:07

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There's a correlation between the age of an Audi driver and the vehicle type. As drivers tend to look older the wheelbase and length of the car tend to increase. Old fogies drive an A8 and young'uns drive A4s.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Party-vi 11/26/2014 at 10:09

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Do A4s, like their owners, eventually grow into A8s?

Racescort666 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 10:12

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The biggest disadvantage the CTS has is that it's missing a blue and white roundel on the front...

FromCanadaWithLove > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 10:17

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Honestly, I think C&D is the worst automotive outlet. I take their opinion with the tiniest of grains of salt.

Party-vi > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 10:18

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It may be a complicated molting or shedding process but yes, scientists believe the smaller Audis eventually evolve into their higher-range counterparts. This metamorphosis usually occurs while the Audi is on a lift in a service bay, which acts as a cocoon.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Racescort666 11/26/2014 at 10:29

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Isn't that the fucking truth? I love that BMW bros constantly diss Cadillac and the people who buy them as some sort of "loyalty falacy". Meanwhile they line up to get what has been an inferior product for about 5 years now, and they do it without a second thought. BMW has become Apple. Just a name.

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > FromCanadaWithLove 11/26/2014 at 10:37

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Nowadays, yeah. Once they were the greatest.

ihm96 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 14:13

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Apple phones are much more than just a name, as are BMW cars. I'd still take the Caddy, especially the new V ones coming out, but I'm sick of hearing that Apple, BMW, (insert popular company here) are just a name

Axel-Ripper > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 15:37

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Especially when they were one of the first car mags to actually test 87 vs 93 in modern vehicles....

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > ihm96 11/26/2014 at 16:09

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I think (on both accounts) that they were at one time more than a name, and rested on their laurels. They now both have competitors that are hot on their tail if not already passed them.

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > Axel-Ripper 11/26/2014 at 16:10

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Exactly. But you know that they have it out for GM...

ihm96 > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 11/26/2014 at 18:39

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Just because competition is catching up doesn't mean that they aren't working just as hard or putting out just as good of a product. They obviously are going to look less impressive in the second, third, etc. generations of a revolutionary product because competition will copy and make a similar product which makes the gap much smaller, but it doesn't mean they aren't just as good.