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comparisons with the plastic car
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/53331/r8_and_family.t.jpg"></center><p>The R8 is far more refined, in fit an finish, performance it's a different experience, the R8 is quick but in a different way with very short gearing (at 75mph the R8 is spinning 3000RPM) and really feels like it could use a 7th gear. Witch may explain why it had a $2500 gas guzzler tax, and only (at this time) is getting around 14mpg. Plastic still gets 24mpg in the same driving environments, and will pull almost 31mpg on the highway were best mpg in the R8 has been 16mpg.
The R8 is very comfortable inside, very Audi. So is the plastic car, just not the same standard as the R8 but not bad either. Both are about the same on long highway drives.
The DSG is fun on the back roads, at hi RPM shifts, but around town there is a lag between 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd and is very pronounced in the auto mode. But oh when on the back roads it's like playing a F-1 musical instrument. And it's good that it has great breaks, but cause you can get carried away having fun. I like to left foot break,witch the R8 will let me do, yet I also like practicing the art of "heal & toe" and I have that down in the plastic car. The manul in the R8 is very nice, and wound have consider it if not for a auto only wife. (she can drive a manul but it's not very nice to the car).
Right now it's hard to stop anyplace, the car draw (auto types, an none types) like fly's to (well you know)...
Our only real down side is there is very little luggage space up front, and no room for two of us, and the dog...so it's either me an Puddy, or the wife, not the hole family.
Ride is very compliant in normal mode, and not that bad in sport, but if the road is rough there is some tram lining that surprised me, and the ABS/ESP systems
Now for my biggest complaints after living with it (one week)
Wind noise at the back of the side window esp at highway speeds is going to need some fixing.
If you rest you arm/hand on the gear selector, you will reset the ESP, Shocks, an either engage or disengage the Sport mode...I'm doing this all the time in traffic (were I use the leaver to bump gears instead of the paddles)...Also the paddles are small, and more then I like seem to have my hands in the wrong place to shift...I'm sure I will get use to it, or mode the paddles.
Now if I can get some snow tires, and adapt the air suspension to it, well it would be a great all year round car. Oh wait, I all ready have one, the "allroads", and you know what you have with the plastic car... it's fun too...
Mark.
The R8 is very comfortable inside, very Audi. So is the plastic car, just not the same standard as the R8 but not bad either. Both are about the same on long highway drives.
The DSG is fun on the back roads, at hi RPM shifts, but around town there is a lag between 1st to 2nd, and 2nd to 3rd and is very pronounced in the auto mode. But oh when on the back roads it's like playing a F-1 musical instrument. And it's good that it has great breaks, but cause you can get carried away having fun. I like to left foot break,witch the R8 will let me do, yet I also like practicing the art of "heal & toe" and I have that down in the plastic car. The manul in the R8 is very nice, and wound have consider it if not for a auto only wife. (she can drive a manul but it's not very nice to the car).
Right now it's hard to stop anyplace, the car draw (auto types, an none types) like fly's to (well you know)...
Our only real down side is there is very little luggage space up front, and no room for two of us, and the dog...so it's either me an Puddy, or the wife, not the hole family.
Ride is very compliant in normal mode, and not that bad in sport, but if the road is rough there is some tram lining that surprised me, and the ABS/ESP systems
Now for my biggest complaints after living with it (one week)
Wind noise at the back of the side window esp at highway speeds is going to need some fixing.
If you rest you arm/hand on the gear selector, you will reset the ESP, Shocks, an either engage or disengage the Sport mode...I'm doing this all the time in traffic (were I use the leaver to bump gears instead of the paddles)...Also the paddles are small, and more then I like seem to have my hands in the wrong place to shift...I'm sure I will get use to it, or mode the paddles.
Now if I can get some snow tires, and adapt the air suspension to it, well it would be a great all year round car. Oh wait, I all ready have one, the "allroads", and you know what you have with the plastic car... it's fun too...
Mark.
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