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Originally Posted by footie
You like to stick with facts, so lets do that and spec each car to identically. The 335i when specced like the S4 works out more than 54K euros so where in my statement does it not sound reasonable. You may conclude that you can buy an 335i without all of this extra stuff but facts are most people do spec beyond a basic car and if you compare a basic 335i to an S4 you will feel and look the poor cousin.
Sportauto already tested a 335i with 17" a while ago and it's time was 1:17.8 I believe so unless it was a shit car which I doubt then please explain how this time round they have got one to smash this time. Oh and BTW what was the time for the 335i, including it's acceleration figures.
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It was the first time sportauto tested a 17"wheel equipped 335i, at least, that's what they are saying in that comparison. The E90 335i did it in 1:17.0 so that's quite good. The S4 was 0.3 sec faster but the 335i won the test. 18m slalom the 335i was .6kmh faster with 67.6kmh...
Accelleration figures 335i: 0-100kmh:5.4 0-160kmh: 12.3 0-200kmh:20.5
which is a bit faster than a 335d ROFLOL
The price as tested for the 335i: 58769,- euros(base 41850,-)
Audi S4 3.0SC as tested: 67110,- euros(base 50850,-)
still about 8500 euros difference....
The weight balance better should be F45/55R than F55/45R like many Audi's have.
To each his own but weight balance is a very important thing for me because I want a car that does the handling well, not just only having a lot of torque/HP. Fun isn't a straight line for me. Just like a normal or low kerbweight is better than a heavy elephant...
That's why a 580BHP RS6 is 9 out of 10 times slower on a track than our 'torqueless' 4.0 V8 equipped M3...
And I know why.
And yes I know as a DD I'm not every day on the track, but I know BMW's engineering is 'right'(only their elephant weight) and I don't live on the Northpole or near gravel roads either...
For me I prefer a Caterham R500 to a Veyron and keep the change thank you very much.
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Originally Posted by footie
To you the thought of a fwd-biased awd system in a sportscar is absurd and that's your opinion but without trying something then how will you ever know for sure.
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I used to own a 270BHP Audi S3(Haldex fwd bias), tracked it a lot, and you know what? On snow it was fun, wet roundabouts it was not:understeer. The Subaru Impreza I had before that S3 was much better in terms of sharpness agility and handling...so yes I've got some experience with awd/turbo cars. The world is bigger than Northern Ireland and the USA, especially on the internet.
About your TTRS thing: That's your opinion, footie, not mine. Could be a great car but I do not like the looks of it.