Freudian slip in Audi Brochure

[-Z-]

Nice to see Audi can teach me all about understeer on one of their exceedingly pricey experience days

[Mastodon2]

The typical Audi buyer will never notice.

[Axionknight]

Presumably they teach you how to lane hog and tailgate too, but only if you bought a 2.0 tdi.

[Regiment]

Presume it's the same thing with the new VW Polo advert "buy a VW, it'll send your passengers to sleep"...with boredom.

[Alucidnation]

Nothing like a good old Audi thread to bring out the bell ends.

[Baryonyx]

Yes, Audi love a bit of understeer these days.

[HaloGen8]

I don't get it?
That's one of the parameters of the course i.e. what to do in an Understeer situation - hence avoid an accident. Whats the issue and why so funny?

[ohtari]

"use ABS braking". Who the fk needs to be taught that???

[paranoid airbag]

HaloGen8 said:

I don't get it?
That's one of the parameters of the course i.e. what to do in an Understeer situation - hence avoid an accident. Whats the issue and why so funny?

I guess it should be "manage understeer"? I'm not sure what else they'd have put in there. You're right, the joke being "Audis always understeer" - although I thought that's what most modern cars did unless you're actively trying to induce oversteer...

ohtari said:

"use ABS braking". Who the fk needs to be taught that???

Indeed, this does me...

The advert does have a whiff of "tosser" about it - one of those situations where. in theory, you might be better off learning what they're teaching, but in reality the sort of person who wants that lesson is the sort of person who actually REALLY needs lessons in how to avoid the need for "master high-speed lane changes and make avoidance manoeuvres" in the first place.

[anonymous-user]

Alucidnation said:

Nothing like a good old Audi thread to bring out the bell ends.

[GoneAnon]

Learning to use ABS braking is a perfectly sensible thing to do.

Most drivers will never experience their brake pedal pulsing under their foot until they REALLY need the ABS, and too many of them lift off instead of keeping the brakes applied.

[Ved]

ohtari said:

"use ABS braking". Who the fk needs to be taught that???

You'd be surprised. Not many people use their brakes in an emergency correctly and a bit of training can and does dramatically cut braking distances.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Ved said:

ohtari said:

"use ABS braking". Who the fk needs to be taught that???

You'd be surprised. Not many people use their brakes in an emergency correctly and a bit of training can and does dramatically cut braking distances.

Stamp as hard as you can and leave it there. Remove foot when stopped/ thrown from the car/ removed by paramedics.
Easy.

[Debaser]

Buff Mchugelarge said:

Ved said:

ohtari said:

"use ABS braking". Who the fk needs to be taught that???

You'd be surprised. Not many people use their brakes in an emergency correctly and a bit of training can and does dramatically cut braking distances.

Stamp as hard as you can and leave it there. Remove foot when stopped/ thrown from the car/ removed by paramedics.
Easy.

You'd be amazed how many people only use 60% or 70% of the car's braking capacity when asked to brake as hard as they can. Plenty of people would benefit from tuition when it comes to ABS.

[Escort3500]

Axionknight said:

Presumably they teach you how to lane hog and tailgate too, but only if you bought a 2.0 tdi.

Stunningly original and entirely unexpected.

[Riley Blue]

Escort3500 said:

Axionknight said:

Presumably they teach you how to lane hog and tailgate too, but only if you bought a 2.0 tdi.

Stunningly original and entirely unexpected.

I laughed my arse off too - brilliant new humour at its wittiest.

[Kolbenkopp]

Escort3500 said:

Axionknight said:

Presumably they teach you how to lane hog and tailgate too, but only if you bought a 2.0 tdi.

Stunningly original and entirely unexpected.

But that is entirely sensible. They won't have to teach you how to understeer in a 2.0 TDI, that comes naturally -- and somehow they have to fill the day?

[powerstroke]

Kolbenkopp said:

Escort3500 said:

Axionknight said:

Presumably they teach you how to lane hog and tailgate too, but only if you bought a 2.0 tdi.

Stunningly original and entirely unexpected.

But that is entirely sensible. They won't have to teach you how to understeer in a 2.0 TDI, that comes naturally -- and somehow they have to fill the day?

They will also confirm correct use of audi indicators ie to force your way across busy lanes at the last minute when leaving or joining the motorway from/too the outside lane and never when turning right at a roundabout???.

[mybrainhurts]

Don't mention the war...I did, but they were too busy reversing out of the undergrowth to notice.

[Zad]

A lot of people don't realise you can steer when you hit the ABS, it is the natural reaction just to brace for impact, and totally forget there's a big round thing in front of you that can move to get you around the potential scene of the accident.