B8 RS4 is a monster car, on full chat the engine is glorious and makes an even more wonderful sound than the RS3 (didn't think that was possible) although its very muted inside, the stock sports seats are the best in any car i have every sat in EVERRevolution wrote:cheers for info...klauster wrote:
Too early to tell for me Glenn, its different, the interior is nowhere near as good.. quality wise, and the ride is firmer for sure, but it feels faster then the RS4 to 70/80mph and doesn't handle anywhere near as bad as the reviews, the tyres must be the problem, as I have changed mine and its ace
handling could be sorted easily with tyres, bars etc...as you say I doubt its a major issue though...
maybe need a back to back test with a B8 RS4 to make my mind up...
not sure on the interior business, the RS3s looks just like the TTs to me which never seams to get moaned about, the quality of the plastics seam identical infact on the B8 some small parts of the dash surround is extremely cheap and nasty compared to the RS3 (tap them they sound like a vauxhall), the weak point for me on the interior is the door card and handle which feels low rent but the B8s feels identical, i have been all over the new A3 and apart form the tech and slight change of layout the plastics feel the same to me
the tech in the B8 is 90% gimmick you will play with it for a week or two set it to how you want and never touch it again, the colour display in the middle of the dash looks crap and out of place, a high res white display with matching dial font would look so much better imo
the dynamic steering and suspension are just bloody horrible, makes the RS3 seem like a soft ride its totally unbearable even on millbrooks smooth service roads and you needed 100kg of arm force to hold it in the bank at millbrook at 110mph worst of all to me it gives the car an artificial simulation of sports car feel, i would love to drive the B8 with normal suspension and steering
the RS4s DSG performs identically to the RS3s (the same unit?)
the B8 is a BIG car and you can feel it but it turns brilliantly and stops superbly overall its amazing but 3 things put me off
1) it will depreciate in 1 year more than the RS3 will in 4 years at 65k for my spec and not being a limited run (especially when there are 4000 of them in the UK)
2) driving moderately by my standards down country lanes i only got 16mpg, in normal RS3 driving mode i would have been in single digits
3) the engine is dead below 4k just no pull at all (R8 V8 is the same), not an issue if you are on it but in the real world 90% of the time i am using the blown grunt in the 2-3k rpm range
its a fantastic bit of kit thou very very tempting
