BMW, Mercedes or Audi?

[CraigyMc]

Dave Hedgehog said:

you look like a tt driving one as well

I look like a tt all the time...

:P

[RobM77]

CraigyMc said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

RobM77 said:

Audi clearly set their cars up for a very 'steady' balance.

i suspect Audi have taken the safe handling route ever since the TT deaths and all the bad PR that generated

The (fwd) TT 2.0 wasn't actually bad for handling, on fresh tyres (it did tend to get ropey as they lost tread). The Mk.1 TT's problems were partially aero based.
The 4wd Mk.2 TT had the handling characteristics of a dart - all the weight in the nose. I tried the V6 for a weekend while deciding what to get as a company car.
That understeered like mad, and actually wasn't all that much quicker than the 2.0 car, while using much more fuel. It did make a lovely noise though!

I like oversteer as much as the next guy, by the way. In racing karts I tend to drive with a neutral-to-mild-oversteer type of balance.

The TT I mention wasn't at all tail happy, but with the stability control off it'd at least do lift-off oversteer if you were brutal with it.
It's just really not what it was for though, to my mind at least. Fun to a point, then you get to the limit of the chassis before it all gets exciting.

I'm not as obsessed as most people with oversteer, but I like a car to offer all three handling states at the driver's wishes and to feel dainty and alive through corners. I've raced FWD and RWD for some time, done bits of tuition and have owned RWD, 4WD and FWD cars, but I'm just not a fan of FWD and 4WD on the public road and especially Audis which tend to have a particularly safe and boring balance.